The 870 isn't a 10 gauge, but there's the SP-10, but that an auto-loader that's very expensive, you're best bet would be an H&R single shot 10-gauge, it shoots 3 1/2 mags, and you can get a full choke for it.
go with a 3.5" 12, shoots the same load as a 10 at higher SAAMI pressure so it will perform the same, cheaper!
RR
ahhhh....no....
Cheaper, yes perhaps, but thats about where it ends. First of all, a 10gauge will shoot a more even and still more dense pattern than almost any 3.5" 12ga on the market. And that you can put your money on. Moreover, the recoil is significantly less for a couple of reasons: 1) as aforementioned, 10ga are limited to less max pressures. 2) 10ga guns are HEAVY, usually in the neighborhood of 8-10 lbs. 3) They are only made for shooting magnum loads, and have designs to handle such recoil.
Only real downside is that you can't use it for anything else. No clay games with this one. Turkeys, waterfowl, and deer with buckshot. Period. But, for what it is, it is unbeatable.
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sorry swamp I don't buy that, I've owned and shot both alot, on the semi-auto 10's recoil might feel less but its still there, the 3.5" 12's are backbored so this increases the patternability, they are much, much more versatile. higher pressures mean faster velocities which in turn mean tighter patterns, how ya reckon the old timers controlled the shot patterns in those old cylinder bored BP shotguns, you used more powder to tighten the pattern!
RR
You mean a 10-gauge recoils less than a 12-gauge when it's designed right!!!!!
Did I hear that wrong?
A friend of mine has a 10ga single shot that had less apparent recoil with 3 1/2" slugs than my old pump 12 with 3" slugs. The difference was in the recoil pad (The 12 didn't have one, just a plastic butt plate).
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