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Model 1901 Winchester lever action. 32" Full choke 27/8".
A great gun that is a ball to shoot!
In my younger days, I could carry my (lead launcher) Ithaca Mag 10 deluxe all over the place!
Now, both guns just look good semi retired in the gun rack.

I've had as many as 7 10 gauge guns at a time. I'm down to 6 right now which includes a ANIB Remington SP-10 I picked up today. I also have 2 sons that hunt with me and I'm the dedicated armorer.

My go to goose guns have been an Ithaca Mag 10 that I had cut down to 26 inches about 25 years ago and had Colonial chokes installed. I also have a Browning Gold 10 which has been a real workhorse for me. I and my sons also have used them for deer drives and we have put down 3 deer in 3 shots on a few occasions. (PA and NJ have plentiful doe tags available). A long time ago I was able to by a case each of 3 1/2 inch 00 and 4 Buck shells (20 boxes of 5 each) and have been using them ever since. I used the Browning to take a buck and doe this year with one shot each.

I cut down the empty hulls and use them to reload 2 7/8 inch shells for my Francotte 10 gauge which carries like a 12. I also have a W & C Scott hammer 10 which I reload with low pressure 1 1/8 ounce loads and also black powder loads. Sometimes I buy RST light 10's and use the Scott for preserve hunts. Lastly, I have a Stoeger imported 32 inch SXS dedicated goose gun made by Sarasqueta of Spain. I shoot Bismuth loads out of it on occasion.

All of them have their purpose and are a lot of fun.

I've had a BPS since the second year of production.

A 30" gun was all I could find. So I shortened it to 23 1/2" and had some barrel work done on the inside, as well. Used it for turkeys and geese for a lot of years before going to a pair of 3 1/2" Winchester gas guns.

Performance with lead turkey loads is so similar between the 10 and the SX Winchesters that the recoil tradeoff is not worth carrying the 10. HOWEVER...……...…..the 10 will do things with 2 1/4 ounces of #2 copper-plated lead that should, really, probably, be against the law......…. The 12 gauge gassers won't come close.