Bought something silly today.....
.....but silly as it is, I’ve always wanted one.
Harrington & Richardson Model 176 10 gauge shotgun with a 32” barrel.
It is in very nice shape, with a mirror bore, but the recoil pad will need to be replaced soon. It’s interesting, in that the hammer and trigger appear to be machined steel, not the sintered look of later guns. From that clue, plus the pattern of round holes in the recoil pad, I’d place this gun as built in the ‘60s. Lock up is tight, and while the weight is quite a bit more than a 12 gauge version, it still isn’t conducive to a lot of shooting. I rather imagine that is exactly why the lockup is still tight.
I might be slow in a lot of ways, but a masochist I am not. My intention is to load CBC brass shells using black powder, and if I ever do use it on waterfowl, some sort of lead alternative shot. It is, naturally, a full choke gonne, but I wouldn’t be adverse to loading up a dead soft pumpkin ball as a short range deer wallop potion.
If I’m not completely consumed with flintlocks and semi-match .22LR rifles, I guess I have room for another weird project....
Otony
Goose Gun? (nt)
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Maybe.....?
The property next door is approximately 6 acres, and they put most of it in seed corn every year. After harvest it is a temporary hangout for the goose migration. Lots and lots of geese. Noisy, naughty, geese.
This year the lady that owns the place let a couple of fellers bow hunt geese from a blind, and they were actually successful. I’m thinking some non-magnum, Black Powder 10 gauge loads are sort of in the spirit of low tech, so maybe she will go along with the latest oddball idea to cross my mind.
Now to confession time. I’ve never cooked a duck, although I’ve eaten my share, but I HAVE cooked a goose besides my own. Unfortunately, it came out looking rather like a greasy, deflated football. While it may have served for the Patriots, it was a culinary disaster that besmirched my reputation as a deliverer of fine Easter dinners. And that was a store bought goose, mind you.
We shall see if I can harvest one first, then I’ll let the wife cook it! 
Otony
You Need Something Like This...
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You need to raise the Goose up enough so it doesn't sit in its own grease. My G/F cooked a Snow Goose that I brought down. She used one of those racks, removed the fatty skin & draped a few thin slices of prosciutto ham over the top. Turned out fantastic!
I've only been able to bring one down with a 12 gauge & steel shot. They fly pretty high. Had to wait until a very windy day when they fly closer to the ground. The guys with 10 gauges drop them fairly easy.
My late buddy Mike had one he bought for turkey hunting.
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 08:03 (2411 days ago) @ Otony
It only lasted one season before moving on. He felt it was no more effective than a properly aimed 12 ga. 2-3/4" load of #6 shot. "You just can't kill 'em but so dead," is what he said, "and this thing HURTS!"
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Truth be told, it is all about.....
.......pushing it in the Jones’s faces, as in whose got the biggest. 
Now, I don’t know the Jones, but I’m sure as heck ready for ‘em! I’m not keeping up, I’m passing in the fast lane.
It really is a black powder play gun, nothing more.
Otony
Truth be told, it is all about.....
by ERSisk , Thursday, February 15, 2018, 00:29 (2411 days ago) @ Otony
With a 10ga to 12ga insert it would be quite utlilitarian. I too have lusted for a decent deal on that exact gun "just to have one". A butt cuff with two Buck and Ball, two #2 tungsten, two #6 tungsten, and two solid copper sabot slugs would help mitigate recoil and handle all comers. I think your black powder approach is also an very excellent idea.