Ithaca Mag 10 - Page 3

Cold Spring · 04-07-2014, 08:49 AM

Ithaca NID 467307 dates to way after the NID Super 10 was discontinued. I think it's likely a 12 gauge forend and was fitted to Eldon's gun.

There were only about 580 Super 10's made. Walter Snyder was very kind to do a count for me. Walter told me the factory records may have missed one or two. That makes them far more scarce than Ithaca Magnum 10's and, for those interested, than 12 gauge Super-Foxes (about 946 guns).

charlie cleveland · 04-07-2014, 10:01 AM

can you give me a up date on the super 10 i dont know much about them..were they made for heavy loads better chokes...charlie

David Lien · 04-07-2014, 10:44 AM

Frank
Thank you for the information on the number of Super tens. I did not know that they were so few... We have had a few, and as of late we have sold a couple.

Can you tell me how many of the Super tens were graded guns???
I did enjoy the article in the recent Double Gun Journal..
David

Cold Spring · 04-07-2014, 01:09 PM

David, yeah I know you gents are Super 10 advocates. Walter doesn't have a count on the graded Super 10's. I'd estimate maybe 10-15% just extrapolating from the guns I've seen since I started actively looking for Super 10's about 8 years ago.

Charlie the info is too long to summarize and much of it is in Part 2 of the Double Gun Journal article that will be in its Summer edition, thus it isn't fair to the publishers to do it here. Part 1 is in the Spring 2014 edition that was released last month. Short answer is: they were made for the heaviest 2-7/8" loads and most of the Super 10's had very heavy choking.

Frank

10 bore · 04-07-2014, 02:41 PM

I have a grade 2E choked .042 and .043, shoots nice and tight.

J.B. Books · 04-07-2014, 03:03 PM

Some discussion here on the Super Ten and people reporting constrictions of .055 and .056.

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/...6172d7d6ab57c4

Cold Spring · 04-07-2014, 03:41 PM

Just my experience but many bore mikes will drift and read off when trying to read 10-gauge bores and chokes without calibrating separately for bore and also for choke.

PML · 04-07-2014, 03:42 PM

Here are some pics of a Grade 2 magnum I had. It was a late gun with 32" barrels and extra full chokes. It weighed 12+ pounds. I took it to Vegas one year and swapped it for a Parker 20 that weighed half as much.

Patrick

PML · 04-07-2014, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Srebro

Just my experience but many bore mikes will drift and read off when trying to read 10-gauge bores and chokes without calibrating separately for bore and also for choke.

I agree Frank. I was having a heck of a time measuring 10ga bores. So I called skeets and had him build me an oversized gauge for measuring these guns.

Patrick

charlie cleveland · 04-07-2014, 10:46 PM

from what i read here the super fox and the magnum gun both have lots of choke...sounds like they would make a really good long range turkey gun too me..i hope to own a mag ten some day...charlie