My new sporting clay toy

Been wanting one for maybe 2 years but never available locally. Only bought it as something to bring along when doing sporting clays for a little fun and challenge. Stocked up ammo before I even bought one. I wish they'd make them in 3" shells so you can get something heavier that 1/2oz. Looks like there's a enough room in the ejection port for one. Would be even nicer if they'd make the 24" barrel like this with the brass receiver

 

I love my 2½" .410s.
My mec is set up for it.
My dad has the Henry. 410 lever.
It's a great little gun. Beautiful wood too.

 

Ain’t gonna be smiled at on most high falutin sporting clays courses. That said, have a ball.

 

Try it for Skeet.

 

My regular course is kinda big and has an Olympic trap training bunker but never really had anyone with nicer guns or in shooting vests give off any bad vibes. They have a skeet range as well but have yet to try it. Did the crazy clays, that's a blast but you go thru ammo and clays so fast. Probably going to break it in tomorrow

 

I have always wanted a lever action 410 but the lack of a 3 inch chamber has stopped me.

I think it would be fun to take a lever action 410 along with a 410 Mossberg Shockwave to the skeet/sporting clay range. And know I haven't tried shooting any sporting clays or skeet with my Shockwave yet.

 

I wonder if you can rechamber for 3". My range has a minimum barrel length, which is 24", just right for the Henry

 

While reaming the chamber to fit 3" shells would be simple to do depending on how hard it is to remove the barrel, the hard part is probably getting the 3" shells to feed properly from the tube magazine without a total redesign.

Remember that the measurement of all shot shells is uncrimped/fired. Crimped 2 1/2" 410 shells actually measure 2 1/4" while crimped 3" shells measure 2 3/4"

30-30 and 45-70 ammo has an OAL of 2.550" which is shorter than crimped 3" 410 shells.

 

Well this was a very fun gun to shoot. Everyone enjoyed it and my coworker does kinda want one now. Feels like I'm shooting my Henry .22 Magnum. I shout about 75 rounds total thru it, some Remington STS, NSI, and Baschieri&Pellagri. I don't think it likes the NSI, as 3 or 4 times it didn't extract a shell when I tried to be fast on a follow up shot. I'm fact it felt smoother to cycle with the Remington.

I didn't try any difficult courses, mostly easy and medium and it did very well. But there was a few had trouble with my 12ga Beretta but knocked out with my Henry. Towards the end of the day we did some easy courses and one station had a rabbit/squirrel. It was almost a trick shot, I missed on the first shot, racked another and the clay hit a tree stump, bounced up and back and caught it in mid air and dusted it.

Only had a full choke, will have to grab 1 or 2 more. I'd like to see if I can get extended chokes