Guest Navek Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Got an old 410 shotgun here wooden stock that is shooting about a foot and half high when patterning using POA method .. question is can I just sand down the comb to lower shot pattern .its old so not bothers what it looks like ,if not I'll give it someone for dispatching trapped vermin Quote Link to post
Meece 1,957 Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Here's 5 silly options for you to consider 1. aim about a foot and a half low. 2. get a high front bead. 3. add some packing to extend the stock length. 4. bend the barrel down in a curve. 5. throw away and get a proper gun that fits you Edited December 10, 2017 by Meece 2 Quote Link to post
Guest Navek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, Meece said: Here's 5 silly options for you to consider 1. aim about a foot and a half low. 2. get a high front bead. 3. add some packing to extend the stock length. 4. bend the barrel down in a curve. 5. throw away and get a proper gun that fits you Not going bother about getting a 410 fitted to me for how much I use it and I have another one that I get on fine with ...but thanks for the suggestion tho .ill try adding extra stock length .if that doesn't work I'll just chuck the gun at quarry see if it hits something Quote Link to post
Meece 1,957 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) most of those old 410s were on the small size for concealment. you might find that if you were poaching out of trees that it hit the mark when fired straight up. do your test with a chunk of folded cloth on the but like a folded up scarf or something and see what the result is. you could tape a chunk of foam on it as an experiment. PS. put a picture of it on my show your guns thread. its good to see all sorts of guns. Edited December 11, 2017 by Meece afterthought Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 We bent a mates barrel but a foot and half is excessive to be fixed by a subtle bend. It will need some wood removing too for that amount and then feel awkward. It may need the wrist of the stock bending for a better result. U. Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thinking about it more, has it had any bore work or choke adjustment? If that has been done poorly it will throw the load off course. Quote Link to post
Guest Navek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Just had a look at the end of the barrel and it looks as tho it may of had acouple of inch taken off Quote Link to post
Guest Navek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I'm just going use it as a club ?? Quote Link to post
FLATTOP 3,667 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I've got an old .410 poachers gun with a folding stock and I can honestly say I haven't hit a barn door with it it's useless I keep it because I like the look of it and it's old. Quote Link to post
Meece 1,957 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 hours ago, FLATTOP said: I've got an old .410 poachers gun with a folding stock and I can honestly say I haven't hit a barn door with it it's useless I keep it because I like the look of it and it's old. Club. I've never thought about or tested the accuracy of mine. I was given it and apparently it has taken hundreds and hundreds of birds off of boughs in the distant past by the blokes father and uncle. If only the gun could speak. The person that gave it to me is in his late 80s so goodness knows how old it is. 1 Quote Link to post
Meece 1,957 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Navek said: I'm just going use it as a club ?? Golf club? the thing about disposing of guns is that at some stage you say >>>"i wish I hadn't got rid of that old 410, I could do with that now to make an anti tank rifle or a spike to hold the garden fence up with" ! Quote Link to post
FLATTOP 3,667 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, Meece said: Club. I've never thought about or tested the accuracy of mine. I was given it and apparently it has taken hundreds and hundreds of birds off of boughs in the distant past by the blokes father and uncle. If only the gun could speak. The person that gave it to me is in his late 80s so goodness knows how old it is. I suppose if I shot birds from tree boughs it wouldn't miss but when I've disturbed a pheasant from cover and took a shot with it no chance powerful little thing with a kick as well, I looked into the history of it and it was a gunsmith in Braintree Essex who was known as Mr Braintree he was the Mayor butcher Gunsmith etc his surname was Bartram I believe going back the best part of a hundred years, funny the things you acquire. Quote Link to post
Guest Navek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Well I've bodge it lol I have put a 6 mm round bar on top of the barrel and covers it in shrink wrap .bin acros field to pattern it and it's spot on ...it's hitting where I'm looking...it doesn't look good ..but it works good so that will do .. Quote Link to post
Guest Navek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Going buy one these tho at some point .can buy the stick on version . Quote Link to post
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