Shotgun for small game in 410

Thank's for the input, guess I will be visiting some gun shops and see whats available. I have been leaning towards a simple single shot, I don't expect to use it very much, just preparing for the paranoia in my family. Also needed a poor excuse to visit some gun shops and have an idea what to look and ask for.
 
Yep a 410 brings back some fond memories. My old bolt single shot cost around $40-45 new back in the 60s from Sears. J.C. Higgins I believe. Made for fun when I was young. Am sure the Remington 1100 would be a blast too. Best of luck.
 
My dad gave me a used 410/22 over under for my 12th birthday in 1968. I still have it. I still use it.
In the spirit of this thread, mine is probably the best 410 to have. Should the market run out of meat, I can take my old Savage out to the woods behind my house (called by some a "park") and shoot din-din;), using either barrel.

If things got really bad I could break it down and carry it about on my bicycle and no one would be the wiser. I could probably find a pickleball bag or something like that to hide it in.

And I just so happen to have a 410 Lee Loader lying about.
 
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Don't hunt much anymore but the Mossberg.410 has become the go to shotgun for varmint control on the homestead. Have a hankering for a Henry lever shotgun but they're not cheap. I can see the utility in a combo gun.
 
410 Game Getters

As long as you understand the limitations of a 410, it is a great small game gun. I use mine for almost all of the upland game birds up to pheasants in size. If you reload, it is absolutely the most economical gauge out there.

Most of my game shooting is over pointing bird dogs, so the range is usually only up to about 30 yards at the shot. Over the years I've used a Winchester 42, Remington 1100 and a Charles Daley skeet grade over and under.
 

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Henry makes a few options in a single shot .410, much cheaper than their lever gun .410s, although I'd be tempted by those as well.
 
I have a skeletonized Bronco single-shot .410.

Very simple but works fine on rabbits and the
occasional grouse.
They are not as cheap as they used to be but
can still be found here and there.

Have an newer OU in .410 made in Turkey. Haven't taken anything
but clay targets, and tin cans, with it so far.
 
I can recommend the NEF Survivor in .410/45 Colt. It's a single shot break open that fires both .410 shells and .45 Colt cartridges, so it's probably a perfect compliment to your revolver. You can store some ammo in the fore end and butt stock too. I bought one about 25 years ago and still have it.

They were also sold under the H&R brand. I don't think either are made anymore, so you will have to go used.
 
Scharfschuetzer said:
As long as you understand the limitations of a 410, it is a great small game gun. I use mine for almost all of the upland game birds up to pheasants in size. If you reload, it is absolutely the most economical gauge out there.

Most of my game shooting is over pointing bird dogs, so the range is usually only up to about 30 yards at the shot. Over the years I've used a Winchester 42, Remington 1100 and a Charles Daley skeet grade over and under.
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I love 410 too. I shoot skeet and doves with mine. First was a Yildiz 410 O/U from Academy Sports. Second was a Remingto 870. Third was a Tristar G2 Viper. All have held up well in 6 years of shooting them. I make my own shoot and with a "pinch" of powder the 410 is cheap to reload and good to go.
 
I have two Winchester model 42's. One is full choke, and it patterns too tight for real hunting. It would create a loss of meat in a rabbit at under 30 yards. The modified choke is my fun shooting dove gun. When I was a teenager on the Rio Grande River in TX, I would get under a large mesquite tree on the riverbank and get 15 doves with 15 shells as they flew about 30 feet above me.
 
I enjoy a contender 410 carbine and pistol. Also have a CZ double and a Browning 42.


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I have a Remington Sportsman 48 in 410 bore I use for bunny's and tree rats. They are very well made if you can find one.
 
love my 410 870 wingmaster but I usually use my mossburg 500 410 gauge great on rabbits and squirrels.
 
I remember when all the gun writers cursed the 410. Mine always worked fine.

Someone at my club is selling a SxS for $400. It is tempting.
 
22shtur said:
I have two Winchester model 42's. One is full choke, and it patterns too tight for real hunting. It would create a loss of meat in a rabbit at under 30 yards. The modified choke is my fun shooting dove gun. When I was a teenager on the Rio Grande River in TX, I would get under a large mesquite tree on the riverbank and get 15 doves with 15 shells as they flew about 30 feet above me.
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Always lusted after a 42(I shoot mdl 12's) but the big $$$ has kept me away.
 
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