The nay-sayers can poo poo it all they want. I have 4 ten gauges and I really enjoy hunting with them. Went from a 12ga 2 3/4" to a H&R 176 10ga back in '86 ( I've never had a 3" chambered shotgun except a .410). Then got the BPS in '95, picked up a Spanish side x side, and found my Holy Grail Ithaca Mag 10 Supreme with xxx wood and grafted on a Rem SP-10 barrel to it. If I hunted huge tracks of public land and did a lot of walking I might be singing a different tune.