I was very lucky, a guy showed up for a state skeet shoot with an LC Smith in .410. My father wound up buying it for me when I was 6 months old. I didn't get to shoot it until after I'd shot a Junior race with a M12 12 gauge when I was 9. I've shot the gun ever since. It is one more fine gun!! It has 28 inch barrels, Hunter Single Trigger and a Beavertail forearm. I shot it a lot and when I was growing up, I killed a BUNCH of doves and mallards with it. It's quite capable of 40 yard executions. At the time 3" .410 shells cost quite a bit less than 12 gauge shells. I never could tell the difference between it and the M12 trap up to about that range. Then the M12 took over. The last time I seriously patterned it was in the 70's using naked 3/4 ounce #6 shot - three different brands. In a 20" circle at 25 yards the right barrel averaged about 75% and the left barrel was closer to 95%. Not many skeet targets got through those patterns. Until Sporting Clays decided they had to throw 50+ yard targets to keep people from breaking them all and limited the shot load to 1/2 ounce, I put about 2500 shells per year trough it. Now it's down to about a 1000. I've since picked up a number of side by sides. I like them!! Most are basic grades.
