A question about .410 caliber...

pheenix42 · 08-21-2008

My dad kept a .410 shotgun in the house when I was a kid, and now that I'm an adult I'm wondering how the .410 caliber is used other than a small bird gun or occasionally dispatching a badly wounded cat. (poor creature crawled up under a car hood...)

So, what does the .410 get used for?

(it's a noob question, to be sure, but the only stupid question is the one you don't ask!)

wolfman · 08-21-2008

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Originally Posted by pheenix42

My dad kept a .410 shotgun in the house when I was a kid, and now that I'm an adult I'm wondering how the .410 caliber is used other than a small bird gun or occasionally dispatching a badly wounded cat. (poor creature crawled up under a car hood...)

So, what does the .410 get used for?

(it's a noob question, to be sure, but the only stupid question is the one you don't ask!)

My first shot gun was a .410, and it dispatched more than its fair share of squirrels, rabbits, quail, and ocassional phesant. Would have probably have helped harvest a few deer too, if it had been legal to hunt them with it back then. Carried it every day after school on the 10 or so miles of trapline a buddy and I put out every winter.

NateIU10 · 08-21-2008

I've been thinking about getting a .410 for squirrel recently. Hope that helps lol.

Cwood · 08-21-2008

I know a few people back home in Ohio that use it to hunt deer.

Indy_Guy_77 · 08-22-2008

One of my younger cousins killed his first deer with a .410...

-J-

Crystalship1 · 08-22-2008

Friend of the family had a lever action .410. That was a cool lil' shotgun!!!

possum_128 · 08-22-2008

My first gun in 1966 was a .410. In fact I still have it. Killed many of squirrel with it. I have 2 other guns in .410. One is used to dispatch timber rattlers on my property and the other for woodpeckers who like to damage my log home. Great guns.

quicksdraw · 08-22-2008

Dad gave me a Savage model 24 .410/.22 O/U when I was a kid. I used it on rabbits, squirrels, pigeons and the regular trips out to the dump to ambush rats. Excellent weapon for a kid to start with.

Soundslikejosh · 08-22-2008

The 410 also makes skeet and trap harder, or so I have been told. I've never shot either with a 410, but supposedly the decreased shot charge makes accuracy more important. Apparently a guy who can shoot 25 with a 410 on a skeet range is something to really brag about.

snorko · 08-22-2008

While many people consider it a good training shotgun, it was developed mainly as an expert caliber as a sort of handicap.

08-21-2008	#1 (permalink)
pheenix42 Plinker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 73	A question about .410 caliber... My dad kept a .410 shotgun in the house when I was a kid, and now that I'm an adult I'm wondering how the .410 caliber is used other than a small bird gun or occasionally dispatching a badly wounded cat. (poor creature crawled up under a car hood...) So, what does the .410 get used for? (it's a noob question, to be sure, but the only stupid question is the one you don't ask!)

08-21-2008	#3 (permalink)
NateIU10 Glocker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bloomington Posts: 3,589	I've been thinking about getting a .410 for squirrel recently. Hope that helps lol. __________________

08-22-2008	#6 (permalink)
Crystalship1 Aka - CS1 Join Date: May 2008 Location: N.E. Indianapolis, IN. (aka Lawrence, IN.) Posts: 3,771	Friend of the family had a lever action .410. That was a cool lil' shotgun!!! __________________ Springfield Armory XD.... Like a Glock, only better!!! "Alot" is NOT a word!!! Hi-Point firearms... "Slandered by those who have never even shot one and loved by those who actually own them." Learn the truth: CLICKY ---> http://www.hipointfirearmsforums.com/Forum/ CLICKY ---> http://www.shootingtimes.com/handgun_reviews/hipoint_100605/ Proud of your faith? Awesome! ... Now do us all a favor and spend half as much time talking about it and twice as much living it!!!

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quicksdraw Quick Baba Looie, bring me my kabonger! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indianapolis, In. Posts: 605	Dad gave me a Savage model 24 .410/.22 O/U when I was a kid. I used it on rabbits, squirrels, pigeons and the regular trips out to the dump to ambush rats. Excellent weapon for a kid to start with. __________________ "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."---- Anonymous

08-22-2008	#9 (permalink)
Soundslikejosh Expert Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bloomington Posts: 1,533	The 410 also makes skeet and trap harder, or so I have been told. I've never shot either with a 410, but supposedly the decreased shot charge makes accuracy more important. Apparently a guy who can shoot 25 with a 410 on a skeet range is something to really brag about. __________________ As far as the number of guns I have, most are backups for me or handouts to my family in the event of a OMGWTFSHTFBBQ ~ bigcraig His outward persona makes Mr. Rodgers look like 50 Cent, but with a blade in his hand the only thing keeping your head on your shoulders is the fact that he is a good person. ~Bushido Devil Dog

08-21-2008	#4 (permalink)
Cwood Indiana Supply Depot Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bremen Posts: 3,664	I know a few people back home in Ohio that use it to hunt deer.

08-22-2008	#7 (permalink)
possum_128 Plinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Martinsville Posts: 229	My first gun in 1966 was a .410. In fact I still have it. Killed many of squirrel with it. I have 2 other guns in .410. One is used to dispatch timber rattlers on my property and the other for woodpeckers who like to damage my log home. Great guns.

08-22-2008	#10 (permalink)
snorko Marksman Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 451	While many people consider it a good training shotgun, it was developed mainly as an expert caliber as a sort of handicap.

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