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#2 ·
Ugh why? Bud the old advice about a .410 being a kids starter gun is absolutely wrong. The thing is choked to tight n hard to hit with. My daughters started very young. My younger daughter is very tiny. .28 gauges If you can find one is the way to go. Next option is a 20. If you reload just use light target load data. Another thing that helps is double hearing protection. Guns seem to kick less when they're quieter. Girls/ women in the sport is a great thing don't frustrate her w a 410
 
#4 ·
PBHUNTER44 said:
Nothing wrong with a .410 for a young girl A 410 is an expert gun. People on this site can be really ignorant. Bad advice is rampant and can only hurt the kid. North Jersey Mike if you want I can meet you w a 28, I'll bring my daughters and they can shoot w yours if she doesn't already shoot. My youngest is tiny and watching her shoot would make many unafraid of the guns. Plus my girls can help her w stance, another key ingredient to felt recoil. One more thing to consider is her dominant eye. You should check that n if you're havent n aren't sure I can show or tell you how. No offense to PB it's extremely bad advice if you want her to enjoy/stay in the sport.
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#6 ·
^^^^Funny but my as a young girl, my wife learned on a .410, my sister, my mother, my 2 aunts...just about everyone I know learned on a .410.[eyeroll] Both my boys started at 5 with a .410. Just about every kid on the youth pheasant hunts are using 20 gauges, but at 5 they are usually too heavy. Let's not generalize and start with how old is the OP's daughter and how big is she. 28 gauges are great, but not something that's readily available or cheap.
 
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A 410 could pass as a shoot a clay bird on the ground first shot kind of thing guys. Remember something the drop on the old 410 single shots was way too much. I've taught many many kids at dif events. I'm just stating what may keep the kid having fun. Shotguns are typically shot at moving targets. If they're so easy why don't more adults shoot them? The larger amount of shot and better spread of a true shotgun ga will keep her from feeling she's "no good at this". That what you guys want? Or is the object to get a girl into a lifetime sport to enjoy w family and friends? Not saying my way is the only way but it's def the only way I'd do it.
 
#13 ·
ACarbone624 said:
The OP was asking for a 410 Shotgun, not everyone's opinion on what he should get. Thats whats wrong with this site. Too many assholes hiding behind keyboards.

There is NOTHING wrong with starting your daughter with a 410....no matter how old she is.
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The problem w the site is actually egos n bad advice. People w limited experience can certainly offer suggestions but a few years of doing something doesn't allow for things to be fully seen. As a kid we thought we knew it all, and we weren't. Same thing in the outdoors. Just cause we were taught one way doesn't make it right. To each his own though. I'd like to see kids given a real chance. Sport needs it
 
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Bowguy said:
The problem w the site is actually egos n bad advice. People w limited experience can certainly offer suggestions but a few years of doing something doesn't allow for things to be fully seen. As a kid we thought we knew it all, and we weren't. Same thing in the outdoors. Just cause we were taught one way doesn't make it right. To each his own though. I'd like to see kids given a real chance. Sport needs it
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Everyone does things differently. That doesn't mean its the wrong way. To each his own.
 
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Bowguy said:
One day you'll realize how bad your advice is. You oughta shoot some, maybe teach more than a kid or two. You seem to have an inferiority complex.
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Wasn't advice you f@cking moron. Holy shit what an a hole you are. It's an opinion and I'll say it again. Nothing wrong with a kid picking up an enjoying a light and easy to carry.410. Said nothing about patterns or anything . 28 ga is a nice gun but the OP asks about a .410. Were you beaten a child or are you still one?? You make this sight suck!
 
Discussion starter · #18 ·
Thanks for the feedback everyone. She's a tall 10 year old who has made it her goal out on youth day. She has fired .22, but never a shotgun. My thinking was of what my father in law told me years ago about how he started my wife on a 410 when she was of similar age. Sadly, he sold that gun decades ago. I will consider a 28 gauge, and bowguy, if I strike out in the near future, I might take you up on the offer. We live minutes from Thunder Mountain. I'll have to bring her up there soon, and let her try a few different guns out.
 
#20 ·
my sons started with 20 ga at 10 years old and then on to 12 ga. I started with a 12 ga at 16. I have a Winchester model 42 410 that was to good for the kids to use starting out. we would all share the 410 on late season rabbit hunts with snow on the ground when they were older. 28 ga guns were rare in those days other wise I would have had one.
 
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