3 1/2 inch 10 Gauge

[charlie cleveland]

that was a good load you were shooting...you were probobly shooting full choke in this gun then..do you still use this gun for ducks....i too have one of those early guns....charlie

[Bill Murphy]

I shot 1 3/4 ounce steel #2 and BB in my AYA for years. The patterns were astounding so I never shot any lead. I bought a lifetime supply of steel for about 3 or 4 dollars a box. I have plenty of other tens, so I sold the AYA to a friend who now has two of them.

[Carl G. Bachhuber]

Charlie, I still have the Ithaca 10 (32" f.c.) but don't use it that much any more. When steel came along I decided I didn't need to lug around an 11# gun for 'only' 1-5/8 of steel so I bought a San Marco 10 ga o/u. A pretty basic gun, 28", dt, ae. but 3.5" chambers. From a distance it looks like a Superposed 12 ga. and only weighs about 8.5#. This became my go-to duck gun until I gave up on steel and went to bismuth and tungsten polymer in the 12 ga.
Now the San Marco gets used mostly with 1-1/8#8 on clay birds, a lot of fun.
C.G.B.

[charlie cleveland]

looks likea real sharpset of hooks on this bird...back in 1963 my dad bought one of the spanish 10 ga s 3 1/2 inch mag.killed a turkey at 62 steps with the secound shot the first shot cut a small pine of about 1 1/2 inches thick...i ll never forget that gun or the hunt....charlie