410 #10 HANDLOAD PATTERN

[btodd00]

Loaded my first 410 loads a couple weeks back and got out to shoot them yesterday. I have been shooting apex #9 for a couple of years so my gun was sighted in for those, being as I was down to 1, I went ahead and sighted in with my hand loads and I was very happy with the even pattern at 35 yards. It was a little costly to get everything to load and I still haven't made a "pretty" shell but I think they can be made a little nicer once I find some new hulls. I have some backordered at ballistic products but they have not came in yet

Stevens 301 .410 with factory choke
load data was given to me when I purchased the TSS

[Aaron Johnson]

That'll Do

[btodd00]

yes sir! I've shot some that were tighter patterns but none that were that even

[vt35mag]

Dead bird

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[mountainhunter1]

Who would have ever thought twenty years ago that we would be hunting with .410's and getting solid patterns such as what you are currently getting? Technology has come a long ways. You will kill a lot of birds with that load.

[btodd00]

Who would have ever thought twenty years ago that we would be hunting with .410's and getting solid patterns such as what you are currently getting? Technology has come a long ways. You will kill a lot of birds with that load.

I agree, I was talking to my dad a couple weeks ago about how I started just to say I killed one with a 410 now it's my favorite gun to hunt with. I had also never loaded a shot shell in my life until I wanted to try #10 shot

[Turkeybutt]

"Who would have ever thought twenty years ago that we would be hunting with .410's" That is so true!
I remember back 45 years ago the norm was you hunted turkeys with a 12 gauge period! I remember old timers preaching that you couldn't kill a turkey with anything but a 12 gauge.
Technology has come a long way giving us better optics, chokes and ammo.