Wha?
Dad has a British Enfield that had been converted from .303 to .410 for police
duty in India. Works a treat as a deer gun in southern Maine where most places
are shotgun only. Gets you stopped by the possum cops occasionally and its a
bit heavy to carry.I never did shoot a deer with it but got several partridge
and a rabbit.
-Curt
From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 230SL and OT 2nd Amendment celebration
I always wanted to carry the 410 with slugs for deer hunting, but the
state sed no. I know I'd have done better with it, and I'd a not
shot unless I knew it would drop it. the 410 had rifle sights and a
flatter trajectory than a 12. Not a lot different in ft lb than a
30 30. THe state just didn't want the town morons out blasting
indiscriminately with a 410 or a rifle.
>The idea was to use the thing as a hallway sweeper inside the house.
>A load of #8s would run of two legged varmints pretty good, as you
>say the pellets would be pretty well still together but wouldn't
>have much energy left after they went through a wall.
>.410 is much less intimidating for a woman and would make a very
>compact unit. Dad has an H&R .410 that I carry a lot in the fall,
>its shot a ton of squirrels, partridge, woodchucks, and porcupines.
>With 00 buck I wouldn't hesitate to try it on a deer at short range.
>Most of what we hunt is heavy brush so we rarely look at shooting
>more than about 25 yards.
>-Curt
>
> From: Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com>
> To: 'Curt Raymond' <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; 'Mercedes Discussion
>List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 6:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [MBZ] 230SL and OT 2nd Amendment celebration
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>Many people are misinformed about the shot spread of a shotgun. At "social"
>distances (say 15 ft.) the pattern is only a few inches in diameter so you
>pretty-much need to aim just like a rifle. A .410 (or even 20 gauge) shell
>won't hold much large shot and such shells are hard to find. It's hard to
>beat 12 gauge for the wide variety of (relatively) inexpensive and readily
>available shot shells.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
>> Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 5:32 PM
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>> Cc: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 230SL and OT 2nd Amendment celebration
>>
>> Sawed off is awful illegal.
>> One of the manufacturers had a .410 shotgun with a short barrel and pistol
>> grip for home protection. Loaded with buckshot it'd be quite the fixer.
>> Wouldn't require much accuracy, point and shoot...
>> -Curt
>>
>> From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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>> Cc: "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 2:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 230SL and OT 2nd Amendment celebration
>>
>> Greg Fiorentino wrote:
>> > Is he in WA? Where do they require a test?
>> > The .40 S&W is a good manstopper and not hard to master. Semi-autos
>> > are more reliable and concealable than revolvers, although a revolver
>> > is simpler to operate. A very compact (and very concealable) .380 auto
>> > like the Ruger LCP is the minimum I would consider as a defensive
>> > weapon. A couple of good hits with the .380 would discourage an
>evildoer.
>> > Greg
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> A retired NYC detective said the best non-concealable weapon was a sawed
>> off automatic shotgun with a pistol grip, but several on the list said
>there
>> would be too much kick.
>> Comment?
>> Thanks, and thanks for the tip on the Ruger LCP. I'm looking to upgrade
>both
>> pistol and shotgun.
>> Gerry
>>
>>
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