.410 shotgun recoil

[greyghost]

G'day,

Just looking for a rough guide here, I've fired 12 gauge a couple of times but never a .410 bore shotty.

Recoil will be less obviously, roughly how much?

Half? Less?

[bladeracer]

G'day,

Just looking for a rough guide here, I've fired 12 gauge a couple of times but never a .410 bore shotty.

Recoil will be less obviously, roughly how much?

Half? Less?

A _lot_ less, even with slugs.
Roughly similar to a .223 rifle of the same weight, or a scoped .243 perhaps.

http://www.shooterscalculator.com/recoil-calculator.php

My 30" Stoeger Condor is 3.5kg. A 440gn (1-oz) load at 1200fps on 20gn of powder makes 16.7lb/ft of recoil energy.
The .410 model weighs 2.7kg. A 220gn (1/2-oz) load at 1200fps on 14gn of powder makes 5.9lb/ft of recoil energy - roughly one-third of the 12-gauge.

My 7mm-08 MDT LSS chassis is 5kg. Firing a 160gn bullet at 2500fps on top of 40gn of powder makes 10.4lb/ft of recoil energy.

[Barnard]

not always as it seems with 410's.
a lightweight 410 with full loads,.....will often recoil (kick) more than a full size 12g.
kind of depends on the individual shotgun, and ammo used.
it's a energy vs weight sort of thing.
the last 410 i used kicked harder than my 12g trap gun for sure.

[bladeracer]

not always as it seems with 410's.
a lightweight 410 with full loads,.....will often recoil (kick) more than a full size 12g.
kind of depends on the individual shotgun, and ammo used.
it's a energy vs weight sort of thing.
the last 410 i used kicked harder than my 12g trap gun for sure.

I've fired slugs through a very light single-barrel .410, recoil was hardly worth mentioning, mind you, the performance of the slugs was less than impressive as well
In my experience, even the most pleasant 12-gauge still kicks way more than the .410.

[GLS_1956]

.410 shells vary a fair bit in length, load and recoil levels.
Roughly speaking a .410 with half the shot weight of a given 12ga would have half the recoil based on the whole " equal and opposite reaction" pricipal.
.410 is a kids gun, not much recoil to speak of!

Bentaz, I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you on the .410 being a kids gun. In fact I find it to be just the opposite, the .410 is the experienced shooter's bore, with it's light shot payload and sparse pattern it is a gun that the experience shooter takes to the field or the range. I've seen many a quail escape the shot from a .410 only to fall to that of a 20 gauge or 12 gauge. On the skeet range I've only seen the best out there with .410s, and you never see the .410 on the trap line.

I will agree with you that there is a drastic difference if the felt recoil between a .410 and other shotguns bores. My perception is the .410's recoil is much less than that of a 12 ga gun, of course rarely do you have a .410 that weighs the same as a 12 ga. Now the last .410 I fired was in handgun form, a Bond Arms O/U derringer, and in that form it is a handful, the Taurus Judge is much more manageable.

[Jeff303]

My sons first gun was a little rossi 410. Looked like a kmart toy. 3 inch mag loads kicked pretty ****** solidly, let me tell ya

[catman]

Hey greyghost,
I am roughly 186cm 76klg, I own Early Boito 410,
I find it good to fire, I run 3" shells, also some solids
The solids do have more boot but are quite manageable.
I feel quite relaxed with this gun, therefore it makes the whole
experience of using it much more fun.

[Bark]

No point comparing full load .410 slugs to reduced recoil 12g shells.

Apples for apples loads it's about half.

But if you want it to shoot like a 12g buy a 12g

[in2anity]

Great snake gun - we always had one laying about growing up. Worked on rabbits inside about 20m too; in these scenarios it was much easier to use than dad's ancient single shot Lithgow with dovetails.

Dad's 410 would have been about a 20" I'd guess - and It never struck me as booting much, even when I was tiny squirt in primary school.