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GF's kid picked up a Remington Model 10, take down shotgun at a local gun show for 100 bucks. Seems to be in fine firing order - just gray as hell.

I know nothing about them - my Remington shotgun experience is primarily trap with a Rem M31. This M10 is no M31 lol.

Anyone have any pertinent information he/we should know? I do not believe this to be a military contract shotgun, seems to be commercial.

Designed by Pederson I believe and a bit of a Rube Goldberg contraption. Not much for parts last time I had to go looking for some.

Still a neat reminder of the early days of repeating shotguns. My 91 year old Grandfather has the one his dad bought new in 1926, no telling the amount of birds it has slain in it’s day.

Can't be much help with the M10, but happy to see another M31 shooter. My 1946 M31 in 16ga. is my main pheasant gun. A beautifully made shotgun.
Carries like a 20.

I've owned a handful or two of them, I still regret selling the trap model I owned. It was a pre-Model 10 with a solid rib which wasn't all that common. The only non-original part was the Hawkins recoil pad which was pretty old. I'd take it, whatever original paper hulled shells I had on hand, and an old retired dog to a game farm to kill some birds in what I dubbed "the old timers' hunt." Thinking of that brings back a lot of memories. It was also my favorite crow gun which seemed to be radar guided.

As to the gun, parts are virtually non-existent and too darned expensive to have made. This is especially true regarding the shell carrier parts (the "flipper" that moves the shell from the magazine to the chamber) as that was the weakest portion of the gun. That part is "unobtanium" unless you buy another to use for parts and even then it may not work properly. This is why I've owned a few.

A very quick history. The M10 was designed by John Pederson and was the first bottom ejecting pump shotgun. It came in 12 ga only. This became the inspiration for the Model 17 (base design by John Browning with collaboration by Pederson and others) which was a 20 ga gun on a smaller frame and featured a different carrier if I remember correctly. This morphed into the Model 29 (in 1929/30) which featured a different, more robust shell carrier as the main difference. It was also offered in 12 ga only. This model was soon replaced by the M31. The patent was picked up and modified some more by Ithaca as the M37. This design was later adapted by Browning Arms into the BPS.

For those who find it interesting, the M 10 could be slam fired making it rather fast to shoot though the single action bar did not make such shooting overly smooth. It was a feature that many appreciated when it was put to use in the trenches of France during WWI.