-Humbling a Shooter.
Shoot 100 straight in 12, 20, and 28 ga, then drop 1 bird in the .410. and now your score is 399/400.
BTDT...BTDT...BTDT, Then one day 400/400.
Run a straight in six events - 12, 20, 28, Doubles, and even the Fun Pump Gun n event AND the Fun Pump Gun For Doubles event. You would of had 700/700, instead you dropped low 4 in the .410. meaning you got 699/700. BTDT more than one as well.
-Often referred to as The Master Wingshooters' Gun.
-Fun. Absolutly just plain Fun. Easy to tote, Recoil? What Recoil?, Shells are so small and light, them too are easy to carry.
-Reloading...1/2 oz of shot means a whole lotta shells from a 25# bag of shot.
-Reloading Popcorn in the .410 rids barns of Pigeons and such - no damage to structure. This load is great for wittle kids to learn with.
-Teaching kids,
-Slugs. I know too many folks with one loaded with slugs for defense. Injuries, recovering from surgery...it'll work...seen the patient in the OR whom died from being shot with a slug. WE were harvesting his organs...
.410 : know all about the limitations, all about pattern boards, shooting Clay targets, small game ( be it fur or feathered) ...akin to a .41 mag ...
I still like to tote a single shot .410. Take game, like 15 doves using only 13 shells. I still like to use the single shot with slugs...small varmits, or lobbing at a paint can way out yonder.
Oh still believe in the 28 ga for kids, the 28 ga if one looks at a tote board will see the highest scores for SKeet Shooters...
Just this bigger kid, still has soft spot for the .410.
Besides- making fun of a Winchester 42 is a hanging offense here. The 42 is a .410. for those that didn't know.
Them buzzards you see in the South circling overhead? - just another meal provided by the hanging judge...