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Offline Salmo

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« on: April 08, 2012, 08:59:06 AM »
How many here use a .410 for upland bird hunting? 
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Re: .410
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 09:03:10 AM »
I used one years ago.  Hits just as hard, just not as much shot going out there.
If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.

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Re: .410
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 09:11:46 AM »
Only for grouse on the ground or in a tree. Never did shoot a flying grouse with it.

I do think they would be a good gun for quail.
« Last Edit: April 08, 2012, 09:20:41 AM by bobcat »

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Re: .410
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 09:19:43 AM »
i do for grouse quail and doves and starlings in the orchard when i get back to my parents place. although i have a mec 410 loader so for me its the cheapest hunting shell wouldnt use a 410 much if my only option was buying factory shells

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Re: .410
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 09:23:24 AM »
I use a 28 ga for grouse but, if I owned a .410 I would probably use it every now and again.
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Re: .410
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 09:26:33 AM »
Pop always had a .410 around as a farm gun for varmints and such, but it got to where it disgusted him to pay 10$ a box for shells when hi-vel game loads at wal-mart were 3-4$ for 20ga...(this from a man who didnt shoot 10 shells a year)  factory ammo aint cheap because they load so little of it in comparison.. we found it really limited in range compared to even the 20 ga, as it just dont have near as many pellets.

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Re: .410
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 09:32:24 AM »
Bought one last year and knocked down both roosters I shot at. Not great for long ranges but the closer shots it works great :tup: Oh and it works great on grouse and quail too!
« Last Edit: April 09, 2012, 02:38:17 PM by JBar »
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Re: .410
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2012, 09:35:47 AM »
works good on prairie dogs and rattlesnakes.......providing you don't plan to save the hide

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Re: .410
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2012, 03:55:08 PM »
I have used a .410 and a 28 for the last several years on quail, doves and grouse. I love them.

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Re: .410
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2012, 04:52:20 PM »
I use my Springfield M6 Scout for grouse all the time, It's always in the rig during grouse season.
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Re: .410
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 08:57:37 AM »
I have a rossi single shot that shoots 410/45lc out of the same barrel. I killed a deer and some quail on the same hunt last year...if 410 shells were only priced right.

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Re: .410
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2012, 11:00:52 AM »
I wouldn't mind having one, but I don't know how much I'd really use it.  A local shop has a used .410 loader I can get cheap too.  Tempting, but I don't need it.

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Re: .410
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2012, 10:53:26 PM »


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Re: .410
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2012, 11:32:53 PM »
if I ever get a pair of beagles and take up rabbit hunting I suspect I will need a good 410. maybe an old winchester model 12, choked a little too tight.
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Re: .410
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2012, 12:17:56 AM »
I have an old Stevens side by side that I grew up hunting with and still use for birds.  I killed a buck (with slugs) with it when I was 10.  That thing has taken hunreds of critters from bunnies to quail, pheasants, doves, squirrels, turkeys, coyotes, you name it. 

 


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