Help w/ Stevens .410

[DumpTruckTurkey]

Good Afternoon Gentlemen,

Ive had a Stevens 410 for 3 seasons now and shoot factory choke w/ federal 9s.
My issue is, its not a 40 yard gun and I would like it to be.

I've read most posts in this section, and see some patterns that ppl say they would hunt with, i personally would not.

Im hear bc I dont like my patterns and would like to know what the best provem 40 yard pattern is.

Im leaning towards nitro 390 chock and viper ammo 10s.

Anyone have 180+ in a 10" @ 40 yards?

What about the salt creek 9.5s?  Help!

[DumpTruckTurkey]

or maybe ninja 9.5s?  idk... stressed!

[runngun]

Did you polish the barrel? There barrels definitely need to be polished and squeaky clean.  You will be surprised by how much this will help your patterns.

Have a good one and May God bless, Bo

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[g8rvet]

180s seems like a big ask.  I have factory choke, Apex Ninja 9.5 and I think I got high 130s at 40 yards.  I will look for pattern pics at the house.

[DumpTruckTurkey]

I too thought that, but after reading many many posts on here in this 410 section, and seeing some in the patterning section I see plenty past 180, even 200 with this exact gun.

[DumpTruckTurkey]

Did you polish the barrel? There barrels definitely need to be polished and squeaky clean.  You will be surprised by how much this will help your patterns.

Have a good one and May God bless, Bo

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Yes, im familiar with deep cleaning and polishing but Im more looking for proven choke/tss combos with the 301 410.

[DumpTruckTurkey]

180s seems like a big ask.  I have factory choke, Apex Ninja 9.5 and I think I got high 130s at 40 yards.  I will look for pattern pics at the house.

also, can you tell me what to buy for a deep clean 410 bore?  and is there a thread with the correct procedure?

im getting mixed results in the search on here.... thansk

[g8rvet]

http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,182.0.html

[g8rvet]

I too thought that, but after reading many many posts on here in this 410 section, and seeing some in the patterning section I see plenty past 180, even 200 with this exact gun.

I am sure you can do it-if you are willing to buy and try a ton of chokes and load combos.  I saw the Apex Ninja 9.5s and the factory choke were a good match.  Saw nice even pattern pushing 140 and said "good enough".  Plus it will be my grandson's one day and I did not want too tight of a pattern.

[Henry347]

I purchased one of the Stevens myself this season and did some testing with the Federal #9's and the Salt Creek #10's. Bought a Patternmaster Code Black Choke but it didn't perform as good as the factory choke for me with the Salt Creek Ammo. I will say I didn't use a paper backing when I shot the Salt Creek with the Patternmaster so the core pattern could've been off from the zero for the Federals. I did polish the barrel before I ever shot it so don't know if it helped or not.

But my best pattern is a long ways off from the 180+ your looking for. The Salt Creek #10's put 130 in the 10 with the factory choke at 40 yards and that was good enough for me to hunt with. I did take a bird at 45 yards using that setup and it did the job. Each gun will react different than what other will with the same ammo/choke setup.

[btodd00]

apex 9.5s were best factory load I have tried. 7/8oz of #10 hand loaded has produced best pattern ive had but I dont think its 180+

I never really counted the pellets, I just look for most uniform pattern at 35-40yard. I wish I could get some load data from someone to make a 1oz load myself but no luck yet

[DumpTruckTurkey]

Alrighty, Im going to deep clean and try apex 9.5s.  Thanks,.

[Bigfootwolff]

To the OP, did the deep barrel cleaning and/or polishing make a noticeable difference in your patterns?

[runngun]

To the OP, did the deep barrel cleaning and/or polishing make a noticeable difference in your patterns?

I have always been a fan of barrel polishing. I have done a lot of them and I have percent always got positive results.  I have read on here that some folks say that they didn't see a difference. But it has not been my experience. I also polish chrome lined barrels.
I use a flex hone and oil that Brownell's sells.
Also have read about folks who say that their guns shoot better with a dirty barrel, this also has not been my experience.

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[jmart241]

All 3 of the ones we have shoot 30 to 40 more bbs In 10@40  deep cleaned each shot with apex 9.5s