410

[Stan Hillis]

The 2 1/2", 1/2 ounce, loads are mandated for registered targets in skeet and sporting clays. I have killed many doves with them also, but prefer 3" loads for game birds. The old WW 3/4 ounce load is a super good patterning, and killing, load for me. I have some .410 doubles that are not regulated with any lighter load than this.

Having done a lot of shotgun patterning in my life with doubleguns I have found that the lighter the gun the more critical it is that the shooter find the load it likes the best, and that will shoot both barrels to point of aim. .410s can be very finicky because of their, usually, very light weight.

[6pt-Sika]

I was trying to shoot Fioochi 410 target loads at Rock Mountain last weekend . My Iver Johnson Hercules wasn’t always setting them off , so I borrowed a friends Iver Johnson Skeeter same result . The same friend gave me two boxes of another brand problem solved . So I’ll not be buying anymore Fioochi atleast for the 410 . Seems they have a harder primer . Worst part of this is I lost several targets for ammo malfunctions with hunters rules and the fact that I have an unopened flat of Remington STS 410’s here at home