92GreenYJ
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Hi all, just stumbled across this forum and decided to join as it seems to be the best gun forum on the net I have found.
For some back story, my family has recently ecided to get back into shooting. none of us have shot in several years. My Mom had a Mossberg model 500 .410 shotgun sitting in her closet, it is stock, never been fired, etc. I took it out and cleaned and oiled it, then tok it on down to our local range a few days ago. When we pulled in I saw the guys shooting trap and it looked like fun, so I decided to try it out. (not sure i am naming the right game. clay house in the middle. 5 shooting stations that you rotate after taking 5 shots, birds fly from the house in the center to the left, right, and center at random)
Now, I have never shot skeet, trap, etc before and hadn't even fired a rifle let alone a shot gun in well over 7 years. So I pulled out the .410 and got in the line. my first round of 25 I managed to hit 3 birds out of the sky. My next round of 25 I managed to hit 2 birds. I was told by a few of the guys on the range that I was a brave man for even trying to shoot these things with a .410. One guy even told me he was lucky to hit 10 out of 25 with a 410 and i know he is good as i watched him hit 24 out of 25 the round before with his 12 gauge. Then my roomate tells me he used to shoot skeet with a 410 all the time and did quite well with it.
So whats your guys take? any tips or pointers for being more successfull with the 410? or is it me that needs the work and not the gun? I am planning to get a 12 gauge soon as well, but i like the idea of showing these guys at the range up with a little 410 when they are using all these high dollar custom 12 gauges
For some back story, my family has recently ecided to get back into shooting. none of us have shot in several years. My Mom had a Mossberg model 500 .410 shotgun sitting in her closet, it is stock, never been fired, etc. I took it out and cleaned and oiled it, then tok it on down to our local range a few days ago. When we pulled in I saw the guys shooting trap and it looked like fun, so I decided to try it out. (not sure i am naming the right game. clay house in the middle. 5 shooting stations that you rotate after taking 5 shots, birds fly from the house in the center to the left, right, and center at random)
Now, I have never shot skeet, trap, etc before and hadn't even fired a rifle let alone a shot gun in well over 7 years. So I pulled out the .410 and got in the line. my first round of 25 I managed to hit 3 birds out of the sky. My next round of 25 I managed to hit 2 birds. I was told by a few of the guys on the range that I was a brave man for even trying to shoot these things with a .410. One guy even told me he was lucky to hit 10 out of 25 with a 410 and i know he is good as i watched him hit 24 out of 25 the round before with his 12 gauge. Then my roomate tells me he used to shoot skeet with a 410 all the time and did quite well with it.
So whats your guys take? any tips or pointers for being more successfull with the 410? or is it me that needs the work and not the gun? I am planning to get a 12 gauge soon as well, but i like the idea of showing these guys at the range up with a little 410 when they are using all these high dollar custom 12 gauges