A good .410 shooter becomes a good judge of distance, becomes excellent at seeing the line, at tracking the bird and consistent in their shooting technique. Fail in anyone of these things and you will be inconsistent at best and more likely a bad .410 shooter. You will be good one shot and bad the next. You can not let the little .410 get into your head. Shoot it aggressively and confidently. I always say that the center of my .410 pattern is about the size of a large dinner plate and will kill any bird I hit with it. I just need to put the plate in the right spot.