B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot – Great Skeet Case

Description

In a gauge that carries half an ounce of shot, pattern density is everything, and number 8 is the size that gives you the most of it. The B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot is the skeet load in B&P’s 410 target line, a 2 1/2 inch competition shell at 1210 feet per second, bought by the 250 round case.

• Pellet count is the 410 shooter’s currency
• Full specifications
• Why 410 skeet is worth doing at all
• Honest notes before you buy
• Chokes and gun fit in a small gauge
• The bottom line

Pellet count is the 410 shooter’s currency

Half an ounce of 8 shot holds roughly 205 pellets against about 175 in 7.5. Thirty extra pellets does not sound like much until you remember the whole payload. That is a seventeen percent denser pattern, and in the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot it is the difference between a broken target and a chipped one at the closer stations.

Skeet is a close range game. Every station is inside twenty five yards and the targets are on known paths. Under those conditions raw pellet count beats pellet energy every time, which is exactly why the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot is the load most 410 skeet shooters settle on.

Full specifications

• Caliber: 410 bore, 2 1/2 inch shell
• Bullet weight: 1/2 ounce of lead, 8 shot grain
• Bullet: 8 shot target load
• Muzzle velocity: 1210 fps
• Muzzle energy: not published for shotshells ft-lbs
• Ballistic coefficient (G1): not applicable to shotshells
• Case: reloadable boxer primed brass
• Quantity: 20 rounds per box
• Part number: 410BCP8, 250 round case of ten 25 round boxes

B&P builds this line with pre cut wads intended to open cleanly and release the shot without disturbing the column. With so few pellets to work with, anything that scatters them costs you targets. That engineering is what separates the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot from a bargain field shell in the same gauge.

Why 410 skeet is worth doing at all

The 410 event exists to be hard. There is no margin for a sloppy mount or a lazy lead, and shooters who put in time with the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot tend to find their 12 gauge scores improve as a consequence. It is the most honest diagnostic in clay shooting.

It is also the gauge people use to finish a four gun skeet event, which means a competitor needs a reliable supply. A case of the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot covers two full 100 target events plus practice, on one lot number, which is how you keep a season consistent.

Honest notes before you buy

Recoil is negligible, which is the one mercy of the gauge. Half an ounce at 1210 feet per second lets you shoot a full case over a weekend without fatigue, and it makes 410 an excellent teaching gauge even though scoring well with it is difficult.

Be clear that this is a target shell. Number 8 in a 410 has very little energy at distance and is a poor choice for hunting anything beyond close range pests. B&P sells a Heavy Dove and Quail line in this gauge for bird hunting. Keep the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot for clays and buy the hunting shell for the field.

Chokes and gun fit in a small gauge

Skeet or cylinder choke is what the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot wants. A 410 pattern is small to begin with and tightening it further just makes a hard game harder. Most dedicated 410 skeet guns come bored accordingly, but if yours has fixed full choke from a field configuration, that is worth addressing before you blame the ammunition.

Gun fit matters more in 410 than anywhere else, because the pattern is too small to cover a mount error. If you are missing consistently in one direction with the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot, pattern the gun on paper at twenty one yards and find out where it is actually shooting before changing anything else.

The bottom line

For 410 skeet, the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot gives you the densest pattern the gauge can produce, in the quantity a season requires. You can read more about the bullet design at swiftbullets.com, or browse the rest of our stock on the MAG5 Firearms ammunition page.

MAG5 Firearms keeps the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot in stock and moving, and we are glad to talk through bullet choice before you order. If you are working up a load for a new rifle, a single box of the B&P Competition One 410 1/2oz 8 Shot is a sensible place to start.