Mortimore & Son 10 Bore

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

For many years the 10-gauge 3 1/2-inch Magnum shells, back when they only carried 2-ounces of shot, carried the admonition "USE ONLY IN GUNS WEIGHING 10 1/2 POUNDS OR MORE."

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For the sake of the shooter as well as that of the gun.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

For the sake of the shooter as well as that of the gun.

Yet somehow many of us thought nothing of and survived shooting 1 5/8 and 1 7/8 ounce three inch twelve gauge shells out of 7 1/2 pound 870 12 gauge magnums when lead was legal for waterfowl.