Theduckhunter13
Senior Member
Ok so I went out and shot the 410 today and patterned it. I shot it at 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. I shot 2 times at all 4 distances. My 10 inch circles are not perfect but are +/- an 1/8th of an inch of 10 inches in any direction. I could have shifted the circle probably a little bit and picked up 1 to 3 pellets but I think I have a good idea of my limitations. 25 yards is a shot in the dark in my opinion. With only 23 pellets in a 10 inch circle I wouldn't take a shot at this far. 20 yards had 37 pellets in the circle and could kill a bird but would have to still be hit just right. 15 yards had 81pellets and is plenty enough to kill a bird. 10 yards had 141 pellets and would obviously kill a bird. There was a big change from 15 to 20 yards so im thinking anything about 17/18 yards and in is fair game and stands a good chance of getting rolled. The trick will be getting a bird inside 20 yards......I've had it happen many times before though so I think give it all season and have some patience and it can be done.