Right below sling shot.Gonna go with “would not be in my first 10 choices”
Bullet mass/type | Velocity | Energy |
---|---|---|
14 oz. Federal 212″ slug | 1780 ft/s | 1043.1 J |
14 oz. Winchester 3″ slug | 1800 ft/s | 1066.7 J |
What are your thoughts on a .410 for deer hunting? Leave a comment below!
Since I’ll assume the dig was directed at me, I’ll respond to it.I've got about 25 boxes of 410 slugs and was hoping to shoot them out of my Yildiz, thinking it may have been a cylinder bore since no choke size was marlked on the barrel. Then I discovered the choke is modified and not cylinder. I gladly would have accepted anyone's challenge and gone deer hunting with them in the gun had they been safe to shoot out of it. Of course, while trying to bag a deer with a 410 slug I may never have gotten close enough since I only do real hunting. None of that target practice over a pile of corn or other bait for me; so no commas for me in the number of deer I've taken but I have taken a few. How many deer you've taken with larger calibers, while nice to have that comma in the number of them, means very little though when saying you'd not use a 410 because you think it would be ineffective. That is unless you have tried to do so and found the 410 to actually be ineffective.
I mostly have used a shotgun to bag my deer, granted a 12 gauge but my point being I needed to be in fairly close to get them. Most of my deer have been with 30 yards, some within 20; I'd guess a 410 slug, at that close of a range, would bring down a whitetail pretty easily. I know of quite a few that have been taken with 22 LR ammo, not by me but by scum sucking poachers, and would think that a 410 slug would be much more effective than a 22 rimfire round. My guess is that anyone saying he would not use a 410 on whitetail, because it would be ineffective, probably has never tried it (otherwise why not just come out and say you have tried it and failed) but as I said that is just a guess. Has anyone here actually ever tried it and found they needed more than one well placed shot with a 410 to finish off a whitetail?
Here is another perspective for you...I've got about 25 boxes of 410 slugs and was hoping to shoot them out of my Yildiz, thinking it may have been a cylinder bore since no choke size was marlked on the barrel. Then I discovered the choke is modified and not cylinder. I gladly would have accepted anyone's challenge and gone deer hunting with them in the gun had they been safe to shoot out of it. Of course, while trying to bag a deer with a 410 slug I may never have gotten close enough since I only do real hunting. None of that target practice over a pile of corn or other bait for me; so no commas for me in the number of deer I've taken but I have taken a few. How many deer you've taken with larger calibers, while nice to have that comma in the number of them, means very little though when saying you'd not use a 410 because you think it would be ineffective. That is unless you have tried to do so and found the 410 to actually be ineffective.
I mostly have used a shotgun to bag my deer, granted a 12 gauge but my point being I needed to be in fairly close to get them. Most of my deer have been with 30 yards, some within 20; I'd guess a 410 slug, at that close of a range, would bring down a whitetail pretty easily. I know of quite a few that have been taken with 22 LR ammo, not by me but by scum sucking poachers, and would think that a 410 slug would be much more effective than a 22 rimfire round. My guess is that anyone saying he would not use a 410 on whitetail, because it would be ineffective, probably has never tried it (otherwise why not just come out and say you have tried it and failed) but as I said that is just a guess. Has anyone here actually ever tried it and found they needed more than one well placed shot with a 410 to finish off a whitetail?
NO! and illegal in Colorado and not smart ANYWHERE!What are your thoughts on a .410 for deer hunting? Leave a comment below!