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My search for an inexpensive .410 is not bearing fruit. I’ve widened my search to include a 30’s era Francotte. Any thought on a 4 lb 10 oz double? ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/jhn0X7f.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/VGCpv4u.jpg)
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My thoughts are that it will have a strong learning curve.
The proof is in the pudding.
Most people don’t shoot ultralight Shotguns very well.
An ultralight 410 is probably the worst set up for shooting well.
If you like it, buy it.
Unless you are possessing God-given, super clay, target, shooting talents, be happy if your scores equate to half of whatever it is that you normally shoot for starters.
Unless you’re a skeet shooter, then it probably won’t matter because everybody use a sustained lead anyway.
Those are my thoughts.
Out there doing it best I can.
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“Inexpensive” and “.410”combined in the same phrase seem to be a grammatical impossibility, even on this side of the pond where a lead ban in 3 years and a lack of viable non toxic .410 loads should logically be depressing values.
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Get an Iver Johnson Skeet-er if you want a shooter. A perfect gun design.
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I like shooting my under five pound Francotte .410 just fine. You just have to shoot it a bit, quite a bit.
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She can be a humbling mistress.
Definitely a strong resurgence among the retirees at my club.
Enough to where stations were changed to help them with their scores.
Out there doing it best I can.
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I have a 28 ga Francotte that is 4 lbs 11 oz that I like.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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I have a 28 ga Francotte that is 4 lbs 11 oz that I like. Everybody likes them. Lots of people have a hell of a time shooting them well. Good luck with that, Bob. Best, Ted
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Last edited by Jimmy W; 07/05/26 08:24 AM.
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Any thought on a 4 lb 10 oz double? Yeah, I'll bet it's got no longer than 26" barrels. If I'm wrong it's a rare bird. I could learn to shoot it just fine, IF the stock dimensions were suitable. Too many people try to learn to shoot a gun that doesn't fit them. Then when they can't, they blame the weight of the gun. This 'un weighs 4 lbs. 14 oz., and has killed a vast number of game birds. But, I had to learn how to adapt my shooting style to it. You just do not successfully shoot a sub-5 lb. gun the same way as you do a 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 lb. gun. ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/75533_800x600.jpg) OBTW, you're wanting an "inexpensive .410" and you're including Francottes?  Your definition of inexpensive and mine shore ain't the same.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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