This looks like a fun little 410 'lever-pistol'....

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This looks like a fun little 410 'lever-pistol'....

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I don't know what use I have for one but I want one anyway. It looks like a lot of fun! The loading gate looks good too.
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The BEST part is to see Jeff doing what he loves to do again..... 8) 8) 8)
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Coolest .410 "pistol" I ever saw was a side by side shotgun with the stock cut off and blended down to the pistol grip and the barrels were cut down to about 10 - 12 inches. It was used as a snake gun by a caretaker at a private lake. This was a very long time ago, probably illegal now, but not then.
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AJMD429 wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:38 pm The BEST part is to see Jeff doing what he loves to do again..... 8) 8) 8)
+1 fun little gun too.
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Doc, thanks, YES, it is good to see Jeff back in action. He has lost a lot of weight, God bless him.
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In my "mind" I'd really like to know if there's a good reason not to make these lever 410s to handle 3" shells.... :? :?:
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might not be necessary. with slugs it should be the functional equivalent of a .41 magnum, which is almost a .43 magnum :lol: I would like it more if I could put a laser sight on it .....
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I think it looks fun, but I am not sure I would have a use for one. Good to see Jeff up and around. He and Boge have both had a rough time of it.
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Grizz wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:18 pm might not be necessary. with slugs it should be the functional equivalent of a .41 magnum, which is almost a .43 magnum :lol: I would like it more if I could put a laser sight on it .....
True on the slug...I was thinking more about an extra 1/2" of of birdshot....That little single shot, full choke H&R of mine will pepper the heck out of a plastic milk jug at quite a distance with 3" #4s
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I imagine that OAL concerns are why you don't see a 3" 410 levergun. Not worth making a dedicated action for a low volume product.


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I used up a couple boxes of 410 shot shells in a Marlin 444 . Yup. Fed fine. BUT, the "pattern" was two nearly perfect concentric circles on a sheet of plywood from about 12 feet.

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It might make a neat truck gun
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Grizz wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:18 pm might not be necessary. with slugs it should be the functional equivalent of a .41 magnum, which is almost a .43 magnum :lol: I would like it more if I could put a laser sight on it .....
About 15 years ago though, before Indiana allowed leverguns for deer, I was looking at what my 8 to 10 year old kids could use to deer hunt that would be legal, and the choices were "shotgun with slugs", "handgun over 357 caliber" and "muzzleloader". So I thought about a 410 with slugs, since the kids were petite enough a 20 gauge slug gun was kind of hard for them, but the FACTORY ballistics of the 410 slug were about like a vintage 32-20 load - sure enough you can kill a deer with that, but 'shot placement' becomes critical, and that might not have been doable with the breakopen smooth-bore 410's I had to choose from.

At the time, the typical factory slug was 1/5th ounce or 87.5 grains, at about 1800 fps... :|

...a 41 Magnum would throw twice that weight at close to the same velocity from a rifle.

Still...

a) today's 410 loads are likely better, what with the self-defense market, and
b) it would STILL be a cool gun for fun, and at least an option for home-protection 8)

I thought about using a 45 Colt/410 gun I had that was rifled. The 45 Colt cartridges (which wouldn't have been legal anyway) had such a jump to the rifling that they shot 6" groups off the bench at 15 yards.... :shock: so I pondered using metal 410 hulls and loading up some higher-weight slugs, but the next year, Indiana allowed 'pistol-cartridge leverguns', so the issue was solved.
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