Ultrastu Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Mate and I took our .410s up a small clay shoot this morning .it only has 5 traps in the woods. But has some tricky targets flitting through the trees . Our. .410s are moderated .mine an add on single shot .his a baikal fully modded single .to be fair jd has only just got his and struggled a bit at first but finished the session strong breaking 3 or 4 in a row .having found where the gun was shooting . Mine ive had a while and has done well on crows and pige .So I was confident . My hit rate today was around 85 % possibly a bit higher .the last 15 clays I only missed 2. . This was very satisfying to break clays with this little pop gun as a crowd of 12b shooters stood behind watching Some of who struggled to connect with the clays . A very pleasing morning and a massive confidence booster in the gun and cal . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walker570 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Nice one Stu. Final drive yesterday. I killed six good pheasants with my Yilditz 'pop gun' over the trees. 18grms of #7s over a powder card and 12mm felt wad, 19.7g of SP3. Probably 30 yarders, pattern at that range 30 inches half choke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Cheers walker .was telling my mate about how you shoot pheasants with your .410 and do very well . I had the shoot owner / guy running it .come up to me after I dusted the last lot of clays .say. how he started on a.410 but moved up to a 12b and never looked back . I replied .Well most long term accomplished shooters do start on .410 but eventually come back to them when they have learnt to shoot properly . Still looking for a 18 + grm no 7.5 fibre cart to go through my .410 I was shooting no 6 and no5 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Have a look at the Folkestone Engineering load. That is the one I use. It works with 6s and 7s, so 7.5s(Continental 8s) should not be a problem . Just pattern them at your chosen average range, I use 35yrds to see what choke suits them best. I came down from full/full to half/half compared to my plastic wad loads. Well the no 2 marked choke tube out of the three supplied. measuring the weight of shot which just comes to where a good crimp on the Fiocchi cases works, the weight is 18.2. Only three or four more pellets would make it 19 so little difference. Throws a clean compact 20 inch pattern in the centre of a 30 inch circle, which is where I want it If the bird is in the pattern it will fold. I was on the edges of the action yesterday so only shot nine birds and a jay. Had one runner, about average with any gauge. I believe the jay was out at 40yrds ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 51 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Nice one Stu. Final drive yesterday. I killed six good pheasants with my Yilditz 'pop gun' over the trees. 18grms of #7s over a powder card and 12mm felt wad, 19.7g of SP3. Probably 30 yarders, pattern at that range 30 inches half choke. Sp3 seems a bit high, maybe 0.97 grams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Yep, well spotted I got all thick fingered. A LOT HIGH!! Thanks Stonepark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lksopener Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I was just about to say 19.7grains of sp3 :-0 happy to see the correction, could you edit your original post walker just in case anyone finds this thread on a google search and doesn't read on? L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 17/12/2017 at 15:16, Ultrastu said: Cheers walker .was telling my mate about how you shoot pheasants with your .410 and do very well . I had the shoot owner / guy running it .come up to me after I dusted the last lot of clays .say. how he started on a.410 but moved up to a 12b and never looked back . I replied .Well most long term accomplished shooters do start on .410 but eventually come back to them when they have learnt to shoot properly . Still looking for a 18 + grm no 7.5 fibre cart to go through my .410 I was shooting no 6 and no5 today Closest available are Eley Magnum no 7 18g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Remmington make a 19.5 grm no7.5 with fibre wad .But they are hard to get and expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutron619 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 4 hours ago, Ultrastu said: Remmington make a 19.5 grm no7.5 with fibre wad .But they are hard to get and expensive. And also what you'd call a #7 in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Just wish cartridges were cheaper as I would love to try a 410 at clays , only ever used one for ratting and squirrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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