10Glocks
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Browning stopped making the Gold in 10 gauge a few years ago. Now the BPS is out of production altogether. As of now, and for the first time in recent history, no one is making a 10 gauge.
Yeah, the advent of the 3 1/2" 12 gauge, as well as TSS, obviated the need for a 10 gauge. But there was nothing else quite like the 10.
I've owned them, and still have a BPS in 10 gauge. They are heavy, but that weight soaks up the recoil. A 10 gauge 3 1/2" is easier on the ears than a 12 gauge 3 1/2". And I've yet to see a 3 1/2" 12 gauge load out-pattern a 3 1/2" 10 gauge with the same shot size and weight. And if you wanted to go really heavy, the 10 gauge was where it was at. Big loads of steel, big loads of buckshot, huge slugs, big loads of turkey shot, and giant loads of TSS. And the guns tended to be built well - overbuiilt even - and would last multiple lifetimes with the right care. How can you not love a 10 gauge?
But for now, it's over. No one is making a 10 gauge. I've heard scuttlebutt that Browning will be replacing the BPS with a new pump. But I'm not an insider, so I don't know for certain. And even if they do, will there be a 10 gauge?
So, what you have is what there is, and maybe all there will be. Anyways, long live the 10 gauge.
In appreciation of size...
10, 12, 20, .410
10, .410
10 2 5/8 ounces of #9 TSS. .410 13/16 ounce of #9 TSS.
Yeah, the advent of the 3 1/2" 12 gauge, as well as TSS, obviated the need for a 10 gauge. But there was nothing else quite like the 10.
I've owned them, and still have a BPS in 10 gauge. They are heavy, but that weight soaks up the recoil. A 10 gauge 3 1/2" is easier on the ears than a 12 gauge 3 1/2". And I've yet to see a 3 1/2" 12 gauge load out-pattern a 3 1/2" 10 gauge with the same shot size and weight. And if you wanted to go really heavy, the 10 gauge was where it was at. Big loads of steel, big loads of buckshot, huge slugs, big loads of turkey shot, and giant loads of TSS. And the guns tended to be built well - overbuiilt even - and would last multiple lifetimes with the right care. How can you not love a 10 gauge?
But for now, it's over. No one is making a 10 gauge. I've heard scuttlebutt that Browning will be replacing the BPS with a new pump. But I'm not an insider, so I don't know for certain. And even if they do, will there be a 10 gauge?
So, what you have is what there is, and maybe all there will be. Anyways, long live the 10 gauge.
In appreciation of size...
10, 12, 20, .410

10, .410

10 2 5/8 ounces of #9 TSS. .410 13/16 ounce of #9 TSS.
