xmas shotguns.......

[chris hennelly]

......so i have been offered a webley .410 bolt action for£85 and a 9mm unnamed for £50,the 9mm is for 9yr old.

....Anyone with knowledge of these?

[Pltreesurgery]

My first gun was a webley and Scott 410, lovely little gun, if I remember correctly for the safety you had to pull the back of the bolt back and turn it half a turn ?

[Ds Tree services]

Hi yes 9mm garden guns are good to use as a way of teaching safty and such like and thats about the going rate. Just check that the 410 dont miss fire and the main botl holding the stock to the action is strong. Good look:001_smile:

[JHamment]

As with any tool I guess its down to what you want it for. I would give the 9mm a wide birth unless you really trust the guy you are buying it from. If I was buying a first gun for a youngster I would try and find a nice simple 410. I personally really dont like the bolt action on shotguns, maybe try and find a second hand side by side or over and under, you could have a look on Second Hand Guns | Used Shotguns | Rifles for Sale at GunTrader, or if you are from this part of the country (East Anglia) I could recommend some good guys. You should be able to pick up a nice 410 2nd hand for not much more than 100 quid.

 

Hope that helps,

 

James

[Charlieh]

is the .410 single or mag fed as webley did a few with magazine under the bolt which are a bit rarer, I have done a lot of pigeon and rabbit shooting with a .410 webley, basic sold gun, never used a 9mm. Just bare in mind that .410 ammo is properly expensive!

 

as mentioned make sure the back screw on the action is solid and hasn't been butchered by over tightening it as this is a real weakness on them

[sandspider]

That's a fair to good price for a Webley 410 bolt action, assuming it's the 3 shot model.

 

No experience of garden guns I'm afraid, but I'd guess the ammo is hard to get hold of, and possibly pricey. 410 ammo isn't cheap either.

[Eddy_t]

The 9mm garden guns were quite common in orchards many moons ago and have an option of either shot or a slug, generally a rim-fire cartridge.

As for bolt actions, I personally love them, but check the pin, lugs and extractor

 

 

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[sandspider]

You won't get any slug ammunition for a shotgun without a firearms certificate now - a shotgun cert won't be enough.

[Eddy_t]

You won't get any slug ammunition for a shotgun without a firearms certificate now - a shotgun cert won't be enough.

 

9mm slugs are nigh on impossible to obtain anyway, only ones I've seen are from Germany

 

 

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[sandspider]

True, I've never seen one in the flesh!

 

They might well have them in France - the French have a better range of slug loads than we have...