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Eleanors38

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2. Never checked the strangulation potential of a dbl .410 Our family always used

Reply to xocet (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 03:07 PM

Sep 2016

.12 ga with short barrels and open chokes, when possible. 410s are an expert's gun. Why parents introduce their kids to bird hunting with a 410 is beyond me. Better an autoloading .20 gauge: Less kick, able to take different chokes, more chance of success, the kid can grow into it over the years.

Edit: great find if you have a double 410. Damned good for squirrels, nice for an expert wingshooter. It's got to be light. Is it a Stevens? I have a Stevens 311D in .12 ga (made in 1955, probably sold for under $75). Two triggers, self-extracting, good mod & full patterns. I have shot ducks with it using max loads. If you can take it, it can.

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The best choke for hunting both dove and duck is... improved cylinder. [View all] Eleanors38 Sep 2016 OP

...If you can get close enough to a dove or a duck to choke it, you're a better hunter than I....JK xocet Sep 2016 #1

Never checked the strangulation potential of a dbl .410 Our family always used Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #2

Sadly, that shotgun is past history - a memory from a childhood introduction to quail hunting.... xocet Sep 2016 #3

Your welcome. Heading for the field this weekend! Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #4