Anyone here have a Mossberg .410 pump?

[JNewell]

as I was taught years ago, there are two types of opinions folks can have, opinions you're entitled to, and opinions you're not entitled to...the internet has basically given folk the idea their opinions are just as valid as anyone else's, even if they don't know what they're talking about.

I saw a cute tagline the other day:

The plural of anecdote is not data.

'nuf said...I appreciate your report on the .410. I have had a lifelong (50 years and counting, for a long time further, I hope) love affair with .410s. Most recent find was a NIB 9410 Packer, $425. I borrowed a colleague's car (I go to work on public transit) to pick the gun up before the shop closed that day.

 

[mtngunr]

Glad to be of service...freely admit even this report is more anecdotal than data, a survey sample of one not exactly hard research.

Favorite .410's have been a Winchester 37, the cheap Super Comanche .410 pistol (with wadstripper choke, it HAMMERS stuff at 30yds), a pre-WWI Ishapore sporter bored to .410/.303 in 1932 opened to 3" .410 on import 25yrs ago with the Cyl bore throwing outstanding patterns and a super rifle-sighted slug shooter, the M6 combo....

Kicked self for not getting a 9410 or Marlin several years back, BUT, this 505 would have ended up retiring either of them based just on short/light/handiness....neat little walk-about gun.

 

[32 Magnum]

Mossberg .410 bore

I've had a Mossberg 500E- Home Security (18" barrel, 5+1, Cutts compensator and "spreader choke" for a number of years. I patterned it with #4 shot, 000 buck (3 pellets) and slugs at 25 feet (what I figured was a pratical range in my home) - a while back. 3" cartridge of #4 shot gave me a 14" pattern slightly low of the X ring; 000 buck gave me a four inch pattern with all three pellet strikes clustered around the X ring; 5 rounds of slugs gave me a nice grouping of about 3" clustered around the X ring (all fired at a B270 - 1/3 size - silhouette target). While I dont advocate using a .410 bore for HD or SD, it is far better performing than any hand gun of less than .40 S&W power level, easier to shoot and has very neglible recoil. In this configuration, I'm thinking the hunting value of the piece at ranges over 25 feet would be negligible. This Mossberg has not failed to feed or fire any of the ammo I've fed it, including Russian SILVER BEAR and S&B.
I keep a 20 ga. for close in home defense - #3 Buck loads.
http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/75e039sTgtAYjdviXB7S9umTDXlF*p5DICb4v4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg

 

[mtngunr]

Well, heck fahr, I keep an 870P 18" Cyl stuffed with #00 as my favorite assault rifle, but what fun is that?! (wink)

Truthfully, would just as soon grab the 32WCF loaded with 115grSWCs at 1400fps...they expand to .50cal and penetrate 12"-14"...with less noise than a .22LR.

The .410 slugs are more than many handgun rounds....try them on an EMPTY propane tank at 25-50yds along with favorite handgun rounds, if you don't believe.

Otony, give it 5-10yrs and you might change your mind about another child (wink)....hey, an FYI to check out if you end up looking at a black plastic stocked 500 .410.....
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=375314

 

[Matt-J2]

Shotgunning in general holds little to no appeal for me, but the .410, now that's a different story.

 

[mtngunr]

I happen to like shotguns, among other guns, but the .410 holds a special place in my affection....more effective than most want to believe, and with truly negligible recoil....folk that dislike .410's probably hate children, .22's, guns made of steel and wood, Mom, apple pie, and the American way, not to mention faithful dogs....probably commie sympathizers, or Air Caida operatives, know what I mean, Vern?

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

Many of these threads generate a lot of useful information. The fact that they sometimes get a little sideways doesn't bother me as much as it seems to bother some of you. How much shotshells cost might be just what someone is looking for and stumbles across in a thread. Or they might get the impression that only yokels or hicks really like .410. Either way it may be useful to them.

I read quite a bit about the different gauges and bores and ended up with a Mossberg 500 12 gauge and just recently bought one of the Rossi/Braztech combos in .22 and .410 I can carry in a case on our quad. I prefer the .410 since it is fun to shoot. My Lady has a bad shoulder so she can get a kick out of the .410 where she would get slammed by the 12 gauge.

Just useful stuff I picked up by reading the "off topic" stuff you folks don't like.

 

[JNewell]

When I was (a lot) younger, my father had a 370 in .410. Now, that had a birch stock and I'm sure the receiver was probably potmetal rather than blued steel, but I have to tell you that I spent quite a few VERY enjoyable hours - hours still very fresh in my memory - hunting and shooting with that pedestrian piece.

There is something about a properly proportioned .410 pump that has always intrigued me. I've not yet given in to the urge, but some day I'm sure I will...and threads like this do not help me resist!

 

[chas08]

There is something about a properly proportioned .410 pump that has always intrigued me. I've not yet given in to the urge, but some day I'm sure I will...and threads like this do not help me resist!

Amen, I've been fighting an urge to own a Winchester Model 42 for sometime now. I know someday the right deal will come along and I'll give in.

 

[stew38]

410 pump

anyone ever heard of noble 410 pump

 

[Mossberg535]

or, a total thread hijack such as what was happening to Otony's original and very specific queries. Someone wants a thread about .410 ammo prices and shopping, they should start a thread on the subject.....of course, I'VE never hijacked a thread (wink)...

"hijacking" this or any other thread was hardly the intent.
*I* just sold the gun myself and I assume that the OP is an intelligent human being who MIGHT want relevant information from someone who might actually have OWNED the gun in question.

There was no need for me to start a thread on 410 ammo prices since those prices are the main reason I sold the gun and I no longer own the gun, but it wasnt a bad idea to let someone contemplating the purchase of one know that there certainly would be a price difference compared to larger, more common gauges.

Id HOPE that when you or anyone else on this forum asks a direct question that if someone can toss in something else helpful to assist you in making YOUR decision that no one else gets offended by their straying from the straight and narrow and giving a little more information than asked for.

 

[32 Magnum]

.410 shotguns

anyone ever heard of noble 410 pump

Stew,
Noble made a line of shotguns under their own label AND made a series for Harrington & Richardson: The 400 (12, 16 and 20 ga. pump - full size), the 401 (same gauges - slightly different receiver - with adjustable choke) and the Model 402(.410 bore pump - smaller scale receiver). I have one of each. The 402 is an elegant little piece, very similar in appearance to the early Win 12 - it has a single, left side draw bar, holds 5 3"ers in the tube mag. and one in the chamber, with right side ejection and a switch type safety at the top rear of the receiver - like Mossberg's. The action on mine is very "slick". The Models 400 and 402 have removable, aluminum side plates on the receiver while the Model 401 has a solid receiver. All three are well used but well taken care of and have very smooth actions. Not bad shotguns for under 200 bucks.