A 10 gauge for Charlie
 

Charlie what do you think about a 14lb 10 gauge double ?
I seen this last year and wanted to get it because a 14lb 10 gauge has to have some crazy thick barrels on it . The seller was asking 5,000$ a few months ago but has since come way down .

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/851801947

Holy cow!

I do believe those barrels are thick enough to be reamed out to make a modern 8 ga :shock: .

There was a article I think in dogs and doubles ? , where someone was doing that on heavy spanish 10 ga sxs's .

I was just thinking how soft that thing would shoot with RSTs 2 7/8 loads haha .

with the steel used in some of the 50's/60's Spanish guns- can't be thick enough

Thats the thing I dont know how much the quality varied with all the different 10 ga Spanish doubles of the 60s .

Heres the one I was referring to being a reamed out Spanish 10 ga

http://www.dogsanddoubles.com/2019/0...sxs-plus-ammo/

I knew a gunsmith who used to make 8 gauge barrels from the H&R single shot 10 gauges , he said he proof tested them to 22k psi but stopped there which is well above what shotguns produced . He said it was too expensive though reaming the bores and getting the bore smooth enough . It wasnt a good business venture to spend 600$ reaming and polishing a 200$ shotgun .

Still a 14lb 10 gauge is pretty hefty , I think the heavy Spanish ones are usually what around 11lbs ?

Still over priced by a factor of four!

Yeah ive seen the Beretta Silverhawk 10 ga before for 1700$ and they are alot nicer than that one .

This is probably the nicest Spanish 10 gauge I have seen however
https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101312697

Look I know I'm way way snobby about guns I like . But that thing has got to feel like a 4x6 that's about 5 feet long or in other words swing and balance like a log :whistle:

Ive been called a gun snob because apparently the only rifle you need is a 300$ one and a stoeger sxs is just as good as a London Best quaility ....:rotf:
or so I have been told .

i m like you the barrels must be pretty thick on that gun to weigh 14 lbs...i like looking at the guns and talking about them...but i m not young any more and its hard for me to handle these big guns even though i still try to shoot then once in awhile....keep posting about these big guns you seem to have a knack about finding them...charlie