.410 shotgun

[AR-15]

Do any of you people hunt with or shoot clays with a 410? The grandson got a youth Mossberg pump 410 and I'am thinking of one for shooting some clay pigeons.

 

[guywhofishes]

apparently the shot groups are crazy tight long strings

easy turkey killing but suck-city for birds on the wing unless you’re an ace shot

 

[LBrandt]

You better be good.

 

[cooter00]

I refuse to start a youngster on a 410 I got my daughter a 28 gauge it is light not much kick and way better at patterning. 410 can just be fustrating for a youth in my opinion I seen too many kids loose interest at the gun club because they just couldn't hit the clays talked a few into trying my 28 and they bit twice as many and don't loose interest ok rant over lol

 

[AR-15]

Maybe going to get a 410 double barrel, the Grandson is 7 yrs old and the 410 is big enough, he has a Remington youth 20ga new in a box since he was born, but that's to big for him now, never had a 28ga. maybe need to get one to try out.

 

[Callem'In]

I have a 12 gauge Beretta with Brileys full length gauge reducers for sporting clays. I have shot quite a few pheasants with the .410. It can be done, but takes a lot of practice.

 

[shorthairman]

As long as he understands it’s going to be tough hitting targets the .410 is a good gun to start him on. Both my kids started with a .410 as did I. They are light and recoil is minimal, downside to that and the 28 is that you will drop about $10 a box. Adds up especially if you are shooting clays. Also bought my son an 870 youth in 20...kicked like a mule. They make them short and light and the recoil has the go somewhere.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Started my son out with a mossberg 510 super bantam 20 when he 9. The gun weighs just over 5 lbs and has an 18 1/2" barrel with overall length of 33 1/2" ( stock has removable extensions ) this gun is not much larger than a BB gun. A buddy started his son out with a 410 and the kid couldn't knock anything down and always wanted to sit in the truck until one day when I let him use my wife's youth 20 gauge and he dropped his first grouse after that he was hooked.

 

[cooter00]

I'm not saying .410 can't drop birds I'm saying it can be a very frustrating gun to begin with I have dropped Lott's of birds with a .410 but I didn't use one until I was a seasoned shooter I started with a 20g single shot my dad wouldn't give me a repeater until I could make the first one count then he bought me a 16gauge bolt action I am grateful he was tough on me cause now days I don't find many people that can out shoot me I started my daughter on the 28g pump but only let her put one shell in it at a time until she gets good I believe this helps become a better more responsible shooter

 

[gone_fishing]

What sucks about .410 is the price of the shells. Cheapest I saw at Walmart was around $13 a box for 8 shot target loads. Not a huge deal if you don't shoot much (or re-load) but still quite a bit more then 12 or 20 gauge.

 

[5575]

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

 

[AR-15]

5575, that sounds like fun, gone_fishing, haven't reloaded any 410 shells yet, waiting to get more empties then will reload some, bet it won't cost much to reload them

 

[Bfishn]

I got my first rooster out of the air with a .410 when i was about 10 or so. When you learn with a .410, you'll be a crack shot with a 12 later in life.

 

[Mort]

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.

 

[huntinforfish]

I grew up with a kid who only shot a .410 as that is all they had and he could keep pace with any one of us shooting trap. Are there no additional chokes for .410 barrels?

 

[3Roosters]

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

But but but.. i dont see any dead birds. haha j/k

 

[guywhofishes]

I grew up with a kid who only shot a .410 as that is all they had and he could keep pace with any one of us shooting trap. Are there no additional chokes for .410 barrels?

there are simply so few pellets that if you did spread them out the same as a modified 12/20 pattern the pellet count (density) would be so low you'd miss a lot even with perfect aim

 

[fly2cast]

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.

 

[Duckslayer100]

I started with a .410. Want to sap a new hunter's budding excitement and confidence? Give them one of those guns and tell them to go kill birds. It's like trying to scoop minnows with a landing net. I'd have been better off with a .22 sniping birds out of treetops than trying to hit them on the wing with a .410.

I hunted one season with a .410 and dad quickly realized it wasn't going to pan out. Bought me a youth model 870 pump 20 gauge and it was worlds different. I still use that gun to this day. Great bush gun for trail chickens. If you know how to crack a whip, then hip-firing a snubby 20 gauge at a flushing grouse through pencil-thin poplars and aspins comes close. Talk about threading a needle! But golly is it fun.

 

[AR-15]

2 of my friends had 410's when they were kids and they did just fine with them, 5575, it looks like you guy's shoot a nice variety guns