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Joined: May 2010
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First gun was a single shot .410 and I used it to take jackrabbits, pheasants and partridge back in South Dakota in the late 70s and early 80s.
In the early 90s I picked up a used Win 101 and have used it with 3" 4 shot on opening weekend to kill pheasants still because the birds are less wild then and they sit tighter and shorter shots are common. I still have the gun, but now use it's 20 gauge brother now as my pheasant gun.
I didn't start my own kids on the 410, instead using the 20 gauge mainly due to ease of finding shells for it and volume of shot sent down range to improve odds of bringing down what was in the sites.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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I think the .410 should be outlawed for hunting.
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Sidelock
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Sorry....I hear they are great for washing hogs 
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Sidelock
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When I lived in Maryland on the Chesapeake my friends dad would shoot geese over decoys with a single shot .410. I watched him do it several times. Range was about 20 paces and headshots only.
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Sidelock
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jOe
If you don't believe in something, than it should be outlawed for the rest of us? How very liberal of you.
Steve
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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oLd jOe's beliefs are as counterfeit as he is.
Ole Cowboy
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Went out to wash the hogs, came back with this. 
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Sidelock
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I think the .410 is fine as a field gun for those who shoot a given .410 well, are truly excellent shots with any guage shotgun, can estimate range very accurately, are willing to pass on questionable shots, and have taken the time to pattern their .410 and REALLY experiment with it to find the best load for each type of game.
That is truly a select few. (.410 Outlaws?).
I've SEEN all kinds of upland game taken with .410s by people like this. Also turkeys. Never seen it used for waterfowl except jump shooting ducks as targets of opportunity when hunting grouse.
For the rest of us, it's a fun gun to miss clays with, the best cottontail gun ever made, a snake blaster, and OK for "up close and personal in the henhouse."
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Last October, I went out with my Win 42 in eastern South Dakota. Couldn't find any hogs, so I washed 5 roosters. All got fully washed. 
Last edited by Chuck H; 05/01/11 11:05 AM.
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