410's and geese.

[Smellydog]

There is something just magical about a few birds with a 410.
Something I fear about to be lost.

Smiles per mile were many and as I packed up a sense of things to come as the greys brought their young for a barley supper.

Stoopid country......

 

[bulric]

I shot my first pigeon with a .410 a few weeks ago, great achievement in my opinion, as if it's airborne I usually can't hit a barn door with it!

 

[Crunchy Peanut Butter]

Have a go with some TSS

 

[Smellydog]

Have a go with some TSS

Don't earn enough!
Lead is fine.

 

[HonestJohn]

@Heym SR20 was telling me about the yanks using them for turkeys the other day

 

[Heym SR20]

@Heym SR20 was telling me about the yanks using them for turkeys the other day

The Best .410 Turkey Loads of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

We tested the best .410 turkey loads to see which patterned the best out of some of the most popular turkey hunting shotguns.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[Crunchy Peanut Butter]

The Best .410 Turkey Loads of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

We tested the best .410 turkey loads to see which patterned the best out of some of the most popular turkey hunting shotguns.

www.outdoorlife.com

It is truly amazing stuff and fortunately, if you homeload, it is far cheaper

 

[kevtherev]

There is something just magical about a few birds with a 410.
Something I fear about to be lost.
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Smiles per mile were many and as I packed up a sense of things to come as the greys brought their young for a barley supper.
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Stoopid country......

Mossberg?

 

[Tarquin]

Do you load your own?

 

[Smellydog]

Do you load your own?

Sometimes. But not for a while.

 

[Smellydog]

Mossberg?

Yes.

 

[Spear Chucker]

There is something just magical about a few birds with a 410.
Something I fear about to be lost.
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Smiles per mile were many and as I packed up a sense of things to come as the greys brought their young for a barley supper.
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Stoopid country......

I love my little El Chimbo. 3" magnum 5 shot. Holy Moses! Devastating on the squirrats.

 

[ianm]

There is a chap that goes in our local gun shop who does a lot of wildfowling mainly with a 410 believe it or not. He home loads TSS and kills geese at ranges you would be happy shooting them with 3 1/2" 12 bore loads.

 

[kenbro]

Hi,
If I’m lucky I get 2 or 3 long half days on pigeons and crows each year. (240 mile round trip.)
Been using 20 gauge M12 forever but now going to get a .410 for next year.
Recommendations (From experience please) ) for choke and shot size for decoyed birds on standing corn and stubble.
Thx; Ken.

 

[Stevie/P]

3/4 or full 3" derby five

 

[Smellydog]

Hi,
If I’m lucky I get 2 or 3 long half days on pigeons and crows each year. (240 mile round trip.)
Been using 20 gauge M12 forever but now going to get a .410 for next year.
Recommendations (From experience please) ) for choke and shot size for decoyed birds on standing corn and stubble.
Thx; Ken.

1/2 choke. #7, #7.5, #8 shot 1/2oz or more Ken.
If the trip brings you this way borrow mine.

 

[tarponhead]

Hi,
If I’m lucky I get 2 or 3 long half days on pigeons and crows each year. (240 mile round trip.)
Been using 20 gauge M12 forever but now going to get a .410 for next year.
Recommendations (From experience please) ) for choke and shot size for decoyed birds on standing corn and stubble.
Thx; Ken.

To whet your appetite, the Gunshop at Barbury Shooting ground has a Winchester lever action .410 on s.2 so three shot for sale - only 2.5” chambers though. A sweet little number!

 

[tarponhead]

To whet your appetite, the Gunshop at Barbury Shooting ground has a Winchester lever action .410 on s.2 so three shot for sale - only 2.5” chambers though. A sweet little number!

To answer your question I use no.6 shot from 3” shells on full choke. If I hit them, it kills with authority. If I hit them…

 

[Tony Morgan]

If I hit them, it kills with authority. If I hit them

You have to hit them with both barrels?

 

[kenbro]

To whet your appetite, the Gunshop at Barbury Shooting ground has a Winchester lever action .410 on s.2 so three shot for sale - only 2.5” chambers though. A sweet little number!

Yes, I had a Marlin back about 20 years ago but couldn’t get on with it.
When I came to sell it I seem to remember prices for those had advanced a lot.
Thanks for suggestion.
Ken.