410 Slug for deer
11-25-2003, 03:34 AM
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Brampton Ontario CANADA
Posts: 423
RE: 410 Slug for deer
Well guys you cannot use a 410 to deer hunt here in Canada as you can actually load a .44mag shell into a 410 chamber & fire it so it is illegal to deer hunt with a 410 here!!!!!!!! Brampton Mike[8D]
11-25-2003, 02:27 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Denham Springs La USA
Posts: 56
RE: 410 Slug for deer
A .410 is capable of killing a deer if you use it the same as you would a bow. 40 yard out...let him walk. Know where to aim and a kid will do fine. That is what my son is hunting with at 7. When he is large enough and strong enough I will get him a .20 gauge.
11-25-2003, 05:02 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gypsum KS USA
Posts: 1,289
RE: 410 Slug for deer
THey' re illegal for deer here in KS, but I' ll mention this anyway...
Look at how heavy the slug is, what, 1/5oz? Ok, that' s 87.5grains, so about the weight of a 22cal centerfire, however, instead of a 90grn bullet coming from a .22-250 at 3000fps, you get 90grns at less than 2000fps...there was a thread on this a while back that I did all the math on to show the energy, it was pretty pathetic, you might do a search and look at that one. At 20yrds, yes, it could probably kill a deer cleanly if and only if you shoot it VERY well.
They just aren' t deer guns, as much as I love .410' s, they just aren' t strong enough to kill deer humanely at any practical range. If the kid really wants to start hunting, get him something bigger, a handi-rifle from NEF/H&R in a good deer cartridge can be had for $125, or in a 20ga or 12ga for $90 if your state is shotgun only.
Look at how heavy the slug is, what, 1/5oz? Ok, that' s 87.5grains, so about the weight of a 22cal centerfire, however, instead of a 90grn bullet coming from a .22-250 at 3000fps, you get 90grns at less than 2000fps...there was a thread on this a while back that I did all the math on to show the energy, it was pretty pathetic, you might do a search and look at that one. At 20yrds, yes, it could probably kill a deer cleanly if and only if you shoot it VERY well.
They just aren' t deer guns, as much as I love .410' s, they just aren' t strong enough to kill deer humanely at any practical range. If the kid really wants to start hunting, get him something bigger, a handi-rifle from NEF/H&R in a good deer cartridge can be had for $125, or in a 20ga or 12ga for $90 if your state is shotgun only.
