Nobody really takes the .410 seriously in the US so it's pretty cool seeing some content for it on KZfaq. Thanks.

It took me 50 years to realize I wasn't good enough to shoot a 410. Sold the two 410's I owned and all reloading equipment. Now - the 28 gauge - ahhh, a totally different story!

My brother-in-law in Scotland was given a very short shotgun as a gift from a tenant. Scotland Yard came the next day to pick it up as evidence. The tenant’s son had robbed a bank. Incredibly they gave my brother the rifle back after the case was closed.

There's been a canada wide shortage on 410 ammunition for the past 3 years and we finally got some in stock this past Monday. Hands down the most popular shell for grouse hunting in northwestern ontario. Great video!

Single shot 410 and a 22 were minimum required equipment for a country boy when I grew up ( Canada in the 70s) lol

Jonny says "Thats beautiful, well made and under £1000" Jonny means: it had gold accents on it 🤣🤣🤣

I grew up with a 410.....you learn to shoot

A wonderful new episode, thank you Mr. Carter! There are several enjoyable KZfaq videos featuring .410 enthusiasts from Italy, enjoying walked-up woodcock shooting, over English setters in Ireland and Scotland, and they are very effective with their .410 side-by-sides. If you have the opportunity to do some walked-up for partridge or woodcock, that should make for another great TGS chapter. My wife and I do quite a lot of walked-up game shooting stateside over our English setter, and our AyA #4 boxlock ejector small bore guns have never let us down - affordable, reliable, effective, handsome, wonderfully crafted, nicely balanced and light weight - guns we can carry for long periods with little fatigue. Be careful: small bore guns easily become an addiction . . .

I purchased a 28 gauge and loading supplies instead of a 410 here in canada. Similar reasons to own with small size and recoil. Very fun and addictive

I am one of those Americans recommending the .410. It works for me on all game birds. I use Federal TSS shot for turkey and pheasants, otherwise nothing special. I think it will grow on you. Congrats on getting a fine gun at a great price.

410 is usually the 2nd gun American kids get. Their first is .22lr. 410 is good for small game. Rabbits, squirrels etc and with 410 slugs deer. A lot of us have defensive handgun/ revolvers that have some very interesting 410 defensive loads

Thanks for a wonderful video! I shoot my .410 now for all my shooting. It’s truly big thrill when you connect with a 50+ yard shot with this little gun. I not a great shot, but I’m a lucky shot. My grandfather told me many years ago, it’s better to be lucky all the time, than be good/great once in a while! What’s amazing to me is some of the second barrel shots I make at wobble trap. Unfortunately they are smoked hits, usually two or three pieces. Not bad for 50-60 yard targets. My favor load now is my hand load of 5/8oz. of 7 1/2’s in a 3” shell.

Nice you can get 410 ammo. Here in Canada they are virtually non existent and if you do find some they want $50 per box!!!😢

Some great points made across the board in this video. From the viewpoint of a US shooter, .410 and 28 gauge are all you really need for "bird" shooting. For my part, small bores are the best trainer for experienced shooters. Shooting 12 gauge in 8+ pound guns make me develop bad habits like shooting only from the waist up and not utilizing the rest of my body for consistent, smooth shots. I tend to use the method Josh adapted of insert behind and swing through with help from my legs to swing rather than just pushing with my arms. My vote; make it fit you and guard it with your life. It will give you great pleasure for the rest of your life.

.410 was my son’s first deer gun, at 7 years old. I still have it here. My first was an o/u 28 guage my grandfather gave me when I was 8 years old. I also still have that, in fact I had it professionally refurbished by a local gunsmith/engraver. Both are now souvenirs.

It's about time you woke up and realized how much fun the 410 is to shoot. I shoot 4 gun Skeet here in the States and purchased a 30 inch Silver Pigeon III Sporting in a 2 barrel 28/410 set in 2021. It's proven to be the smartest gun purchase I have ever made. The fit is 100% spot on perfect and the 410 is the least expensive shot shell you can reload. I will also note that it's 6 1/2 lbs. weight with a slight forward balance provides the perfect balance between Responsiveness and Stability. Note, it features a EELL wood upgrade which does add about 1/2 lbs to the gun. I liked the first so much that a month ago I purchased a duplicate just to have a spare in the event the #1 gun had an issue. I'll also note that mine is a gun that you shoot like it were a 12 gauge, nothing at all special needed in the technique to shoot it well. BTW, next time you visit the US you may want to stop in at Joel Etchen Guns in Ligonier, PA. He normally keeps a selection of 20/28 and 28/410 Silver Pigeon III's in stock. Note, he stocks both Field and Sporting versions and all these guns have EELL wood upgrades so they are a bit expensive.

Great video Jonny. I was at Barbury on Friday, I can picture myself shooting the same targets with my new side by side.

Great to see Jonny getting excited over shooting the 410, As a confirmed fan myself and organiser of "The British Open 410 Championship" I expect to see Jonny at next years event. I've said this many times and I'll say it again, you get a level of buzz hitting things with a 410 that you just don't get with a 12 bore.

Yes, have a725 /410 32” Sporting and a Parker in 410…fun fun

Have an LC Smith ..410 with 28 inch barrels and double triggers choked mod/full manufactured in 1947. It’s all original with case colors and untouched screws. Paid too much for it but it’s worth quite a bit to a collector I suppose. Great fun and great little gun.

I picked up an AYA #3 in 28ga last year at the December Holts auction. Yes, they're great fun. Mine was in very good condition, other than the horrible spray lacquer finish they used in the '70's. I bought it for my daughter, but it'll be a few years before she's ready for it. In the mean time, I'm using it with some stick on pad's for drop and a leather pad for length

Hope .410 shells are easier to find on your side of the pond than they are here. I've been looking for some #4's or #6's to buy for almost a year now with no luck in the U.S. It's like all our ammo manufacturers totally forgot they make shells in .410 gauge. You know it's bad when 16ga shells are easier to find than .410 shells.

I bought a Beretta Silver Pigeon about a year ago and love it. I agree, I find the 3 inch cartridges better than the 2.5 inch ones.

I love .410s. Grew up shooting a bolt action and loved it 💖 I think the huge smile on Jonnys face is because it’s a SxS 😂 I brought my first SxS on Saturday - an AYA Yeoman and every time I pick it up I grin from ear to ear 👍 Looking forward to the Beaters Day video, hopefully next Sunday as it’s October 1st 😉

Ive got a AYA no3 .410 if bought it about year ago. They are so much fun to shoot. Everyone wants to have a look and talk to you when you turn up with something a buy different at the clay shoot.

My first shotgun at 12 years of age in 1961 was a Cooey single shot .410 with ejector, best shotgun that I ever had.

Back before the Covid days I exclusively shot .410 out of a Remington 870 wingmaster that I got as a child. Now in the US it’s extremely rare to find now so now the 28 gets all the play.

A fun video that I enjoyed. I will watch it again to ferret out what language Josh is speaking. For much of the video I thought I was listening to the broadcast of a Premiership football game being narrated in the style of an announcer from Mexico. Good fun none the less.

A beautiful gun from AYA. The 410 caliber is definitely getting more attention. My 75 year old clay-shooting friend uses the 410 exclusively. Have fun!

410 great caliber owned several over the years one of which was truly spectacular and a side by side to boot..

Respect is earned. Earn it you do #TGSoutdoors. I love my little Bretton bolt action 410. It's full length silenced and quieter than my .22 lr. Roost shooting near the stables it's just the job.

28ga is a good alternative. Huge variation in loads too - very versatile, but cartridges are spendy.

I acquired my .410, a Henry single shot, a few years back as a lightweight turkey gun. With Apex Ninja TSS 9.5s, it throws a killing pattern to at least 40 yards, a dozen or more hits in the head and neck with the factory Turkey choke (by Briley BTW). With a Skeet tube, it shoots Brenneke slugs like a rifle, two-inch three-shot groups at 50 yards, with a sight of course. I had it d&t for optics and have used a red dot and a small prism sight. Right now, it’s bare, because I shoot it at 5-stand when I can get shells. They are, as you said, hard to find, and expensive when you do, at least $14 a box. Great fun on the clays, and since I can call the targets I want, those 35 yards and under, I do pretty well with it. Not quite ready to drop big bucks on a double, but I’m getting closer. Fortunately, the Henrys generally have nice walnut at least, and the ejector is almost a weapon itself; really tosses them! Great video, as per usual. Thanks.

Had moderated 410’s over the years and did ok with them in a hide ( by my standards ) but on a whim I bought a Yildiz o/u from TGS a few weeks ago - I’m smitten! My first outing on skeet was more fun than I’d had in ages and I by my own standards I did surprisingly well but I think that was psychology - I didn’t overthink things, just “see it, shoot it” and it worked a treat. I’ve just got to get hold of enough cartridges I can use at my clay ground - 7’s are the limit in terms of shot size. I used the Hull 11gm load 7’s and Fiocchi 19gm 71/2’s and while I did better with the 19gm the 11gm were more fun to shoot in this little gun and were noticeably quieter and they’ll be the ones I use at the farm on fields where noise is an issue.

Bought the exact same gun a few year’s ago but with a longer stock absolutely love it

I love the classic look and feel of a side by side shotgun. Add that it is in .410 bore, and it's absolute fun.😊

I had a lovely little AyA Number 4 in .410. Couldn't hit a thing with it so got it on the pattern plate and found it shot way off to one side. The gun was near mint but I had to say good bye to it. The little 28 bore version of the same gun I have is superb.

I load my 2.5 inch hulls with 9 shot or 8.5's at most. Very dense pattern compared to 7.5's and breaks clays fine.

Seeing a guy grin from ear to ear over a shotgun says it all!! I love sxs’s and have one in 20 gauge. I totally get the grin factor!! Absolutely fantastic

The .410 was always known as the "Shed Gun" here in Australia. Great to have between you and a (protected, deadly) snake. Point and shoot. Not my fault the snake got in the way of my target.....

A few years ago I had a fairly large shoot in Cambridgeshire. Every year I invited a team of guns that I knew could shoot on a 410 day. We were all amazed at the height and quality of cock pheasants that were clean killed. The pickers up were very surprised at the lack of wounded birds. The demand to be invited was intense, a marvellous little gun, enjoy it to the full it will surprise you.

I have a 20 gauge with 410 bore Briley ultralight full length custom tubes and a cost effective option compared to getting a dedicated 410 shotgun. A lot of people buy a 12 gauge and get tube set for 20, 28, and 410 and shoot everything with one gun. In my case I shoot over and unders in 12 gauge and a 20/28 barrel set with the 410 bore tube in 20 barrels. Would like to see reviews on tube sets. My pals with 12 gauge and 410 tubes noticed a considerable difference in 20 gauge with 410 tubes in the smaller frame 20.

I have a over and under 410 and I shoot it all the time. I love shooting it and and hunt with it so I think you'll have a long time and have fun with it

A .410 shell called "High Pheasants"?! Is that British humor?! 😂

Since purchasing a .410 and a pair of 28ga guns, I will never go back to 12 or 20ga for clay sports or hunting. So much more fun and very rarely feel like I wished for more gun.

Our families 410 was a marvellous Topper from around 1959/1960...very good balance and very well made 👍 👏

This is a great video. As an American, your accents, and the content in general, is spot on. I love .410 I have even taken to reloading it. $1000 pounds seems like a lot for that, I can buy decent over unders used in .410 for around $600 USD- however, we do have better gun laws and better supply (usually). Though you are right, .410 ammo can be hard to find and expensive at times

I learnt to shoot using a 410 when I was a kid. Used no.5 shot, for clay and field. Just a beautiful wee gun, and great ammo.

Just spent the weekend hunting with some friends and we are all ha old 410s. I rocked a Savage 24, and there was a Mossberg 500 and a mossberg 183! All shot great!

Excellent segment! Except now you have me researching side by side 410's. I have a Beretta 682S barrel set that has all the gauges. I have shot at least one pretty good round with 410, but I usually just laugh at myself a lot when I shoot that size. Its the only way to cope. :)

Aye up mate we were patterning some guns yesterday my friend had a .410 so we said why not so at 40 yds it pattern really well I think it surprised us all cheers for another great vid bud

I grew up using a 410 single shot in Iowa. Phesants, rabbits, squirrels. The good old days

I have a Browning 425 with 30” barrels and it’s a very addictive gun ! If you can get some Winchester AA’s Super Sports in 410 over there it’s an absolute game changer. They are the ONLY 410 shells that I shoot.

I have a webley and Scott 410 and I love it, it's a great bit of fun and I brought it from barbury as well.

I had a lovely little franchetti 410 . It folded in half and was easy to carry while fencing, hedging , myriad things. Some rabbits , pheasies, fell down on front ofme and had to be warmed up in the oven 🤔

i have the 20 ga AYA i have had it a number of years and i love it great video thanks

I have a early T/C Contender in 45LC/410. Great fun little pistol and a fine hiking gun.

I had 12 bores, but I always loved my bolt action 410...just liked the size of cartridge too.. Would be nice to see the shot pattern at different ranges...

One of my favorite calibers. I love my.410

I love the 410. In December I'm going to buy another 410, Beretta 2 barrel set, 28 and 410.

When I was a kid, I started with a single shot .410 dove hunting and couldn’t upgrade until I hit a bag limit with it. A lot of sad rides home from the dove field.

99% I shoot 12ga but when at tournaments in Thailand we mostly got also side challenges, a 25 sporting layout with 3 pegs for side by side etc… I enjoy 28ga and 410 a lot as well every time.

i love the side-by-side. it's a pretty gun. My mom (now 80) was given a .410 single shot when she was a child. She had no problem hitting targets - no clay but game and pest control. In her case, she didn't have any other habits to break - it was the first and only gun she shot. I suppose if you're used to something else (i.e., 12ga), it just becomes a matter of getting used to the .410.

I have a 410 pump, good gun for close grouse and squirrels and little else. I have it's matching serial number in 20 gauge so they're a set. They're both fun to shoot but for any serious shooting I shoot one of my 12 gauge shotty's.

I owed 165 .410’s so I know them pretty well. My gun of choice was the Winchester Model 42. You can see my collection on here if you go to Winchester Model 42 collectors. It was on TV too.

I think that will stay in your cabinet, as you enthuse over it, how often you shoot it should be the bet/question!😂 Have to say, I love taking my .410 out once in a while, as it’s just pure joy as there is no expectation to hit anything so I’m happy when I do. Now contemplating getting a couple of slabs of 18g size 8 and doing the .410 champs next year.

That's a beautifully made shotgun. I didnt have the best success when I was given the single barrel as my first shotgun. I was deadly on squirrels but doves were frustrating at best. When my daughter reached the age and responsibility to begin hunting with me I found a youth model single in 20 gauge that shes handling fine.

I watch all your videos and I know you have been to the USA. I am wondering why I haven’t seen you shoot a round of skeet or trap . I would also like to suggest maybe shooting a tubed gun (410,28,and 20) . Look at the NSSA it is all over the world and very competitive. I am hooked now for 20 years.

You know there are inexpensive semiauto 410 guns. You are correct we grow up hunting with them. I love them, they’re time machines that take you back to childhood for a brief moment.

I used to shoot a friends SxS AYA .410 and it was surprisingly good , wanted a .410 of my own ever since but like you say decent one's are decent money. It needs a Silvers pad 👍.

I remember hunting squirrels when I was a kid with a side by side 410. So much fun to shoot.

my first gun was a single shot iver Johnson 410 when i was 8,im 45 now and even though i have 20s and 12s that little 410 is still the one i grab 80 percent of the time

Fantastic for grouse. Taken dozens myself. Works great for Turkey as well, contrary to popular opinion. Wingshooting? Gonna be tough, at least for me.

Bought a beautiful case hardened Huglu over and under for £450 at the Game Fair 2 years ago and it is awesome!!!!!

I still own an old savage bolt action 410. The problem is I can’t find ammo. I wanted to reload but I couldn’t find primers or hulls.

I had a ruger 410 semi when I lived in Texas loved dove hunting with my retrievers

The .410 is my ALL TIME favorite gauge

I hunt with a 410 a good bit. And I find 7-1/2's throw a better pattern for the distance that a 410 can fill.

That is a dreamy gun finding anything nice for that price is hard i’ve been looking for something like that for a while.

I've had 410s for years but have always been frustrated by the lack of choice when it comes to loads. My gun is chambered for 2 1/2-inch cartridges but all the main manufacturers offer nothing smaller than No.6 shot. I regard the 410 as a short-range weapon and would really appreciate using No.9 shot to give a denser, more even pattern, with fewer gaping holes in it. I know - I should load my own but, like Johnny, I don't have the patience for it!

We're using this caliber in Turkey with AR platform shotguns. Production of real AR15 platform shotguns is very common in Turkey. .410 is very suitable for tactical shooting. It's small, so you can use high-capacity mags with those shotguns. The other thing is the recoil is relatively close to the .223. .410 slugs are reliable for gas blowback systems so you can use it in real AR15 platform shotguns.

I don't think I could understand a single word these guys said . I feel like I need a English interpreter for English. 😂

Man, if I remember my younger years well, you have a very expensive addiction... .410 shells were really expensive when I was younger, duck hunting with my older brother. So much that it justified buying a 12g the second year. Kept the little single shot .410 for hare hunting because it was so fun and easy to shoot but quickly preferred the accuracy needed by a .22 and the inexpensive plinking pleasure.

410's were real common here in Australia back in the old days, they were primarily a house gun used by the lady of the house on deadly snakes like the Eastern Brown.

American who has had a .410 around in some form or another for 40 odd years. Used mainly for squirrels, venomous snakes, and pest critters tearing up the outbuildings. As for shooting flying. I'll stay with the 20s and 12 gauges.

what chokes do you have on the gun?

You just sold me on the AYA #4. Now I've got to find one.

I started with a four ten bolt action terrific wee gun ❤

Ive heard a saying here in america many times and i believe it to have a lot of truth to it. There are two kinds of people that shoot 410, beginners, and experts. I have never ran enough 410 shells through me gins to get good at busting clays, not that i don’t absolutely love the 410, but they are scarce and expensive when you do find them. I wish they would gain more popularity like the 12 ga, because if the manufacturers could sell enough to dedicate an assembly line to them constantly as they do with 12, i cant help but feel 410 should be less expensive. Its less powder, less shot, less wad, less hull… it should just be less. So i get beat by my beloved maverick 88 and grandpa’s ward and western 12 ga for our semi somewhat annual trap shooting spectacular when we have one.

In the former American colony, the .410 ammunition has been hard to get target and game loads for quite a few years now.

I don't know if they're legal in the UK but revolvers like the Taurus Judge can shoot .410 and .45acp both.

Mossberg predator 410 in 2017.. SWEET..Bought 300+ shells when prices and supply were low.. Federal cheap were 9 something a box.. NOW16+ IF you can find..Have some of the exotic shells( flechette , sabot , 00 , 000 , 1/4oz slugs , and some number shot loads).. Better shot than my 5.56..Never give it up..Look around and have gotten some good ammo deals.. 50-65c round.. That i can shoot with.. SWEET SHOTGUN..

I shoot my .410 more than any of my other guns now on clays and pigeon. Cartridge selection is very important and so is patterning them. I still shoot game with my 20 but would love to take the .410 out on a full game day

Own 2 doubles 1 auto and 4 pumps and looking real hard at a lever the ammo is the hardest to get here in the states I got 3 28. Gauges and heavy shot is pricey but the challenge is there

very nice. I just got a chiappa triple crown 410

Several years ago I was hunting quail with a Turkish .410 at a private plantation in South Carolina. The owner, who was a long time friend, said I wasn’t getting “good” kills. I shot back - “They’re going down aren’t they.” Finally, a quail got out about 40 yards over a stand of pines, pulled the trigger and rolled it up. I turned around and just shrugged and said “Was that a “good” kill?” The fact is on bird - kill bird with whatever gauge you’re shooting.

Definitely a nice looking little gun!!

Nice video on shooting the clays. The flying clays are often difficult to see in videos.

Beautiful gun!

I’ve started shooting a 410 side by side . It’s just expensive to shoot compared to 20 gauge