What good is the .410?

.410 NEF single barrel-my first gun

Couldn't ask for a better .410, closes tight as a safe and shoots like my .22 mag....Best $129 anyone ever spent on me!

Could use it on anything smaller than deer...rabbits squirrels turkey etc. and it has survived everything I can put it through...including being submerged in the mud and myre...and cleaned 2 days later! still shoots like the day I got it.
 
I've owned numerous 410 guage scatterguns, i've loved every minute shooting them in the field. Pheasant - quail - rabbit - shooting trap.

My currant version is a Remington 1100 - fixed modified choke - hammered aload of pheasants with it shooting #5 lead shot in the 3 inch shells.

Others i have owned - Stevens 311a - Remington 870 LW - fun guns!

12-34hom.
 
When all is said and done the 28 is a superior gauge. Better and more consistent patterns and a more balanced shell.

28 GA is no more expensive than comparable 410 loads. And there are now quite a few 28 ga guns on the market.
 
DeathfromAfar said:
So I should get that savage pump .410?
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You haven't said (aside from rabbits) what you would use it for, nor the price. So, I am assuming you will be using it for rabbits and small game, plinking, and just generally causing trouble. :)

Also, I'm assuming the price isn't a problem....

If I was looking for a smaller gauge shotgun, I would not get the .410. I would get a 20 gauge (3" chamber) instead, unless the price was just too good to pass up.

The .410 is fun and you probably wouldn't regret it...but there are better options for the same money. Your call.
 
I'm new to the .410 and I absolutely love it.
I kept my eyes open for a combo gun untill I found my 22/410 model 24. Its the greatest "goin for a walk" gun ever!
Small and light, versatile, reliable, and fun.
 
I have patterned my 28 and .410 tubes and the 28 was a better pattern simply because there was more of it.
Quite frankly I shoot .410 to find problems in my game and also to teach blowhards a lesson. They say they can hit any shot with any gun low house first doubles on 4 with a .410 shuts them up rather nicely.
 
I once went to the range to do a little skeet shooting. There was an old gentleman, about 65. He had a .410. He never missed a shot. Any direction, angle or speed he killed em all. I asked him why he used a .410. He told me that after so many years of shooting 12 gauge the recoil became to much for him and was not a challenge. So he went to 20, same thing as with 12. Then to 28, same deal. Finaly, the only thing that didn't cause him pain to shoot was the .410. But it still didn't look like it was much of a challenge to him. I thought I was good at skeet, but when a old, arthritic man with a .410 can make shoots that I find hard with a 12 it realy puts things into perspective.
 
The .410 is an excellant choice for the expert wingshot. In capable hands the shooter will need the same number of shotshells as the daily limit of game. Shooting rabbits with a .410 will reduce your lead consumption if you are going to eat them and maybe save you a trip to the dentist. Aim for the nose and you will have some good eating.
 
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This is all good stuff, I think I will get that .410 just as a challenge. It will be fun to see how it goes on the rabbits, and you can carry more ammo. On my favorite shotgunning spot, you can go through 200 cartridges in a day, and thats not fun to carry..
 
Lol....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.410_bore

While Google search on the terms ".410 gauge" returns nearly twice the hits as a search on ".410 bore", examination of firearms and ammunition manufacturers naming will show that they use the technically correct ".410 bore" designation. It is a bore and not a gauge because the barrel diameter is .410 inches (10.4 mm); a true gauge is a measurement of the number of lead balls of bore diameter that constitute a pound (454 gram). A true gauge measuring .410 would have a 2.25 inch (57 mm) bore; a 410 gauge would measure .225 inches (5.7 mm). However, since the larger shotgun bore sizes are measured in gauge (10, 12, 20, 16, 28), many people assume that the .410 bore should be called a "gauge" as well.
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The .410 bore is a "67 gauge"...as the article mentions. Bore and gauge are not synonyms. I can see why the article you quoted makes you think they are. :rolleyes: The ".410 bore" is correct usage. The ".410 gauge" is not. The article you referred to gives you a formula for computing the bore given the gauge number (and therefore vice versa).

EDIT: Go for it DeathFromAfar! :)
 
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I think it is best to teach gun safety to a youngster with. Other than that, I stopped using one because it doesn't seem to give clean kills.
 
When we were kids I got the Stevens 311 in 20ga. and my brother got the single shot Savage .410...... followed immediately by the NRA Hunter Safety Course. Great introductory shotguns!

Rimrock
 
i recently bought my old man a .410 for squirles... we get them in our wood pile thats under tin stacked against the house at the end of the porch... he had always used a .310 remington but they stoped making that ammo way back in 70s or 80s so we needed something that would take out a squirel but not damage the house with any spray....love the .410, use it around the house and don't have to worry about the backdrop(quite as much, im not a Cheyney :P)
 
I have a friend that killed three white tail deer here in SC with a Saiga .410. He used 3" slugs and has a scope. I have shot it and it is almost as much fun to shoot as my Saiga 12. Ammo is about the same cost though and my 12 is way more powerful and destructive.
 
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