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[si brown 8,486]

40 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

I've really gone off guns but the lad had been asking so planned a bit of a day. Took him to the gun shop to trade my silenced .410 for an unsilenced one for as he was struggling to aim around the silencer. They only had expensive ones in. Even the little single barrel we choose was brand new and more than I wanted to pay. The lad then declared he was still wearing his slippers as he had forgot to put his wellies on . Another £40  down for new wellies as it was half an hour home and we were already late. £6 a box for .410 cartridges and we walked out kitted up but 200 notes down!

Anyway we had a cracking afternoon, the little gun knocked a few down that I would of been happy with using a 12 bore. He missed a few and got one out sitting in a tree. Even got a nice little summer tipple from the farm shop! Think I need smaller cartridges for the nipper next time as the 3" magnums fairly kicked in the little gun.

Anyway one of my most enjoyable days shooting ever having the lad with me. 

Quality Lad looks bout same age as mine, he prefers them is it leval number 5’s in his 410…. He goes mad when i put a couple of 6 high pheasant when he’s not looking

£9+ a box of 410 here now:(

[DIDO.1 20,881]

34 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

I got one of them sure he will look after it better then mine won’t be long till he’s after a 28g

Looks like most of my guns. When I traded my silenced.410 in against the new one I told the bloke I'd used it as a tool .....he said "yeah I can tell you have been knocking posts in with it" 

[DIDO.1 20,881]

10 minutes ago, si brown said:

Quality Lad looks bout same age as mine, he prefers them is it leval number 5’s in his 410…. He goes mad when i put a couple of 6 high pheasant when he’s not looking

£9+ a box of 410 here now:(

I thought get the big cartridges to give him best chance.... didn't think a 410 could kick like that. I'm impressed though, I'd feel over gunned shooting pigeons with a 12 now! 

[FLATTOP 3,676]

53 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

I've really gone off guns but the lad had been asking so planned a bit of a day. Took him to the gun shop to trade my silenced .410 for an unsilenced one for as he was struggling to aim around the silencer. They only had expensive ones in. Even the little single barrel we choose was brand new and more than I wanted to pay. The lad then declared he was still wearing his slippers as he had forgot to put his wellies on . Another £40  down for new wellies as it was half an hour home and we were already late. £6 a box for .410 cartridges and we walked out kitted up but 200 notes down!

Anyway we had a cracking afternoon, the little gun knocked a few down that I would of been happy with using a 12 bore. He missed a few and got one out sitting in a tree. Even got a nice little summer tipple from the farm shop! Think I need smaller cartridges for the nipper next time as the 3" magnums fairly kicked in the little gun.

Anyway one of my most enjoyable days shooting ever having the lad with me. 

I’ve got a little 410 quite an old one I hardly use it but when I do I think must get this out more.

[DIDO.1 20,881]

4 minutes ago, FLATTOP said:

I’ve got a little 410 quite an old one I hardly use it but when I do I think must get this out more.

I've got a 9mm exactly the same 

[FLATTOP 3,676]

23 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

I've got a 9mm exactly the same 

I’ve often wondered if it would safely fire a 9mm

[si brown 8,486]

27 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

I thought get the big cartridges to give him best chance.... didn't think a 410 could kick like that. I'm impressed though, I'd feel over gunned shooting pigeons with a 12 now! 

He goes mad at me for using it roost shooting when he’s not about ,I prefer it over a 12 for that!

little shits better on the clays than me with it too, good fun but you can rattle through a few quid in no time

[DIDO.1 20,881]

2 hours ago, FLATTOP said:

I’ve often wondered if it would safely fire a 9mm

No a 9mm is smaller so it wouldn't fit. They were used as 'garden guns' ... apparently for shooting finches in orchards. The 9mm cartridge is full of dust shot, rats at 10 yards are about its limit 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558]

On 27/08/2022 at 18:43, South hams hunter said:

Never tire of coming over this hill st sunrise and also seen someone make a big entrance onto the beach

Kingy 

[Gypsydog94 4,329]

10 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

Looks like most of my guns. When I traded my silenced.410 in against the new one I told the bloke I'd used it as a tool .....he said "yeah I can tell you have been knocking posts in with it" 

My most used gun Ideal for out with the terriers. Just often gets chucked on the bank and dragged through everywhere. 

[FLATTOP 3,676]

8 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

No a 9mm is smaller so it wouldn't fit. They were used as 'garden guns' ... apparently for shooting finches in orchards. The 9mm cartridge is full of dust shot, rats at 10 yards are about its limit 

I was offered a garden gun years ago funny little guns I wished I’d took it but was told the ammo was hard to get hold of.

[South hams hunter 8,837]

[DIDO.1 20,881]

50 minutes ago, FLATTOP said:

I was offered a garden gun years ago funny little guns I wished I’d took it but was told the ammo was hard to get hold of.

I've always found it easy enough to get. They aren't any use though. They shoot to tight a pattern close up to be effective on running rats, then the dust shot just seems to spread really quickly and run out of pattern and energy. I've been on tips that were being moved by a machine with hundreds of rats running everywhere....I ended up throwing the gun down, pulling a table leg from the rubbish and beating the rats to death instead

They are a curio and not much more 

[gnipper 5,966]

When I had my 410 the best cartridges I used were fiocchi,  the normal ones the local shops sold rattled like maracas and some had next to nowt in them.

[South hams hunter 8,837]

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