Best Calibre Pistol For Terrier Work

[GARY 76]

Got 2 mate, a nice side by side, but when you have to leave the quad the wrong side of a deep gulley, Dogs/Spades/Bar/nets/and a small bag including torch locator box ect it would be nice to be able to have a short pistol instead of a longer heavier gun.

 

Also the length of the barrels on the shotgun can be awkward in a tight dig when things need to be concluded quickly.

 

Cheers Gary

[alimac 882]

Most of the big gun shop's will be able to get you a .410 pistol although it wont be cheap and they will probably have to order it in so it might take a week or two :thumbs:

From where I am in the north east, Iv to travel about 120 mile to the nearest dealer that is licensed to sell them.

[donnyc 1,203]

Get one rfd to rfd saves travelling..Oh and the modern ones are shite too big and heavy better off with an oldun

[Accip74 7,112]

Used to use the old type single barrel fold up .410, great tool to have with you

[Tommy pepper 222]

were all using these in europe now pretty handy tool

 

[danw 1,748]

Get one rfd to rfd saves travelling..Oh and the modern ones are shite too big and heavy better off with an oldun

sect5 rfd transfer is not that straight forward and not all rfd can hold sect5 I had to travel over 200 miles to pick up one of mine.

[paulus 26]

york guns were selling 410 pistols

[sikastag_1 689]

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Edited August 27, 2019 by grant_c

[Nick3439 83]

Why dont you just buy a folding 410,cheep as chips and easily consealed in a bag.

Yildiz do a .410 that folds; cheep cheep too, about a ton fifty new.

[strongbow 149]

york guns were selling 410 pistols

 

yea they were and they were [BANNED TEXT] they called snake gun,double barrelled under an over with short barrels. Too short for dispatching a animal in a dig. Imported from the states.the barrels are so sort you cant shoot anything from 1foot because of the spread. Saw another 410 pistol tho that was a old fashioned horse slaughtering gun the barrel was about 12 inches long. This was a very efficient gun when the dog was lifted but didn't like it if the dog was fast to the quarry would rather the 22 then.

[alimac 882]

yep where from north east u from, york guns do sell them

I'm 120 mile north of York :-p

[alimac 882]

 

york guns were selling 410 pistols

yea they were and they were [bANNED TEXT] they called snake gun,double barrelled under an over with short barrels. Too short for dispatching a animal in a dig. Imported from the states.the barrels are so sort you cant shoot anything from 1foot because of the spread. Saw another 410 pistol tho that was a old fashioned horse slaughtering gun the barrel was about 12 inches long. This was a very efficient gun when the dog was lifted but didn't like it if the dog was fast to the quarry would rather the 22 then.

Never needed to dispatch anything from more than 1ft so short barrel & huge spread wouldn't make any difference

[paulus 26]

might be wrong here but can you not cut a single 410 down to a 23 inch barrel and take the stock back to the pistol grip, that way its still classed as a shotgun

[Born Hunter 17,762]

might be wrong here but can you not cut a single 410 down to a 23 inch barrel and take the stock back to the pistol grip, that way its still classed as a shotgun

 

On a shotgun licence?......... No, needs to have minimum barrel length of 24" and minimum overall length of 40" too I believe. Although that overall length limit might just be for pumps and semis....

Edited January 30, 2014 by Born Hunter

[air gun ant 1,666]

no i think your right on the overall length aswell BH