so what makes a .410 an "experts" shotgun?

[lubemupski]

I shoot sporting clays almost every weekend and i think it would be a blast to shoot a couple rounds with a "sub gauge" but i just cant justify the cost. A box of 410 is 2-3 times more expensive than a box of 12/20 ... for less material ... which i always thought was strange.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I shoot sporting clays almost every weekend and i think it would be a blast to shoot a couple rounds with a "sub gauge" but i just cant justify the cost. A box of 410 is 2-3 times more expensive than a box of 12/20 ... for less material ... which i always thought was strange.

Economies of scale. Not at all strange.

Same reason why .22 WMR is much more expensive than .22LR (Well, of course, in the good ol' days when it was still on the shelves)

 

[indiucky]

When I used to shoot skeet, the .410 was a tad more difficult to score with.

A "tad" more difficult???? Understate much?

 

[dontcha]

I never saw any reason for the 410 bore to even exist, actually, much less the 28 gauge, other than kids and their daddies wanting to impart a flinch to a kid by starting them on shotguns too early in life. I want to see them master the .22 and at least a 223 rifle, and at least a 9mm handgun, before taking a chance on startling them with a shotgun's recoil. Flinch is subconscious, and what's the rush, anyway? The kid can have a ball with a pellet rifle until age 13, a .22 rifle til age 14, then the 223 until 15, .22 handgun until 16, and 9mm until 17. THEN he can work on the shotgun, preferably starting with a 20 ga gas op auto, with a stock that fits and a good recoil pad. At age 18, he MIGHT soon have to shoot a shotgun for his life, after being drafted, (or that 9mm or 223).

I also think guys risk ruining a kid as a blossoming hunter by having them kill a deer at tender ages. Best to start with frogs, snakes, birds, then small game, THEN deer, so that they are inured more about the killing of "bambi".

 

[James20]

You just have to be a little better. Not much though. shooting is shooting and fundamentals are your friend.