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.410 Question

Posted by Joe Ray on September 11, 2019, 8:36 am

I have a 1950 .410 which I took on opening day of dove season. This is the first time I have fired the .410. It has an odd feature, the front trigger fires the left barrel. Was this a common option?

Re: .410 Question

Posted by Tom Archer on September 11, 2019, 9:11 am, in reply to ".410 Question"

Most likely the gun was originally ordered by a southpaw who specifically requested the left side fire first. This is not an unusual request but the first example I've seen noted in .410. What are the chokes? Most .410's were shipped with both barrels choked full and full; if that's true with your gun then the order of firing will make little, if any difference. Hope you did well on the dove shoot!

Re: .410 Question

Posted by Joe Ray on September 15, 2019, 1:20 pm, in reply to "Re: .410 Question"

Tom:
Thanks for the reply. I will report what chokes it has once I get a choke gauge. I should have acquired on 20 years ago.

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