10 Gage Single Barrel Shot Gun

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My sister purchased a 10 gage single barrel shotgun. She has been trying to find some information out about this shotgun, and she doesn't know where to turn to find this information. Any suggestions? This is what we know about this shotgun:
10 gage, single barrel, triple steel.
It has a label of Ithaca gun co. W.A.Co.
Serial # 909
Pattened by the Western Arms Co in December 11, 1900.
It also appears to have a built in scope on the side of the gun, a really really old one. If that's what that is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. We live in Texas.
Thanks,
Snowbird:what:
 
Can you post a picture?

I hope you don't have plans to shoot it until it gets a clean bill of health from a good gunsmith... and even then, a 10 gauge single shot is apt to kick like a mule.

To paraphrase Rooster Cogburn- what're you doin' with all that shotgun? :D

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I don't know your Sis but if she had the guts to buy a 10Ga. single barrel with the intentions of shooting it! then I'd hate to make her mad.:uhoh:
 
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yesterday at the ozark armoury i drooled over a short barrelled h/r 10 gauge single shot cannon for 199.00 each,i was so tempted.19 or 20" inch barrells looked liked a blunderbusse.
 
Here's the headline:

Burglar shot by owner with 10 guage. Burgular DOA, owner recovering from broken collar bone.

In other news.....
 
During the Great Depression, Ithaca, like every other gun maker was going through some rough times. People had very little excess money to spend on non essentials. In 1929 to create sales and some badly need revenue they created the Western Gun Company to market a low cost line of shotguns. While some Single barrel Ithaca shotguns will Fletch a pretty penny { Such as the Knick Trap, Sousa Grade, 17,000$ }, the Western Arms line was a utility grade of working shotguns and as such are not high on the price line. I would guess , if in very good condition 200 to 250$, In poor , yard sale condition, maybe a hundred. Manufactured between 1929 and the start of WW II. With out pictures I have no ideal what the built in "scope" might be.
 
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yesterday at the ozark armoury i drooled over a short barrelled h/r 10 gauge single shot cannon for 199.00 each,i was so tempted.19 or 20" inch barrells looked liked a blunderbusse.
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Did it have camo stocks and a screw in choke? 24" barrel turkey model.....

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mcgunner

on the 10 gauge,no camo,all wooden stocked but real nice,i have a 19"h/r 20 guage stoked with buckshot and a butcuffshellholder stuffed full of buck/slugs by the bedstand.,handy little single barrells.
 
I'm a wimp. I did buy an H&R 24 inch turkey gun but in 12 gauge, not 10. Whew! I like it, too.

i have a 19"h/r 20 guage stoked with buckshot and a butcuffshellholder stuffed full of buck/slugs by the bedstand
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My version of that is a smoothbore 12 gauge "Whitetail", the predecessor to the Slugger, I believe, that I found NIB at a gun show last year. I have 870s but the little WT is always handy.
 
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Thanks everyone for all the info. I'll be sure to tell her the info. I will see if I can get her take a pic of it so I can post it for ya'll to see.
 
LOL, she doesn't need a gun 4 folks 2 worry about her. She's mean as the day is long!
 
Yea, we talked my older sister into shooting a 10 guage many moons ago, and she did. By the grace of God, she didn't break anything but she did about 3 backwards flips. We all gave her 10's! She was ok but wouldn't talk to us for awhile!
 
And, no doubt a full choke. If it's in shooting condition would make a fair to middlin' turkey gun. Don't feed it any steel shot loads, though. It likely won't handle 'em and will likely hurt the gun. There are turkey loads you can fire in it just for your daily dose of recoil, even a slug load from Federal....:D
 
The first thing to know is whether it is a 10 gauge 3 1/2" Magnum or is chambered for the old standard 2 7/8" shell. Most likely the latter in a single.
 
That's true enough and you can't find 2 7/8" loads, maybe, but would have to order 'em if you could find 'em and I bet they'd be expensive. I've looked around on a few google searches just out of curiosity. Couldn't find anything. Weren't real worried about it, just thought it'd be interesting to shoot a few.
 
If it is the model I think it is, when you break it, the thing on the side you think is a sight should be able to be pushed down so it pops a lever out. Turn that lever counter clockwise and it will detach the barrel from the stock.

I have a similar shotgun I am currently getting restored for sentimental value.....was a great grandfathers.

Hope that helps!
 
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