![]() ![]() Plastic shotgun shells were modern back in the early 1980s, but I usually hunted with what we had, which was old paper shells. These are some of those old shells, in numbers 6, 4, and 7-1/2 shot. This Nitro Special 410 was only chambered for 2.5-inch shells, but Dad had a gunsmith friend bore this one out to accept 3″ shells. This allowed the use of longer shells which carried a bit more shot. Sometimes, Dad and I would call ourselves deer hunting, and would go find a place to sit in the woods. I’d load the old Nitro Special with slugs (no kidding) on the off chance a suicidal deer or hog appeared, which never happened. When I got a chance at a squirrel, I would slip the slugs out and slide in some seven-and-a-half shells. It has a single extractor, no ejectors.īreaking the barrels open allows loading & unloading, cocks the internal hammers, and operates the single extractor, which pulls the rear of both shells backwards to aid in removing them. ![]() I also learned how to handle a fairly long gun this shotgun is not very large, but it does have 26-inch barrels.ĭad made me carry this gun broken open for safety’s sake, and he also advised that I keep shells in the chambers… so I learned the hard way how easy it is to lose 410 shotgun shells and have to backtrack 1/4 mile or more to find them. This is a view I saw an awful lot when I was 11 and 12 years old. To little ol’ me, this was one heck of a fine firearm, and I was extremely proud of it. Which made it heart-breaking when some scumbag stole it because I’d loved it so much I had it on display in a gun rack on the wall of my room in Mom & Dad’s house when I was 17 years old. ![]()
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