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[cyclonebri1 8]

So like when I came back to shooting this year I only took out an FAC, didnt bother with the SC as my previous exp with the 12g indicated I could not shoot it, ie recoils to the shoulder and neck. How much less kick does the 410 have? %? 50%/ 30%? what do you reckon?

 

Edited to add; have only ever shot 12g and 3g garden gun before?

[SportingShooter 0]

So like when I came back to shooting this year I only took out an FAC, didnt bother with the SC as my previous exp with the 12g indicated I could not shoot it, ie recoils to the shoulder and neck. How much less kick does the 410 have? %? 50%/ 30%? what do you reckon?

 

Edited to add; have only ever shot 12g and 3g garden gun before?

A 3g Garden Gun :blink: I hope you mean 9mm No.3 Garden Gun or I'm not surprised your Head and Neck hurt with the recoil.

 

The .410, depending on the weight, will fire a 3" shell with very little recoil. In a well balanced .410, I would estimate that it would be about 40% of the 12.

 

SS

[andyfr1968 772]

Hi. When I first got my shot gun cert, I was 14. That was 26 years ago and I worked part-time as an apprentice game keeper on an estate near Linton (W.Yorks). My dad and others pushed me into getting a 12 as it was 'a mans gun'. I did what I was told and put up with what I had... A couple of years later I started my first proper job as an 'apprentice gun-smith' with Lindsley Bros in Leeds (turned out to be dogs-body but hey-ho), but it gave me an ability to try, and use many other types of guns. One of the best guns I used for rabbits, rats and anything really that wasn't moving too fast, was a bolt action, single-shot, Belgian .410. Forget 'snob value'. It's an over used saying, but you really don't need a sledge-hammer to crack a nut!

Edited December 24, 2008 by andyfr1968

[cyclonebri1 8]

So like when I came back to shooting this year I only took out an FAC, didnt bother with the SC as my previous exp with the 12g indicated I could not shoot it, ie recoils to the shoulder and neck. How much less kick does the 410 have? %? 50%/ 30%? what do you reckon?

 

Edited to add; have only ever shot 12g and 3g garden gun before?

A 3g Garden Gun :blink: I hope you mean 9mm No.3 Garden Gun or I'm not surprised your Head and Neck hurt with the recoil.

 

The .410, depending on the weight, will fire a 3" shell with very little recoil. In a well balanced .410, I would estimate that it would be about 40% of the 12.

 

SS

 

Thanks, a mere slip of the keyboard I did indeed mean a No3 pea shooter

[jamie g 17]

Recently after applying for my shotgun certificate successfully my mates at my local shoot were asking me what gun am i thinking about getting, i told them a pump action 410 and they all thought "ow u pussy get a 12 bore" well the main thing what is shoot are rabbits and i dont want to be ruining the meat on them in order to sell them so this is why a 410 is handy.

Now since the age of 11, i have been shooting a 410 and im not a bad shot considering i had shot (my best with a 410) 8/10 with my clay trap, that was with a 410 bolt action webly&scott a awesome gun.

 

But ask my friend who is a serious rabbiter from up north he would go out with bloke armed with 410 and have great success and think that the 410 is a great caliber for rabbiting.

 

So what do you think is the 410 underestimated or what

 

IMO the 410 is a bit like the whippet, many people underestimate them but you ask the people who work with them and they have great numbers with the two.

 

So lets hear you opinions

Thanks

 

dont forget most 410's come with 3inch chamber so they have some poke. great for using when ferreting i think