410 for turkey ?
04-24-2019 | 01:32 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: west central wi USA
What's the point? The sport and challenge of turkey hunting is the process of getting them close enough for a killing shot. Once they are there, if you want to kill the turkey, do it. If you don't want to, don't shoot. You owe it to the turkey to do it cleanly. Why increase the chance of wounding or missing at that point?
04-24-2019 | 05:42 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 363
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From: lutz, Fl
Yes you could. But I would only do it with the newer tss loads.
it is great for youth hunters. You would have to pattern it and see what the affective range is. I have heard that 30 yds would be a good range: would depend on your pattern. ( gun, choke tube and shells)
it is great for youth hunters. You would have to pattern it and see what the affective range is. I have heard that 30 yds would be a good range: would depend on your pattern. ( gun, choke tube and shells)
04-25-2019 | 05:31 AM
#5
Spike
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: West Virginia
No, no, and NO again! Patterned and used it with the TSS this year for my really small kids. I'm almost certain my son could do better with his pellet rifle. Had a friend from the south who came to the mtns to squirrel hunt with a .410 boasting about how well it shot. When we pulled out of the driveway, a big foxy ran up an oak tree right beside us. I sat in the vehicle and watched him walk around the tree and hit the squirrel 4 times before it finally came out. He now carries a 12ga. Yes, it can and will work, but I'm biased because I started out with a 12 as a very small kid. They are just not my preference at all for anything.
04-25-2019 | 02:34 PM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: south eastern PA
I was at a wholesale gun shop a couple of months ago soliciting sponsors for the Wildlife Conservation History Museum and the owner showed me a new .410, I think it was a Savage that was made specifically for turkey hunting he also showed me a target from 40 yards. The pattern was devastating. They also are special shells being sold for that gun. I am still not convinced that a .410 is turkey medicine but I would not have wanted to be on the receiving end of that shot load.
04-25-2019 | 02:38 PM
#8
Super Moderator
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Trumbull County, Ohio
With the new developments in Turkey loads there are plenty of guys out there that have gone to 20 gauge and .410s. especially for kids.
It's not Grandpa's .410 anymore
I'll keep lugging my 10 gauge to the woods for now though.
-Jake
It's not Grandpa's .410 anymore
I'll keep lugging my 10 gauge to the woods for now though.
-Jake
