GRF, thank you for your reply. I bought this gun a couple months ago with the intention of shooting Bobwhite Quail over my setters. It will never be my go to "Quail Gun" as that spot is already taken. The .410 will make it into the field a few times per season and only for pointed Bobwhites.
I tried the .410 a few days after I bought it and the birds were either a clean miss or shredded. About 50/50. After that episode and back with my everyday Quail Gun, I started pacing off distances to were the birds were hit (not were they fell). Surprisingly the birds were hit at 12 - 16 yards. I knew I shot quickly but not that quickly.
The chokes on this AyA are marked IC & Mod. AyA lists IC as .003 - .006. Mod. is listed as .007 - .012. This gun does not pattern that way. Think Full & Fuller. I have ordered some other brands of ammo and different shot sizes to pattern. I have some choke constriction suggestions from a couple guys that use .410's and they are all within .001 of each other but tighter than I am thinking for my distances.
By thoughts are to have the right barrels optimum pattern at 15 yards. The left barrel at no more than 20. I am planning on using #8 shot but also want to try #8 1/2. Based on what I have read and some input of some knowledgeable .410 shooters this gun will probably be choked .000 & .006. Certainly a great departure from the accepted .410 knowledge base.
So, in another week or so, after I finish chasing birds for this year, the .410 will become my next gun project. Some patterning, some shooting and then choke modification. I sure hope I get the chokes right. It's a "cute" gun.
Dennis
