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i have just picked up a baikal 410 and a few 3"magnum 16g 6's what kill range can i expect on rabbit

On the back of the old Gun Lisense the effective ranges were given as 15 yards for a .410 and 35 yards for a 12 bore.

I don't think much has changed since then, appart from an increase in shooters' disposable income, hence an increase in the number of wasted shots at longer ranges.

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Whilst I'm not condoning out of range shots or inexperienced shooters using a gun they dont really know to shoot at quarry at extended ranges, but I have seen a man, who is a superb shot with a .410 s/s , pull down very cleanly some high birds (45 yards) at his shoot in Somerset.

Any person who comes from the West Country and knows Haddeo will know who I'm on about.

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Depends what you are shooting, In John Batleys books he writes about 2 blokes who shot 300 odd pigeon over 2 days with .410s :good: B)

 

Hence my caveat of "at least in my hands". Took it to JJ's and while i am nowhere near he best shot in the world (If only they went down to F class!!) i couldn't hit anything with it other than very, very near incoming and going away targets. Might have been the way i shoot, but found it personally very ineffective and completely wrong as a child's starter gun - Would have rocked her confidence before she had any

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Hence my caveat of "at least in my hands". Took it to JJ's and while i am nowhere near he best shot in the world (If only they went down to F class!!) i couldn't hit anything with it other than very, very near incoming and going away targets. Might have been the way i shoot, but found it personally very ineffective and completely wrong as a child's starter gun - Would have rocked her confidence before she had any

 

Oh right on clays, I can hit diddly squat in the air :good: B)

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