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Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:03 pm
by ditchparrot
How many times do you stumble into a gun store just to see what they have and find the exact gun you’ve been hankering for? This one was previously purchased but unfired and priced at just more than half of MSRP. What a bonus!
Most will recognize it as the Henry lever-action .410 with a 24-inch barrel. It was the last gun on the last rack I viewed and I just couldn't buy it fast enough. I literally almost wet my pants while filling out the form. Fortunately the whole process is real quick and easy here in Arizona for a CCW holder and I was out the door with it (and then into the restroom at the Mexican restaurant next door) after just a few minutes.
That store had only two boxes of self-defense ammo priced at $32 each, so I passed on them. When I got back to the truck, I called around to every shop within 20 miles (there are quite a few of them) to see what they had. I was able to come up with six boxes to get started with. The guy who sold me the Fiocchis -- a "black gun" dealer who operates out of his garage and who I know pretty well from local bowling leagues -- said he should be able to get me a steady supply. He gave me those for $17 each out the door.
I'll put a few rounds through it on hand-thrown clays as soon as this storm passes and do a little work on the patterning board. Can't wait to bag my first game bird/animal with it -- don't know if it'll be a cottontail, a squirrel or a dove.
I'll turn 60 a week from Monday, so this has been a great early birthday present!
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Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:07 pm
by daytime dave
Congratulations on a great gun. I'm glad you were able to find ammunition easily as well.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:35 pm
by Vaquero
daytime dave wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:07 pm
Congratulations on a great gun. I'm glad you were able to find ammunition easily as well.
I heard that, it's been pretty much non-existent around here for a good while now.
A buddy down in Texas found some week before last for $14 a box.
Nice score there dp. Congrats.
RP
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:36 pm
by Hatchdog
Great score on that 410 and especially the ammo.
I understand completely about wandering into a shop and seeing something you won’t leave without. In fact that’s what got me started here on this site. Went into the LGS looking for a Henry 30-30 and there in the rack was a used but totally unmarked Big Boy Steel in 327 Fed Mag. I have always had a thing for that caliber so I left the 30-30 in the rack and brought the 327 home.
Looking forward to your hunting report when that beauty is bloodied.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:42 pm
by Cofisher
I've never been a 410 shooter, but that looks like a smooth one. Have a good time with it, and let us know.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:37 pm
by North Country Gal
Looks like a fun shooter. Congrats.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:23 pm
by fortyshooter
You did very well on that one! Is it because of hunting with it Henry did not extend the mag tube to end of barrel? Yep I had the same luck when I found my first lever rifle which was a lightly used Uberti 1873 with 24 inch barrel in 45 Colt. Saw it hanging on the wall in a "black" gun shop and it had recently been sold to the shop by owner needing cash. Got a good deal on it from the AR type folks!
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 am
by Hatchdog
Here we have a shotgun capacity for hunting of three shells. When I got mine I checked with Henry and found they have a mag tube that does just that. Ordered one and I’m legal. I was impressed that they had that available.
https://henryoutfitters.com/collections ... azine-tube
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Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:33 pm
by Vaquero
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 am
Here we have a shotgun capacity for hunting of three shells. When I got mine I checked with Henry and found they have a mag tube that does just that. Ordered one and I’m legal. I was impressed that they had that available.
https://henryoutfitters.com/collections ... azine-tube
IMG_4346.jpeg
Have a similar law here in Tenn., but it only pertains to migratory birds such as dove and waterfowl.
Not when hunting rabbits or tree rats.
RP
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:04 pm
by Hatchdog
Vaquero wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:33 pm
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 am
Here we have a shotgun capacity for hunting of three shells. When I got mine I checked with Henry and found they have a mag tube that does just that. Ordered one and I’m legal. I was impressed that they had that available.
https://henryoutfitters.com/collections ... azine-tube
IMG_4346.jpeg
Have a similar law here in Tenn., but it only pertains to migratory birds such as dove and waterfowl.
Not when hunting rabbits or tree rats.
I’ll have to look at the regs but I bet we are the same as you. Bird hunting for sure but I bet rabbits wouldn’t have a mag limit.
RP
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:25 pm
by ditchparrot
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 am
Here we have a shotgun capacity for hunting of three shells. When I got mine I checked with Henry and found they have a mag tube that does just that. Ordered one and I’m legal. I was impressed that they had that available.
https://henryoutfitters.com/collections ... azine-tube
Thanks, I'll be ordering one of those. I'll need it for dove season.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:28 am
by BrokenolMarine
Good on yah. I wish I could find 410 ammo for the wife's shotguns. The shelves are empty here and when you can find ammo it's running about five to eight dollars a round.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:43 am
by Hatchdog
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:28 am
Good on yah. I wish I could find 410 ammo for the wife's shotguns. The shelves are empty here and when you can find ammo it's running about five to eight dollars a round.
Wow, and I thought it was expensive around here at $20 a box.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:33 pm
by Bake
I would love to take that out to the "SKEET!" Range. I bet everybody and their brother would be talking and looking 
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Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:00 pm
by rickhem
I've got a .410 that I use for rabbit hunting and some varmint deterrence around the house. We have a half-acre pond that the geese seem to like, especially around this time of year. The pond is about 75-100 yards from the house, and a 2½" load of 9s from the front porch sends them on their way pretty reliably. Ammo seems pretty readily available by me, with target loads going about $20-$25 per box, and the 3" #4 shot are about $30/box.
Lots of places have the 5 round boxes of buckshot for the .45/410 revolvers, and that seems pricey to me.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:30 pm
by BrokenolMarine
I see a lot of ammo available online for backorder at $1 to $2 a round, and backorder estimated at four to six months.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:07 pm
by ditchparrot
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:30 pm
I see a lot of ammo available online for backorder at $1 to $2 a round, and backorder estimated at four to six months.
This place had 37 boxes in stock when I got an email notification last week that they'd just received it. I immediately ordered 20 of them and they arrived yesterday, so I'm set for awhile. Others have since gobbled up the remaining 17 boxes.
I now have 23 boxes of this stuff but haven't fired any of it yet. The cartridges have no markings on the plastic whatsoever and they come in these funky cardboard boxes that they could also get 25 12-gauge rounds into, so I'm sure they just use the same boxes for all their shotshells.
I'll try it out next week.
https://www.300blackoutclub.com/ShockWa ... _1811.html
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:09 am
by BrokenolMarine
Good job.... Right Place, Right Time.
Funny thing... Ammunition Depot has BRAND name 9mm for .25c a round. I have been telling my neighbor about it, and the other good deals, while they last. He has a couple 9mm handguns, and NO ammo. They are buying a lot of other "Stuff" that we see as frivolous and NOT picking up a single box of ammo. NOT 50 rounds. He bought a nice 223 last year, but it came without Sights, set up for either a scope, red dot, or YOU chose the iron sights. He still hasn't bought SIGHTS for the rifle. Has the one mag that came with the gun and no spares. A couple boxes of ammo, and ... hasn't fired it yet, no sights. But they buy decorative stuff for the house, things spruce up the cars and trucks....
Priorities.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:25 am
by Hatchdog
ditchparrot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:07 pm
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:30 pm
I see a lot of ammo available online for backorder at $1 to $2 a round, and backorder estimated at four to six months.
This place had 37 boxes in stock when I got an email notification last week that they'd just received it. I immediately ordered 20 of them and they arrived yesterday, so I'm set for awhile. Others have since gobbled up the remaining 17 boxes.
I now have 23 boxes of this stuff but haven't fired any of it yet. The cartridges have no markings on the plastic whatsoever and they come in these funky cardboard boxes that they could also get 25 12-gauge rounds into, so I'm sure they just use the same boxes for all their shotshells.
I'll try it out next week.
https://www.300blackoutclub.com/ShockWa ... _1811.html
Awesome deal and US made! Great combination.
Re: Got me a really good deal!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:39 am
by rickhem
Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but it looks pretty interesting.
https://www.thexringusa.com/product-pag ... for-410-ga
I already have a loader for 12 gauge and plenty of the necessities for that, so loading for .410 would only see me buying wads. If you're a skeet shooter, or some other high volume consumer of .410 ammo, a dedicated reloading press is a much better idea, but for a lower volume consumer, it could be the ticket. I already have plenty of 7½, 8, and 9 size shot, and plenty of steel BBs for my BB guns (readily available too). I have 296 powder and Lil Gun for metallic reloading, so a few options covered there too. Seems like it offers options to make up some ammo for whatever purpose you can think of and then some. I have see some videos of people loading .357 and .40 cal bullets as slugs for their .410 with varied success.
For the cost of 4 boxes of ammo, and the ability to load either 2½ or 3" hulls, I'll just have to get one and see.
