Stevens single-shot, .410 TURKEY gun??

canvasback said:
3macs1, I've had the great pleasure of meeting Dilly in person and seeing/handling a few of his guns. He has over the years detailed some of the work he has done restoring some of them in threads on various forums and his work is impressive. I would characterize Dilly as a very nice guy with a real passion for his guns. No doubt you are similar.
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I second this...Dilly is a fine gentleman. And that drilling was superb!!
 
canvasback said:
3macs1, I've had the great pleasure of meeting Dilly in person and seeing/handling a few of his guns. He has over the years detailed some of the work he has done restoring some of them in threads on various forums and his work is impressive. I would characterize Dilly as a very nice guy with a real passion for his guns. No doubt you are similar.
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Agree with you 100%. I have not met one person on here face to face that wasn't a real nice guy and loved their guns
It is real hard to communicate on internet to really see what a person is like especially if you are older like me and didnot grow up with computers
I sincerely apologize to Dilly for my vision of him just from posts which based on your feedback is clearly not true
Seems we just got off here on the wrong foot
Thanks for setting me straight on Dilly
Take care
Joe
 
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canvasback said:
The advantage is light weight in the gun. My buddy is pretty hard core and gets a long way into difficult terrain. A 3 1/2 pound gun is much, much easier to pack into where he's typically going than a more typical 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 pound shotgun. As I mentioned in my first post, he likes the folding Yildiz. They pack up extra small. They are also relatively cheap, compared to his (many) other shotguns and he is happy to experiment with custom camo coatings on the whole gun. He thinks long range shots from any gauge are dumb and makes sure the birds are well within 40 yards before squeezing the trigger. It's not about bragging rights......it's about a guy with 35 years experience turkey hunting developing the best tool for the job, as he sees it.

Also, re your point about TSS being very expensive. It sure would be, comparatively, if one were using it at the range, waterfowl hunting or wingshooting on a regular basis. But given the number of shots taken for each turkey, typically one or two, worrying about the price of TSS is a false economy, given it's performance advantages, IMHO.

I also know people who regularly hunt wild quail with a .410. Actually much harder to do than shoot a turkey with a .410. You just have to be good. I'm not so don't try.
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Ok now that makers sense to me and now understand why he would want a folding light gun
I have hunted quail many times with my 28ga but never a 410 and I was a guy that could run them with a 410 years ago but I am not that good to hunt quail with one
Cheers
 
For the record (if it matters at this point :) ) I had no intention of hunting turkey with one of these...I'm just intrigued by the gun itself, and am always curious about new/sub-gauge guns. If/when I take a crack at turkeys...there is a 12ga Versa Max with an Indian Creek/Black Diamond extended tube at my disposal. :)

I once owned a fixed/FULL Cooey 84 in 410 ga and as stated earlier, unless the target was stationary-ish, and not that far away...ever other shotgun gauge just worked better. I have been invited up north this fall to a spot where the birds are less spooky (=not spooky)...but anticipating long walks...something light on sitting birds might be kind of fun. I have a few other options so I hadn't decided to get one of these...just wondering if anyone had. For a cheap gun with interchangeable choke...it would be interesting to see how I might get it to pattern.
 
.22LRGUY said:
For the record (if it matters at this point :) ) I had no intention of hunting turkey with one of these...I'm just intrigued by the gun itself, and am always curious about new/sub-gauge guns. If/when I take a crack at turkeys...there is a 12ga Versa Max with an Indian Creek/Black Diamond extended tube at my disposal. :)

I once owned a fixed/FULL Cooey 84 in 410 ga and as stated earlier, unless the target was stationary-ish, and not that far away...ever other shotgun gauge just worked better. I have been invited up north this fall to a spot where the birds are less spooky (=not spooky)...but anticipating long walks...something light on sitting birds might be kind of fun. I have a few other options so I hadn't decided to get one of these...just wondering if anyone had. For a cheap gun with interchangeable choke...it would be interesting to see how I might get it to pattern.
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Is a 410 or no.9 shot even allowed in Ontario for turkey . From the last regs

Shotguns (not larger than 10 gauge or
smaller than 20 gauge using shot size of
4, 5, 6 or 7)
cheers
 
3macs1 said:
Is a 410 or no.9 shot even allowed in Ontario for turkey . From the last regs

Shotguns (not larger than 10 gauge or
smaller than 20 gauge using shot size of
4, 5, 6 or 7)
cheers
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I don't believe it is, but that was never the intention either. :) The word "Turkey" in the model name has zero bearing on my interest/intended use.
 
I found the Old Gobbler forum to be interesting as to the various loads people are using. There are sections there for lead and for steel and the subgauges, along with a lot of recipes and pattern pics. May be of some use to people up here.
 
I think one of these guns with the factory base would be a fun toy for slugs and ideal for throwing shot at squirrels in tree tops where using rimfires arent exactly safe practise
I cant standthe camo patterns but if i findone i may pick it up just to try. I was thinking about drilling and tapping a standard 410 for a mount before these turkey versions were introduced
 
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