A couple years ago, I bought a NID 410 ejector with 28" bbls. and chokes that were marked F/M. I was so excited just to find the gun I failed to check a few things. When I got the gun home, I found the chokes had been recut to mod/cyl. I was really disappointed. So much so that I cut the chambers to 3" with long cones. Really long cones.
It was past the bird seasons but I was going on a wallyworld farm hunt that weekend for chukar and pheasant. So, I figured I bring it along. First shot with a 11/16 oz #6 shell out of the cyl barrel, cartwheeled a chukar coming straight at me. Not much of a test, but gave me some confidence, and confidence is all important when shooting a 410. Shots on pheasant and chukar that day were at various ranges and I came to trust that cylinder barrel out to about 30 yds.
I have since patterned that gun and found the gun shoots much tighter than the chokes would indicate.
It's become my go-to gun for valley quail and what I took with much confidence on a little mearns hunt.
