Mainly going to focus on shotguns, but if people want to talk about revolvers and derringers as well feel free since part of the reason I want to talk about .410s involves the handguns.
So, I bought a Judge Public Defender model (all steel) two years ago and it shoots .410 fine within reasonable distances and shoots my .45 Colt reloads really well. It's a keeper and I'd like to add a .410 shotgun to go along with it, but it seems no one ever has anything good to say about .410 shotguns. I'd like to know what are .410's capable of, what are they best at doing, what are they not good at, and why should or shouldn't someone buy a .410?
I know ammo sure is expensive, enough so that I'm willing to load my own, so if ammo price isn't a factor, how much does that change things?
So, I bought a Judge Public Defender model (all steel) two years ago and it shoots .410 fine within reasonable distances and shoots my .45 Colt reloads really well. It's a keeper and I'd like to add a .410 shotgun to go along with it, but it seems no one ever has anything good to say about .410 shotguns. I'd like to know what are .410's capable of, what are they best at doing, what are they not good at, and why should or shouldn't someone buy a .410?
I know ammo sure is expensive, enough so that I'm willing to load my own, so if ammo price isn't a factor, how much does that change things?