410 lead patterns

[Uncle Jesse]

I shot several different shells just trying to get a decent 25 yard pattern in my 410. Shells were all Remington except 1 box of Winchester AA 7.5 that I dove hunt with. Nothing all that great so, my nephew got 2 shells out of his stash. That was a Federal 3" #4 and a Winchester 3" #7.5 and both of those did better than the 5 boxes that I had.

Notice how streaked the bottom right target is. That was 25 yards

Here's the one I settled on, the Winchester 3" #7.5 at 25 yards

Have since got some B&P 3/4 ounce nickel plated #6 and they shot almost identical to the picture above at 25 yards. I was shooting paper that day and didn't take any pictures. My daughter was shooting her gun yesterday so I grabbed the 410 (AKA Mighty Mouse) and shot a 30 yard target with the B&P 6's. I think 25 is my max

 

[Uncle Jesse]

Gun is a Yildiz OU with 26" barrels. Bottom barrel shoots to POA at 25 yards and the top barrel is high at 25 but comes in nicely at 30. However, the top barrel shoots tighter than the bottom with the same choke.