.410 & RABBITS
 

I couldn't post this under other fine doubles (even though I think it is and American made!) so here goes on man's Best Friend(s). Here is the .410 I bought here recently, sent to Mike Orlen and had the right full choke opened to almost cylinder. It came in handy today in the thickets where Porky (L) and Tracker (R) ran the first rabbit for half an hour until a fifteen yard shot from the open barrel and then the second bunny for an hour before a ten yard shot. I must have moved twenty times to outsmart both rabbits. In the tight thickets this little Fox turned out to be just the ticket for close shots. There would have been nothing left with a 12 or even a 20 gauge. It is hard killing rabbits by oneself in thickets.

What a fun hunt. I have never shot a rabbit in front of beagle but it sure has always sounded fun.

What a great way to hunt…and with the perfect gun.

My sons spent their winters growing up hunting rabbits every day off from school until the Feb. 28 end of season. Three beagles and a Stevens 410. We had permission to hunt a piece where the owner put out hares and the boys could shoot them but not me. We learned their running patterns until the boys said this is too easy lets try another place we do not know.
That double was my first gun and i still shoot skeet with it opened to 3 and 7 thousands. The owner of the land shot a 20 ga. Parker DHE worn white and carried next to him on the seat of his pickup. Wish i knew where it was now.

Nothing quite like the sound of hounds on rabbits. I used an Ithaca 37 16 w/polychoke. Choke all the way open. Didn't mess them up bad with the open choke! Rabbit stew and mom's biscuits & gravey!

Phil,

First of all thanks for selling me the gun! Here is what you are missing.

p.s. Both with Parker 16 DHE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAujdYfNqZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TX75vrGZK8

That's sweet, Jerry.

Thank you Jerry that made my day.

Thanks for trip down memory lane Jerry.