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Jonesy, Congratulations!
I had so many "almost" straights with that Nitro above. I finally gave up.
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Shotgun Jones: Congratulations on your first 25 straight with the .410er. Just remember, the first 25 is always the hardest. It will get easier from here out and before long, if you keep at it, you will be working on your first 100 straight! When I was a kid, just learning to shoot, I was at the Nationals in Savannah, Georgia. Low and behold, Fred Missildine was watching me shoot a light weight Browning superposed .410. He walked up to me and said: "Son, you are stopping your swing with that light little .410 Hold a loose forearm and place your left hand closer to the receiver." I took his advice and my scores jumped up immediately. I think the key to shooting a light gun is holding a loose forearm...really, any gun for that matter. Just my 2 cents worth and I hope I didn't offend you by making this suggestion. Regards, Buzz
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Hardly buzz, thanks for the tip.
I get the idea about bringing the forehand in to increase the pivot speed.
The grip strength I'll have to think about. I think my forestock clench is pretty loose naturally. Even after all these years, I still do the 'pointy finger bit', ie index finger pointed downrange at the target. It just feels natural.
Thanks for the words of encouragement, I'll report back on the 100.
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For fun up here we have rat shoots. When the hay bales are going to be chopped on the ranches, the neighbors gather with shotguns to shoot the rats. My buddies use 12 bores but my gun of choice for these fun shoots is my little Remington 11-48 .410 auto.
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410s are neat lil guns! My friend use my old bolt action 410 to kill his first Michigan buck back in the late 70s. 30 paces with a 3 inch slug. Dropped dead in the track! I don't have one now but if I did I'd use it on bunnies and such. Worse thing I ever did was bad mouth a mans mod 42, I still feel bad about that to this day.
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.410 slugs are constantly discounted by guys that will happily go after a deer in the woods with a .357 handgun. They need to read the ballistic tables. I wouldn't choose a .410 for deer but if you get it sighted in (and actually have sights), it will definitely do a deer at woods distances, assuming you can wait for a decent shot. (Like NOT when the deer is going Mach 3). I've done that with a little blacktail fork horn that visited my friend's apple orchard in the fall; gun was a Savage Model 24 with a Weaver K1.5 on it. I was doing jackrabbit patrol when I ran into this guy.
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I think the .410 should be outlawed for hunting. I think we should outlaw HomelessjOe from this site!!
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If my bad shoulders keep getting worse, then I may be carrying one before it's all said and done. If it wern't for the potential grouse - it would be fun to carry one for timberdoodles......
Gary
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I had both a 410 and 20 gauge NS at the same time and when I compared the frames it appears that the width is the same but top to bottom the .410 frame is thinner by may be 0.5" or more. Also the .410 barrels are really thick in the chamber area. Steve Steve, Betcha I know where that NS 410 is hidin!
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Ya, but I betcha don't know where that 20 gauge NS (Gambles Ace)is hiding. How's that 410 been working for you? I know that I took a bunch of pen-raised pheasants with that little honey. I hope you've had as much fun with it as I did. Steve
Last edited by Rockdoc; 05/02/11 02:47 PM.
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