This Web Site is an attempt to link together a series of Web sites (plus other useful information) specifically for the Fourten shotgun (.410) user, collector and reloader. Shooting this diminutive shotgun is a minority sport in the UK and information about, and for, the Fourten shotgun hard to come by.

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Messages or Guestbook

Dec. 2008
Marshall Williams and the Polywad Gram Crak-R Loads
Courtesy of Shotgun Sports Magazine
October.2008
National Smallbore Champs Results
and Report from Tim Woodhouse
August.2008
Write your own message in the Guestbook
June.2008
Tim Woodhouse and The 2 faces of the .410
Jan.2008
Tim Woodhouse investigates TShot
Oct.2007
Wylye Valley Small Gauge National Championships results
July.2007
Ron Goodge has Nearly a life with a 410
June.2007
Fun Patterning 410 loads
May. 2007
Tim Woodhouse revisits the Rem 1100 Special Sporting with reloading tips
May.2007
New URL! We are now
www.fourten.org.uk
and www.4-10.co.uk
March. 2007
BASC 2007 World Champs, 7th July
See below (also www.midwalesshootingcentre.com)
Feb. 2007
Marshall Williams and the .. Remington Smallbore Wingmasters
Courtesy of Shotgun Sports Magazine
Jan. 2007
Marshall Williams tries the .. RIO #12 cartridges
Oct. 2006
Collecting .410 Cartridges .. the 'missing' email is here

Whats Not So New .......

We are indebted to Marshall Williams for being able to publish his thoughts and experiences with "The Maligned .410 bore", An Article on the Marbles Gamegetter, Contributions to our Messages Pages, and ALOOF and Related articles (Articles reprinted from Shotgunsports magazine and Gun Digest/Krause Publications plus 0thers!).

We also wish to give our thanks to Robert Sears for being allowed to publish his article "Should a .410 be in your battery" (previously published in the "American Rifleman").

We are also very grateful to N. Bird for permission to publish his excellent article The .410 shotgun - versatile and efficient (previously published in "Shooting news")

Click for details
Because it's there!

CLIMBING THE NORTH FACE OF THE .410

2nd massive, fully revised and extended edition.

 10 new chapters , 60% more material.

 American & British 410 Shotguns
Ronald S. Gabriel

Hardcover 208 pages.
Publisher: Krause Publications
ISBN: 0873496795

Representing the culmination of 30 years of research, this book catalogues the 125-year developmental history of the 410 in both Britain and the United States. Coverage includes makers such as Browning, Ithaca, Winchester, Boss, Holland & Holland, Purdey and others.

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And many thanks to Tim Woodhouse for the enclosed Report of the 2008 Small Bore Championships.

The tropical storm type weather leading up to the BASC .410 World Championship had an affect on the numbers attending this annual event, however it did not deter the determined and hardy owners of the smallest shotgun calibre to turn up at Mid Wales Shooting Centre, Trefeglwys in Powys to challenge for the title of BASC .410 Sporting Champion.

Despite some terrible travelling and shooting conditions there were competitors from all parts of the country, East Lothian in Scotland, Yorkshire, Hampshire and Dorset to name a few.
This year, the format was different to the previous years in that the sporting competition was shot over a course of 100 targets to replicate BASC celebrating its centenary year.

Ian Ainsley from North Yorkshire was an early entrant and took the advantage of a break in the weather to post a score of 76. This was closely followed by T Smith on 74. With the weather so unpredictable this 76 by Ian looked for a long time to be safe, however last years winner again from Yorkshire Chris Napthine, put in a brave effort to retain his title and as the scores came in it became clear that there was going to be a shoot off for the title as Chris also posted a 76.

The resulting shoot off ended with Ian becoming the new BASC .410 World Champion, Ian also won the pool shoot in a shoot off with Chris.

It was also encouraging to see the number of juniors and ladies taking part. C Gorsuch from Hampshire took the Junior title on 36 and it was Lisa Hughes from Trefeglwys which kept the Welsh flag flying taking the Ladies title with a score of 35.

BASC.

.410 World Championship 2008

Saturday 6th September

Mid Wales Shooting Centre, Trefeglwys, Caersws, Powys

Results

.410 World Championship 'Open'

1st Ian Ainsley 76* , 2nd Chris Napthine 76*, 3rd Tim Smith 74 , *after shoot off

.410 World Championship 'Junior'

1st C Gorsuch 36, 2nd R Goble 35, 3rd Brandon Mulliner 29

.410 World Championships 'Ladies'

1st Lisa Hughes 35, 2nd K Mulliner 30, A Oliver 25.

This is an interesting guide and contains the UK Home Office interpretation of current UK Firearms regulations and is an essential tool for the UK Firearms collector or Ammunition collector.
The file is a .pdf file (Adobe Acrobat format) and is 872 KBytes.
Right click the following link and 'Save Target As..' onto your hard disk.
Home_Office_Police_Guide

Other UK Home Office Firearms documents.

The following are the June 2003 records for the American National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) for the longest runs in regulation comp. without missing a target!

Video of 2006 Shootoff

The 2009 UK CLA gamefair

www.gamefair.co.uk

2009 - Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leics

Views from the 2003 Gamefair at Harewood House

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(We believe that Doug may not be still making slugs. Please check with him before ordering)

Swaged 90-125 Grain Rounded Ogive, Hollow Bases, .375

Swaged 90-125 Grain Flat Head Slug, Hollow Base .375

Swaged 95 Grain Extreme Hollow Base For Tighter Bored, .375 diameter

"A small family operation, hand- made slugs for your shooting pleasure." Custom designs available upon request, hollow point also.

All swaged in soft lead.

http://geocities.com/doug410slug/index.html

Reloading Web sites (for the Fourten) for Cases , Primers, Powders, Wads etc. Reloading Equiptment (Presses, scales, measures etc.) Info on History, Guns, Cartridges & Manufacturers/Suppliers stocking .410 bits and pieces, Pages from old catalogues, adverts, cartridge boxes etc. for the Nostalgia pages, Relevant books etc. etc. etc. --- Email :-

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