Ithaca Mag 10

BeakSmasher · February 23, 2016, 01:27 AM

I love my mag 10s, and so far have not meet anyone who owns one and doesn't love it. Just wanna know what any of you 10 gauge junkies think about them? Also I have only seen with factory chokes? Had anyone else?

Virginian · February 23, 2016, 02:25 AM

It has been a long time now, but my main memory of them is that some of them tended to break parts, often repeatedly. Remington bought the design and was two years reworking it before they released their version. Some of them did not seem to have a problem. Out of those I sold I'd guess about half had issues. I thought they had Ithaca choke tubes. The only other people making a 10 back then were Browning, and the tubes were different. I don't know if the Remington tubes interchange.

gyvel · February 23, 2016, 04:13 AM

I had one Ithaca Roadblocker in for repair back in the 80s, and I don't even remember what the problem was. What I do remember is test firing it and finding the recoil to be "somewhat" unpleasant.

BeakSmasher · February 23, 2016, 05:15 AM

I have heard of the buffer on the rear of the bolt breaking when being fired in the cold. Once the buffer breaks and your bolt hits the receiver your foreign pin can break. I have never seen or had this problem personally, and the sp10 design still has it. I just thought it was interesting that of the 15 or so mag 10s I have come across only one had a choke tube, all others were fixed choke.

Virginian · February 23, 2016, 07:08 AM

Yes, I did see a couple of broken buffers, but they had not been in the cold. There were a couple of other parts that failed but the specific memory escapes me.
I don't remember at what point they went to choke tubes. I know their popularity took off for a while due to the downright lousy early steel shotshell loads. I had one briefly, and I had no problems, and then went to three successive BPSs. They were all just too heavy to handle well for me, and I was a big guy. The last BPS I machined about 2 pounds off and it was world's better, and then tungsten came along and I went back to a 3" 12.
But, there is nothing like a 10 gauge for big birds with steel shot.

BeakSmasher · February 23, 2016, 12:26 PM

Amen to that

Kilrain · February 27, 2016, 04:07 AM

Ithaca MAG-10 Roadblocker goodness...

BeakSmasher · February 27, 2016, 10:48 AM

Yeah it's a monster. I tried looking for one, to have around as a house gun. The roadblockers are pretty few and far between. So I put a mag tube extension on my beretta a391 and called it a tour.

Model12Win · February 27, 2016, 05:39 PM

Good guns. Excellent close range stoppers for social work. Effective on soft skin vehicles as well (roadblocker).

February 23, 2016, 01:27 AM	#1
BeakSmasher Junior Member Join Date: February 22, 2016 Posts: 6	Ithaca Mag 10 I love my mag 10s, and so far have not meet anyone who owns one and doesn't love it. Just wanna know what any of you 10 gauge junkies think about them? Also I have only seen with factory chokes? Had anyone else?

February 23, 2016, 02:25 AM	#2
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	It has been a long time now, but my main memory of them is that some of them tended to break parts, often repeatedly. Remington bought the design and was two years reworking it before they released their version. Some of them did not seem to have a problem. Out of those I sold I'd guess about half had issues. I thought they had Ithaca choke tubes. The only other people making a 10 back then were Browning, and the tubes were different. I don't know if the Remington tubes interchange. __________________ What could have happened... did.

February 23, 2016, 07:08 AM	#5
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	Yes, I did see a couple of broken buffers, but they had not been in the cold. There were a couple of other parts that failed but the specific memory escapes me. I don't remember at what point they went to choke tubes. I know their popularity took off for a while due to the downright lousy early steel shotshell loads. I had one briefly, and I had no problems, and then went to three successive BPSs. They were all just too heavy to handle well for me, and I was a big guy. The last BPS I machined about 2 pounds off and it was world's better, and then tungsten came along and I went back to a 3" 12. But, there is nothing like a 10 gauge for big birds with steel shot. __________________ What could have happened... did.

February 23, 2016, 04:13 AM	#3
gyvel Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,172	I had one Ithaca Roadblocker in for repair back in the 80s, and I don't even remember what the problem was. What I do remember is test firing it and finding the recoil to be "somewhat" unpleasant.

February 23, 2016, 05:15 AM	#4
BeakSmasher Junior Member Join Date: February 22, 2016 Posts: 6	I have heard of the buffer on the rear of the bolt breaking when being fired in the cold. Once the buffer breaks and your bolt hits the receiver your foreign pin can break. I have never seen or had this problem personally, and the sp10 design still has it. I just thought it was interesting that of the 15 or so mag 10s I have come across only one had a choke tube, all others were fixed choke.

February 23, 2016, 12:26 PM	#6
BeakSmasher Junior Member Join Date: February 22, 2016 Posts: 6	Amen to that

February 27, 2016, 04:07 AM	#7
Kilrain Member Join Date: June 26, 2001 Posts: 70	Ithaca MAG-10 Roadblocker goodness...

February 27, 2016, 10:48 AM	#8
BeakSmasher Junior Member Join Date: February 22, 2016 Posts: 6	Yeah it's a monster. I tried looking for one, to have around as a house gun. The roadblockers are pretty few and far between. So I put a mag tube extension on my beretta a391 and called it a tour.

February 27, 2016, 05:39 PM	#9
Model12Win Junior member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,854	Good guns. Excellent close range stoppers for social work. Effective on soft skin vehicles as well (roadblocker).