.410 slug gun

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I was curious as to whether anybody here has or has tried a .410 rifled slug gun (bolt) for whitetail and the kill results/ranges/accuracy they have been getting?
 
we had a older fellow in are group that carried a 410 sxs with slugs for deer for a few years .Ever deer he shot at with in 50 yards was stone dead .the 410 slugs passed clean threw the ribs of the deer ,he could not cary the weight of the pump guns anymore and found a very light weight 410 sxs that worked well for years .he never shot past 50 yards and in my opinion the 410 did a great job ...he is no longer with us but .that is his story ...Dutch
 
Very good to know Dutch.
Thanks for the info.

I do realize I'm being ambitious with this, yes. But Im not allowed rifles in any areas I hunt, so I figured 410 being much smaller, get a good bolt rifled bore gun going with a small fixed optic might just be the perfect little "precision" legal slugger. Lol
 
you might be better off getting a 45cal muzzle loader ,thy are way more accurate then 99% of the slug guns ,,,,,May be hard to find a rifled 410 barrel unless you know a good smith that can use a 45 rifle barrel and adapt it to your shotgun ,,,,I know are smith took a win model 120 rifled barrel and fitted it to a model 12 ,,,,,worked great and is a deer killer .he is a model 12 guru ...Dutch
 
you have to read it again no smaller then ,,,20g when loaded with shot ,,if loaded with slugs the 410 is okay ,,guys have to take the time to read the regs and understand them ,,so no buck shot in any cal under 20g ...slugs are okay in 410 ....Dutch
 
dutchhunter said:
you have to read it again no smaller then ,,,20g when loaded with shot ,,if loaded with slugs the 410 is okay ,,guys have to take the time to read the regs and understand them ,,so no buck shot in any cal under 20g ...slugs are okay in 410 ....Dutch
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Right you are, but its still its a bad idea IMHO. A fat little slug that only weighs 85-100 grs @ 1800 doesn't inspire much confidence even if it is legal. A .410 slug sure makes a .243 look good though.
 
try one at 50 yards before you judge ,,deer are not that tough to put a bullet threw ,little ribs and lungs not much there really .put up a milk jug and give her a go ,,,if a arrow can go threw a deer a 410 slug sure can ,Dutch
 
Is there anything in the regs preventing you from using a 20 gauge? You can get 20's that are pretty light. A single shot break action will be well south of 6 lb, my Rem 870 compact 20 gauge with 21" bbl is about 6lb. Very light and handy! And you can get many big game capable slugs for 20 gauges.

I had a 410 for a few years but I sold it. I found it singularly unimpressive with everything from bird shot l to slugs.
 
The 20ga will be a far superior option. Rifled barrels are easily available as combos (pump/semi etc) or as something dedicated and much more accurate such as the Savage 220 Slug Gun.
 
Don't let these haters bring you down, 410 is an awesome round to shoot, here is my 410 setup for deer. The one next to it is its big brother in 20g. I love them both, and won't be selling either, they are my dedicated Ontario deer shotguns.



 
The comment earlier about a .410 giving better confidence to a .243 made me laugh a bit..my rifle is a .243win, I was hoping to take it up north for whitetail sometime also :( haha

But..again..not worried. I've watched a .243 take deer out to 350y..probably even further if accurate enough..I'm not..ill be a 100-150y limit kinda guy for a bit yet

Plus..this whole 410 thing so far is theory. I do own a 12g 535 with a rifled barrel
 
dutchhunter said:
try one at 50 yards before you judge ,,deer are not that tough to put a bullet threw ,little ribs and lungs not much there really .put up a milk jug and give her a go ,,,if a arrow can go threw a deer a 410 slug sure can ,Dutch
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Arrows and bullets use completely different mechanisms to kill. An arrow is designed as a cutting tool, minimizing both resistance and friction with the tissue it passes through. The arrow head is wider than the shaft, and the leading edge is extremely sharp, so tissue is not apt to slow it very much. As it penetrates is slices through tissue, blood engorged organs, and arteries, resulting in massive bleeding, and a quick human death. Its due to a lack of resistance that an arrow can make a complete pass through even a fairly large game animal, and still have sufficient remaining velocity to ruin the shaft when it hits the dirt.

By contrast, a bullet expands in tissue to increase it's resistance with tissue and it's velocity combines with it's frontal area to displace, tear, pulverize, and liquefy not only the tissue it impacts, but surrounding tissue as well, which is itself torn and displaced from the velocity of the tissue and bone fragments which are displaced by the bullet's passage. Reduce a bullet's velocity, it's frontal area, or its weight, and its performance suffers proportionately. There is nothing gained by a minimalist approach to big game cartridges, and this ongoing effort to define the line between what kills humanely and what doesn't lies as close to the definition of unethical as anything I can think of.
 
I've had a 410 reloading press for almost 30 years and have tried every possible load, both known and unknown to man. My opinion is that up to 50 yards a 410 slug can do the job of taking down a deer, but that said there is no comparison to the slug of a 20g or 12g.

I've not seen any saboted rifle slugs for 410, nor a rifled barrel for one but I'm sure they exist somewhere. When I play with slugs and buckshot, I fire them into phone books and measure the penetration. A 410 slug is not very impressive when compared to 12 or 20g, but as said, I think it will meet the minimum requirement for dropping a deer at close range. Its not my personal choice for deer hunting and nor have I ever considered it.
 
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