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Inspired by a private message conversation with my friend @AndyinEverson and one locally,* I thought maybe it would be interesting to have a thread about the .410-bore shotguns we possess or use. You know, talk about the history, hunting experiences, and, of course, pictures.
I will start. I picked this little one up about four years ago. My thinking is it would be a less destructive way to dispatch small pests, I could (if I had time) hunt some upland game with it, and when my boy is older, he can have it. It is a very small, slim Zabala Hermanos, made sometime in the early 1960s in Spain. It is chambered to handle both 2½" and 3" shells.
* I have a friend who owns/operates a small computer shop. Over the years I have farmed out various technical issues I was too busy to handle. I brought in a small computer today for a part and then we talked about hunting, and he mention looking for a small/light shotgun for his relatively newly wed wife. This turned the conversation to smaller-bore scatterguns. He mentioned he had a bolt-action .410 that his great-grandfather gave to grandfather then father then to him. Such a blessing to him.
I will start. I picked this little one up about four years ago. My thinking is it would be a less destructive way to dispatch small pests, I could (if I had time) hunt some upland game with it, and when my boy is older, he can have it. It is a very small, slim Zabala Hermanos, made sometime in the early 1960s in Spain. It is chambered to handle both 2½" and 3" shells.
* I have a friend who owns/operates a small computer shop. Over the years I have farmed out various technical issues I was too busy to handle. I brought in a small computer today for a part and then we talked about hunting, and he mention looking for a small/light shotgun for his relatively newly wed wife. This turned the conversation to smaller-bore scatterguns. He mentioned he had a bolt-action .410 that his great-grandfather gave to grandfather then father then to him. Such a blessing to him.