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AndyC wrote:

puma guy wrote:Doves seem to have lead shot sensing radar.

I've been convinced of that same thing for decades!

puma guy wrote:The way Andy is shooting skeet with his .410 double SXS we may have to handicap him with a bolt action. Shooting doubles w/ a bolt action

Hmmm... how much do those cost?

bulinm wrote:Very nice. Congratulations.

Several years ago I bought myself a Mossberg .410, intending it to be my dove gun, as I
was becoming so efficient and deadly with my side-by 20 ga. I was also looking forward
to re-capturing those days of yore when I ventured into the field with my first shotgun, a
JC Higgins bolt-action .410, a scourge on the bird population.

Well, lemme tell you, that was a humbing experience. heck, some of the dove I was shootin'
at just lit and started walkin'.

That little Mossberg awaits the next expert in the family.

AndyC wrote:Well, fired off 50 shells - what a hoot!

First 25 shells I shot on the practice trap to see where it shot, how it handled, etc. Fired the first 10 shots mounted to test for fit, then the next 15 from gun-down position, snapping it up into place to see if the fit held true under pressure; it did.

Ambled off to the skeet-range and shot a round by myself; it was windy as all get-out so I was a bit apprehensive. I shot a 20 - not shabby at all for:
...a new gun
...in .410 (2 1/2" shell, 1/2oz load, #9s)
...on a windy day
...unmounted



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VMI77 wrote:

mr surveyor wrote:I hope you guys are set up to roll your own. Seems that .410 shot shells are neither readily available nor affordable. When I was younger my old J.C. Higgins .410 was my favorite rabbit and coon hunting gun. That was when .410 shells were half the cost of 12 ga, rather than twice the price.

Say what? I'm with you on price, but I've never had any problem finding any kind of .410.....slugs, buckshot, birdshot....all readily available. I think the last .410 birdshot I bought at Wally World was $12 a box of 25.