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[uplandhunter870]

using a 410 for wingshooting could be seen as the equivalent of bowhunting big game. as i said earlier in the thread i use a 410 for upland game quite often and it also sees a lot of cherry crop protection duty. but i use a 410 to hunt with to give an extra challenge to the hunt, similar to the extra challenge of bowhunting deer or elk. if i really want quail or dove for dinner ill take the 12 or 20 ga with me and ill bring home dinner, with the 410 its more about getting out there for the hunt and really knowing your abilities as an upland hunter and abilities as a shotgunner.

the 410 is a lot less forgiving than any other gauge, your margin of error is small. ive been around shotgunning for a long time both hunting and competitive and i honestly believe that the best shotgunners are the people who are highly successful with a 410

[Stilly bay]

Doesn't a .410 require some measure of skill  whereas a 12g or even a 20g you can just spray and pray 

the only skill you need with a .410 is to be able steer the truck and shoot.

I would say a .410 shooter needs to have more restraint than skill, the load is a serious handy cap. there was another site that recently got into this, and they determined that 25 yds is about as far a shot as you should take with a 410 on larger birds.

 although I will ad that anyone going out in the field with a scatter gun who intends to "spray and pray" or poke and hope for the majority of their shots shouldn't be out there.

[wildweeds]

I shoot my womens and kids gun at skeet alot,because I shoot alot of skeet and reload, it makes perfect sense to do so,it improves focus and is a whole heck cheaper on my wallet in the shot department,for every 7/8 oz 20 shell I get 2 whacks with the 7/16 oz 410.Twice the shells for the same price.

[LenW]

I will agree that hunting with a 410 would be a challenge, having a neck injury I had to give up my over and under and thought about using my 1100 410 for hunting, when my son was shooting the gun I had always wondered about hitting anything beyond the 16 yard line at trap, one of the handicap shooters was watching my son shoot and asked to see his gun, needless to say this guy was breaking targets at the 27 yard line so it is possible.