Unless it's Federal Flite Control, buckshot won't have a shot sleeve. It will contact the barrel.Hmmm? With a modern wad, does the shot even touch the barrel? Or are you thinking copper plated might not adapt to the very full choke on a 97?
Won't make a difference, it's all lead. I didn't know 2.5" 410 buck was even available.When shooting lead, any thoughts on whether it is any worse for a 100 year old barrel to shoot buckshot rather than birdshot?
(in my case it's a Marlin .410 from 1929/1930, only takes 2-1/2" and shorter)
Ugh.....Have you cut open any modern BS shells?..............The old ones didn't . The new ones do.Unless it's Federal Flite Control, buckshot won't have a shot sleeve. It will contact the barrel.
Won't make a difference, it's all lead. I didn't know 2.5" 410 buck was even available.
Mac
When did the ammo companies start using them? I cut open several in the 70s and again in the 90s and did not see any sleeves.Ugh.....Have you cut open any modern BS shells?..............The old ones didn't . The new ones do.
These days some folks think .410 anything is a myth made up by old timers.... I didn't know 2.5" 410 buck was even available. ...
I know it's not a myth, but it is one of the most useless guns/gauges ever devised in my opinion. Somewhere in the same category as the 9mm shotguns and the "birdshot" shells for handguns. But this thread isn't about the 410, so I guess my opinion really isn't warranted. I just stated that I wasn't aware 410 buck was still made, because it is illegal to hunt with 410 buck in Arkansas and just figured that most states had similar regulations.These days some folks think .410 anything is a myth made up by old timers.
I know it's not a myth, but it is one of the most useless guns/gauges ever devised in my opinion. Somewhere in the same category as the 9mm shotguns and the "birdshot" shells for handguns. But this thread isn't about the 410, so I guess my opinion really isn't warranted. I just stated that I wasn't aware 410 buck was still made, because it is illegal to hunt with 410 buck in Arkansas and just figured that most states had similar regulations.
Mac
That's true. However, I made the statement that I didn't know that 2.5" 410 buck was even a thing; generally when talking about buckshot, one thinks of deer hunting and so that's where my mind went. In Arkansas, the use of 410 buck for deer hunting is forbidden by the AGFC, and I just assumed that most other states had similar rules. Now, having said all that, I still stand by my statement regarding the 410. They are neat, and fun to shoot I'll give you that. But when I go hunting I want to "hold all the cards" as it were, and so I do everything I can to have an advantage. That generally means hunting small game with a 12 or 16 gauge; the 410 hamstrings me more than it helps. I know there are a lot of folks that like them and hunt with them, and they do just fine it seems. But after owning several 410's, I can honestly say they have no place in my hunting arsenal.There's other thing to hunt beside deer. A .410 is good for squirrels and rabbits and even birds. When I was young a friend of mine used one for doves.