Hunting with a 9410

[FishDoc]

Ok...I'm not the type of guy that has safe queens since to me guns are meant to be shot - often! However, I have not had the pleasure of popping my 9410's cherry (It was a sweeeeet gift from my wife for my 36th B-day and I'm 37 now!) - now, it is a 7 round 2 1/2 inch shotgun in .410 (for those not acquainted with this little beast!) - I want to pop some grouse or bunnies with it - and the regs in Ontario say you cant have a shotty with more than 3 rounds in it... can I

a) never hunt with it but shoot like mad at the range in cowboy mode
b) find a plug for it and neuter it to 3 shots for hunting
c) hunt legally (since it is a lever action?) for upland game somewhere else.
d) keep it as a safe queen and just drool over it as I oil it every year.

open to truthful information...

Dr.O

 

[brianp]

b) Put a dowel of the correct length into the tube magazine and hunt away.

 

[huntinstuff]

b) Put a dowel of the correct length into the tube magazine and hunt away.

nice firearm. Not too many guys paid the 700 plus for one. Hunt that rifle till it breaks. Then fix it and keep hunting......it deserves to see the field

 

[leveractionjunkie]

nice firearm. Not too many guys paid the 700 plus for one. Hunt that rifle till it breaks. Then fix it and keep hunting......it deserves to see the field

+1 I would buy one if they were still makin em and do as described.

 

[FishDoc]

Done....

Well... gonna go out and pop 'er cherry this weekend on the range - will post report with pics. I will have to see how in tarnations I'm going to get the mag tube cap open without bubba'in her.
thanks a bunch guys
Dr.Oz

 

[Gatehouse]

maybe plug it via dummy shells?

 

[John Y Cannuck]

maybe plug it via dummy shells?

I very much doubt that would pass, unless the guy doing the checking was spaced out.

Putting a dowel inside the mag spring should be simple.

 

[mudstud]

South of the border, those 9410's, NIB, SELL for $1200. My local dealer has sold several recently at that price! I managed to get a NIB Packer for $575 several months ago at a gunshow. I consider that a steal. Rack up another one from a gundealer who uses the Blue Book! I haven't decided whether I will shoot it or not, but if my grandkids want to use it, they can have at it!

 

[Grouse Man]

Yep, the plug has to be a single solid object that can't be readily replaced.