My point exactly Plumberroy. If you're going to expect a kid, or ANY inexperienced person to hunt and take game with a .410,...or anything else for that matter,..they need to be taught the skills to do so, with the tools at hand,...be that a .410, a .22,..or a rock.
Learning to hunt must also include the ethics and manners of the hunter. I'd personally prefer to take a kid and teach them to use the .410 both effectively and ethically, and have them be confident and comfortable with the tool and their skills,..than to have someone who doesn't know or care what the limits of that tool is, and be uncomfortable with its use.
That requires US to teach, and be the mentors to kids and the inexperienced. If we are not willing to do so,...we should stand aside, keep our mouth shut, and let others take on that task.
If we're talking using a .410 for sporting clays,..that's another game, and one that I don't partake in. I'll defer to others who are better qualified to address that particular sport. But I'd suspect it still boils down to many of the same issues.
Okay,..I'm done. Think I'll go see if I can hit anything with this old .410 today. Now the experts have ME doubting it's ability.
(In a pigs wahoo.......)