Description
ATI 410 Target Load is the standard skeet recipe in the smallest bore. A 2-1/2 inch shell carrying half an ounce of number 9 shot at 1,280 feet per second, twenty five rounds to the box, part number AC4109.
A Correction on the Round Count
Our own product data previously carried a distributor line describing this as a twenty round box. It is not. The packaging states twenty five rounds plainly on the front, along with the half ounce payload, the 2-1/2 inch length, 1,280 fps and number 9 shot. We have listed ATI 410 Target Load as a 25 round box because that is what you receive.
That sort of error travels through distributor catalogues without anyone checking the box, and on a small gauge where you are buying by the round it matters to the price comparison.
With that settled, ATI 410 Target Load is a conventional skeet load. Half an ounce of number 9 gives roughly 290 pellets, which is the recipe skeet shooters have used in the 410 for decades because pattern density is the entire problem in this bore.
ATI 410 Target Load Specifications
ATI 410 Target Load is loaded for American Tactical, the Georgia based importer. Figures below are taken from the box itself rather than a catalogue entry.
Chamber length matters more in the 410 than in any other bore. This is a 2-1/2 inch shell, which will chamber and fire in both 2-1/2 and 3 inch guns. A 3 inch shell will not go in a 2-1/2 inch chamber, so if you only own one type, the shorter shell is the safer purchase.
Number 9 shot is the right choice for ATI 410 Target Load. In a bore this small you cannot afford to lose pellets to a larger shot size, and the very short range at which skeet targets are broken means the smaller pellet has plenty of energy left.
- Gauge: 410 bore
- Shell length: 2-1/2 inch
- Shot charge: 1/2 ounce
- Shot size: number 9 lead
- Velocity: 1,280 fps as printed on the box
- Manufacturer part number: AC4109
- UPC: 819644021902
- Packaging: 25 rounds per box, 10 boxes per case
- Suggested use: skeet, informal clays, practice
The 410 Is Not a Beginners Gun
This is worth saying because the opposite advice is everywhere. A 410 is light and it barely recoils, so it gets handed to children and new shooters as a starter gun. The trouble is that half an ounce of shot makes a thin pattern with very little margin for a sloppy lead, so a beginner misses constantly and concludes they cannot shoot. A 20 gauge with a light load is far kinder to a learner, and our ATI 20 gauge target load costs about the same per box.
Where the 410 shines is in the hands of someone who can already shoot. It is a genuine test of skill on skeet, it is delightful to carry, and breaking birds with one is satisfying precisely because the margin is so small.
Ammunition cost is the other honest point about ATI 410 Target Load. The 410 uses the least lead of any gauge and is routinely the most expensive shell on the shelf per round, because production volumes are low. A budget load like this one is what makes regular practice possible.
Check that your gun cycles ATI 410 Target Load if it is a semi automatic. Light 410 loads are the ones most likely to short stroke a gas gun, and a box tested before you buy a case saves frustration.
It is lead shot, so it is not legal where non toxic shot is required. For hunting in the same bore, our B and P Upland Game 410 carries a heavier 3/4 ounce payload of number 6, and our ATI 410 slug is the single projectile option.
ATI 410 Target Load is cheap, correctly specified skeet ammunition for a bore where ammunition cost is usually the reason people stop shooting. Buy it to practise. Just do not hand the gun to a beginner and expect them to enjoy it. Ships from our licensed inventory in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, with adult signature required on delivery.
A word on chokes and patterns. The 410 responds to choke more visibly than the larger bores simply because there are so few pellets to spare. Most skeet shooters run a cylinder or skeet choke and accept that the pattern is thin at the fringes. If your gun has fixed chokes, pattern it on paper at twenty one yards and see what you actually have before blaming the ammunition for a miss.
Store the shells somewhere dry. Small bore hulls are thin and a damp cupboard over a season will swell crimps faster than you expect.
If you shoot a 410 regularly and enjoy it, a dedicated gun makes a real difference. Our 410 Gamelander is one of the lighter options we stock.
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