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Mike thanks for sharing. Did he ever say at the end what make that .410 was, he did say it was Turkish.

If you can't see the targets in the video I am amazed he can hit them. In the vids of the British 410 Championships you can often see the breaks. I have been bitten by this bug. I started with Briley sidekicks converting a 20 to 410 and should take delivery today of a Rizzini BR550 in 410.

There’s a guy from Laporte, IN that vies for HOA at every shoot he’s in with a .410 SxS.
3 targets off HOA last weekend in the Cedar shoot.

You can get very good with a .410.

Yes, Webly & Scott. They are the same as the Dickinson

Jonny Carter said " Shoot it like a 12 bore"

That may work for Jonny but it doesn't work for me. I cannot shoot a 5 lb. gun the same as I shoot an 8 - 9 lb. gun, regardless bore size. After many years of shooting doves and clays with a .410 I have to utilize a different swing technique. "Shoot it like a 12 bore" sounds good, but doesn't work out in real life. They don't swing the same at all, and require a different technique, IME.

Sean, is a very good friend of mine .
It needs to be pointed out that underneath his polo shirt is a target searching computer which homes in on clay targets.

Johnny is entertaining, but not for shooting advise. What I think he is trying to get across is that you can not focus on the fact you are shooting a .410, but instead you need to just focus on the bird instead. When I shoot a .410 I shoot it more aggressively than the 12. You do not ride birds across the field, you do not measure birds with a precision of a ruler. You get right after the bird, find the line, get your sight picture and shoot them. Trying to be too precise, with a .410, will lead to stopped guns and all other types of blunders. Find the line, determine if it is closing or tailing away, curling or falling as it runs out of steam. Those type of decisions.

On leads I do shorten them slightly, but my gun is active and moving. You may have a 30" wide, 12 gauge pattern, but that shrinks to 20-24" with a .410. So crossing leads need to be less the way I shoot. If I shot swing through, then I would not need to alter my leads, I might need to alter my gun speed, but on crossing shots I shoot more sustained lead and do need to reduce leads slightly. In narrow window shot, in woods, you can almost hold a dead gun and ambush the target as it enters the opening. Sporting Clays do give you the advantage of knowing where the bird will approximately fly, so take advantage of that when ever you can.

The question now is SxS vs OU in a .410.