.410 shotgun

[DirtyMike]

First gun was a Remington 870 express 12 ga. Bunch of wimps around here.

 

[SDMF]

On pheasant opener at our place it's .410 only, always a fun time. :;:thumbsup

Do I spy a Win 42 bottom left? Kinda always wanted one of them.

 

[Obi-Wan]

If you're buying a .410 for yourself and have other guns to hunt with, sounds like fun. But if it's your only shotgun, I wouldn't mess with it.

If anybody is planning on buying their kid a shotgun, I think I would go with a 12 gauge right off the bat. I bought my oldest son a 20 gauge semi-auto when he was 12. It was real light and I thought since he was young he should have a lighter gun. He did OK with it. My other son turned 11 this year and he jumped right in with a heavy 12 gauge pump. He did excellent with it. What I'm trying to say is that many kids can handle a full size 12 gauge. 8 years old might be too young for a full size shotgun but I think many 10, 11, and 12 year olds can handle them. The good think about a heavier gun is that they kick less.

a lot depends on the size of the kid its the size and fit of the gun to the kid that matters.

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For the bow hunters on here would you start a kid out by giving him your old bow leaving the draw length that you use and expect it to work for him?

If the gun don't fit the kids gonna quit

 

[Magpie]

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My first gun I bought at the age of 10 I believe, was a single shot .410 with my hard earning allowance money. I don't' remember the brand, and at that age, I didn't give a flying woody, just happy I got a gun. For you minot people, maybe you can help me out of the name of the store. It was in the Arrowhead mall, and I think it was a hardware store and not a sports store because those stores were unheard of back in the 70's. Dad came come and was kinda mad because my mom took me down there and did all the paper work, so he went down there and bought my sister a .410 and my brother a 20 ga = all single shot. Then the folks got in an argument because mom thought that wasn't right that he went and bought the other two guns, but I had to buy my own.

Tempo.

 

[5575]

"QUOTE But but but.. i dont see any dead birds. haha "

Didn't put them in that one, we do ok as long as the numbers are good...this year "18" was terrible thou.
The .410s did good this opener, good times. We have a trap shoot as well Annie Oakley style, amazing how far out you can reach with those little guns! My brother was a jr Olympic trap shooter , he takes the fun out of it thou sometimes ha ha ha

 

[guywhofishes]

holy cow that looks fun!!!

 

[AR-15]

Bought a Remington 870 410, still going to look for a double barrel, weather is going to turn so likely will not shoot much till spring

 

[5575]

Those 870s are beautiful little guns congrats!

 

[LBrandt]

I have a 870 youth model that if you use 3" it kicks as bad as my 37 Ithaca feather weight.

 

[remm]

Started my son with a mossberg .410 when he was 7. He shot a couple pheasants every year, quite a few ducks, bout 8 turkeys and a few honkers with that gun. Never shot anything other than steel #6's. He graduated up to the 20 last year at age 10 and is pretty dam deadly now. It's a good thing I'm still quicker than him, few more years and I won't even get a shot off. Had a few kids with .410's at our youth pheasant hunt and duck hunts this year, killed quite a few birds. I gotta believe starting with that .410 when he was young helped his shooting quite a bit.

 

[Mort]

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Tempo.

YES!! Thats it...thanks Magpie!

 

[Allen]

Interesting little article in the Oct edition of North Dakota Outdoors about a .410.

https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2018/oct/grandma