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Post by: nastygunz on September 24, 2024, 04:16:27 PM
Own a 67 gauge shotgun?
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Post by: Hawks Feather on September 24, 2024, 04:39:49 PM
I think the US Navy has one on a cruiser.
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Post by: nastygunz on September 24, 2024, 07:47:59 PM
More commonly known as a .410 bore :eyebrow:

"Incidentally, the .410 is the only popular shotshell that uses bore diameter instead of gauge. Gauge is a measure of the number of lead balls the same diameter as the shotgun's bore that are equivalent to one pound. The .410 would be a 67-gauge shotgun, meaning 67 lead balls .410-inch in diameter weigh one pound."
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Post by: bigben on September 25, 2024, 05:54:03 AM
well i have a few.  finiding hunting ammunition is tough.  A lot of 3" 9 shot out there that is not tss.  be nice to find some 6-7 shot in 3" mags. 
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Post by: nastygunz on September 25, 2024, 07:51:26 AM
I've always been a 410 hunter, back a few years ago everybody was using 12 gauge and you could buy 410 cheap now with the 410 craze the price is skyrocketed if you can even find any. I laid in a pretty good stockpile but I definitely don't use it for target shooting.
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Post by: bigben on September 25, 2024, 08:48:31 AM
When I was a kid we had a bolt action .410 I used to use.  Killed a boat load of skwirl with it and even wing shot some pheasants.  The two .410 I own are the double badger and a savage single shot for turkey.  I like it for skwirl.  Too many times I wished I had a shotgun while I had the rifle and vice versa.  I did lighten the trigger on the badger.  It still needs a little more. 
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Post by: nastygunz on September 25, 2024, 03:49:16 PM
My first gun I ever had was a Mossberg bolt action 410. Many a squirrel rabbit and grouse met its end with that thunderstick. I need to get out and try that new contender barrel.
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Post by: bigben on September 26, 2024, 05:16:53 AM
I think this one was a stevens or savage
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Post by: nastygunz on September 26, 2024, 01:39:33 PM
Now I'm thinking I need to hunt me down a 410 bolt action for the collection :biggrin:
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Post by: pitw on September 26, 2024, 03:53:53 PM
I bought a lever action  years ago.  Useless gun that I sold to my buddy who has somewhere North of 60 of them guns.  Been hunting with one since I was a tad and the remington pump is my go to goose gun with smokeless powder.
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Post by: nastygunz on September 26, 2024, 04:58:23 PM
Years ago I negotiated with this guy who had a mossberg bolt action shotgun in every caliber, I was going to buy the whole collection but we couldn't come to terms on a price.