.410 - what is it good for?

[loose cannon]

Sorry, I forgot to add that Mossberg made a home defence M500 in .410
It was geared toward shooters of "smaller stature", even had a neat pistol grip forearm. In many situations it would be an ideal house/yard gun.

correction the hs 410 and cruiser mossberg 410 is still made,i dont think they ever discontinued them.if its such a bad choice i wonder whos buying them??

the best (imho)hd ammo for your 410 is 3"double0 buck 5 pellet or if2.5" a 3pellet ooobuck round both made by selier and belot and availiable thru cheeper than dirt outta ft worth tx.

for the record my fave is my customized rem 870lh 12ga.

 

[rick_reno]

I used to shoot skeet with one, then I moved up to a 28 ga. because I found a great deal on 28 ga. shells.

 

[bearandoldman]

.410's

I used to shoot skeet with one, then I moved up to a 28 ga. because I found a great deal on 28 ga. shells.

Now your'e talking about my favorite shotgun gage, will hold its own on skeet with the 12 gage and has almost no recoil. The pattern may be smaller but is is very dense and you can really smoke targets with it. Just enough recoil so that you know you are shoooting a shotgun, too bad 28 gage and .410 (67 gage) shells are such low production that the costs are so high. I reload these 2 gages for that reason, somtimes I can buy 20 or 12 gage shells so cheap it is not really practical to reload them.

 

[Backwoods]

A .410 is good for many things, I've seen rabbits, pheasants and deer all fall to a .410 Do I recommend the .410 for just anyone to do the same? NOPE.

I just bagged up 2 cottontails for the freezer that were taken with one of my .410 shotguns. As long as I restrict myself to a max range of about 25 yards, the .410 works all right for me.

My father was a whiz with his M42, he had faster reflexes than anyone else I've ever seen. He'd go hunting with guys who kidded him about his little popgun until he bagged more game than they did. I once saw him double on rising pheasant, neither bird reached 10 foot of altitude and both hit the ground dead.

The .410 is great inside its limitations, you just have realize what they are and stay within them.

Don in Ohio

 

[brickboy240]

I have a Zabala 410 SxS that was made in Spain in the early 70s. it is a fantastic rabbit and squirrel-getter. With a load of #4s, theres nothing better for shaking bushytails out of the treetops. It has hardly any recoil and is a joy to shoot.

Sure, its not for bigger game and may be absolutely worthless for other pursuits, but for rabbits and squirrels and maybe dispatching small varmints at close range, it is perfect.

Yep...the 410 is like the 16 gauge...if you have to ask "why?"...then you obviously don't own one and know the joys of these gauges.

- Brickboy240