Chuck
A good .410 resource is
http://www.4-10.freeuk.com/ I currently have two articles published there and used to have one about pheasant hunting (pen-raised birds) with a .410. What works for me is a modified left barrel and a cylinder or skeet right barrel. I use 3" shells with #7.5 shot and keep my shots under 25 yards. 11/16 ounces of #7.5 shot has an equivalent pellet count to 1 ounce of #6 shot and the birds didn't seem to notice the difference at that short range. I consider the modified choke to be the .410 equivalent of full choke. I find the .410 set up like I've written is extremely effective, so much so that to make the hunt even more sporting I eventually switched to a 36 gauge (.506 bore) SXS muzzle loader.
Steve
