Recent content by Patrick Ward

My dad has a blow gun that he bought in the Amazon years ago. I am certain that you could kill a duck with one, but you would need to be close. That thing will put a dart (essentially a skewer) an inch into a wood board at 60 feet. A competent shot could easily kill a bird at much longer ranges...

I appreciate the thought. Part of the issue, and what sent me to the .410, is that the actual weight of the gun is important. As of now, I am strictly limited on what I can actually pickup as well as shoot.

I appreciate the explanation. Since I have no experience with reloading, working a 20ga like that sounds like it is beyond what I should be trying.

Thanks for checking on the pricing of that. I appreciate the perspective from someone who has reloaded before. I will never get back the time and pain this has literally cost me.

certainly so!

Those are great ideas I hadn’t considered! How did you find the right mag cap reducer? I assume your 28 mag cap was threaded the same as a beretta? How did you add weight to the other end of the gun? I’ve put new recoil pads on before. I can definitely do that.

Thanks. I will need to figure out the choke as well. From what I can see, a skeet choke is the right move.

Thank you! This is super helpful.

I am nearly certain that a 12 is going to be beyond my lifting abilities, and that is before dealing with the fact that I don't own a 12 and my family long ago standardized on 20s. Can you clarify why a longer shell delivers more recoil? Is it just because people tend to pack more pellets and...

Hopefully everything is healed by the time I actually can shoot!

Has anyone shot a .410 extensively for ducks? I broke my clavicle, all the ribs on my right side, and broke off the spinal processes in a serious accident. If I am going to shoot at all this year I need to find a way to minimize the punishment on my body. Given my injuries, I expect to be...

I am pretty certain that a 28 would do well on ducks based on my experience with the .410. I have a TriStar G2 .410 as the backup to my normal 20. My non-scientific test was using the gun on a sea duck hunt in SF Bay. I shot a combination of steel 6s, bismuth 4s, and tungsten 9s...

Merino wool will definitely do the job, but you may struggle to find something in hunt colors. I wear Ortovox wool outerwear as my primary midwinter gear. I am comfortable in temps from 50 degrees down to 10 degrees while doing winter SAR training with only a base layer underneath. I would...

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