Gun Nerds I need your Help - Remington Model 10?

[AvidIndoorsman]

So my great grandfather gave his "goose gun" to my dad, dad wasn't a hunter and it was stashed in the rafters of our old house. House was purchased by my uncle, 20 years went by it disappeared.

Anyway uncle finally unearthed the shotgun.

Super long barrel, full choke, it's a takedown.

Doesn't have a model number, stamped on the receiver is U 155713, trigger guard says Remington UMC

I'm guessing it's a model 10, but I can't find much... guessing it's a 1916-1918 make?

Am I on the right track?

Thoughts on using it to hunt, steel shot?

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

 

[MTLabrador]

That’s for sure a Model 10. Being that old and a full choke I probably wouldn’t shoot steel through it... I’m sure bismuth would work well.

 

[Ben Lamb]

That seems about right. I'd not shoot steel with the full choke though. Bismuth or tungsten sure.

 

[MThuntr]

That seems about right. I'd not shoot steel with the full choke though. Bismuth or tungsten sure.

Tungsten? I would think it's way dangerous in old guns...shells wads protect better than those with steel?

 

[Doublecluck]

That’s pretty cool! I hunted geese with a old timer in tule lake years ago that shot one.

I would shoot these thru it. No steel, but 4/6 in this hits just as hard.

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[AvidIndoorsman]

That’s pretty cool! I hunted geese with a old timer in tule lake years ago that shot one.

I would shoot these thru it. No steel, but 4/6 in this hits just as hard.

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Heck yeah exactly what I was looking for!

 

[Ben Lamb]

Heck yeah exactly what I was looking for!

Kent makes good bismuth shot as well.

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Grant, yep. Softer than steel. Should be fine for the old model 10.

 

[kansasdad]

Have you tried a 2 3/4“ shell into the chamber? Obviously they didn’t make 3 1/2“ shells 100+ years ago, but I’ve seen some old guns made for 2 1/2” shells. One gun the smith was able to bore the chamber to allow for regular sized shells, one the owner used 2.5 inchers with waxed paper hulls for the nostalgia of it all.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Have you tried a 2 3/4“ shell into the chamber? Obviously they didn’t make 3 1/2“ shells 100+ years ago, but I’ve seen some old guns made for 2 1/2” shells. One gun the smith was able to bore the chamber to allow for regular sized shells, one the owner used 2.5 inchers with waxed paper hulls for the nostalgia of it all.

I have not, firearm is currently with my uncle not me. I believe the barrel is 30 inches, also has a 3 stamped on the bottom of the receiver at the mouth of the ejector, pic 2.

My assumption was “goose gun” and therefore at least 2 and 3/4

 

[Ben Lamb]

Looks like it's a standard grade model 10 within the govt contract range, made for the civilian market.

https://www.remington.com/sites/default/files/Model%2010.pdf

That will get you the manual for it. Cool gun.

 

[sharpshooter97]

Cool, as others have said don't shoot steel through it, if you want to hunt Waterfowl with it bismuth is really expensive so personally I'd just shoot it for lead legal birds. Give it a good cleaning and inspection then take it shooting, those old shotguns are fun just for the nostalgia.

 

[Nick87]

If that was your grandpa's goose hunting gun and you take it out and kill some geese with it, well that would be pretty damn cool. Looking forward to the write up when it happens.