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Offline Lead ball 54

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410 for grouse?
« on: November 07, 2019, 08:37:29 AM »
What are your thoughts on loads and distance the gun is a single shot thanks

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2019, 08:42:09 AM »
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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2019, 08:43:05 AM »
Depends on the choke, but it does not take much to kills grouse.  #5 from a mod or full I would not hesitate at 35 yards

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2019, 08:44:29 AM »
I have a single *censored* with a modified choke that I’ve killed a truck
 Load of grouse with. I’d prefer it had a full choke but
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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2019, 08:48:00 AM »
its what i have been using for over 45 years...loads of #5 or #6 shot and down they go.  I have a Hercules single shot that i was given at 10 by my grandfather.  Longish barrel, full choke, kills them dead every time from stick distance out to about 35 yards...which is as long as i go on them.
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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2019, 09:14:57 AM »
3 inch 410 in a contender! I was on a roll earlier this fall but of last I'm just chasing them off the road.  :dunno:
I use contender with 10inch barrel good to a max of 25 yards. Killed 8 grouse in camp with it this yr no choke but a wad stop

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2019, 04:40:23 PM »
Get a box of federal tss 7 shot

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2019, 05:12:13 PM »
I use a o/u 410 for grouse. Works great with 3" #5's or 6's.
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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2019, 05:17:17 PM »
Model 37 Winchester 410 3 inch full choke. Got it from Grandpa Pete in 1956, still have it. Killed hundreds of grouse and Pheasants, 4,5,6 shot 3 inch. and does not tear them to shreds.
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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2019, 06:37:21 PM »
Heck yeah, my single shot .410 is always with us in case we run into a thunder chicken. Or in this case, a prairie chicken!

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2019, 07:16:59 PM »
Used to drop geese with a 410 as a kid.  Definitely good enough for grouse!

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2019, 06:22:01 AM »
Same ballistics as 12 gauge, just a whole bunch less shot.  Pattern at different distances and act accordingly.

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2019, 07:14:47 AM »
I killed a pile of them with a full choke single shot Savage shooting 3" #6's. To be completely honest I can't remember ever going out with anything besides a .410 for grouse. These days I have a Mossberg 500 .410 for that job.

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2019, 04:53:46 PM »
I’m buying a 20ga after all the missed/wounded grouse this year. I was using my bolt action JC Higgins 410, choke  unknown, with 3in 7 1/2 shot.

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Re: 410 for grouse?
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2019, 05:49:13 PM »
I’m buying a 20ga after all the missed/wounded grouse this year. I was using my bolt action JC Higgins 410, choke  unknown, with 3in 7 1/2 shot.

How much you want for the gun. Lol
Because my experience with a 410 has always been good.
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