About 10 years ago I did a lot of experimenting and patterning with .410's. I've found that out to about 20 yards the .410 will give small tight patterns with a full choke. Great for hunting squirrels when you're shooting it like a rifle. After 20 yards and definitely beyond 25 yards, probably because of shot scuffing through the full choke, the pattern goes all to hell. As far as I'm concerned, one shouldn't go any tighter than modified with a .410.

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