How is the trigger on the Stevens 301? I have an ATI single shot 12 ga and the trigger was probably around 8 lbs out of the box. I adjusted the mainspring and got it down to around 5 or 6 probably. My gage doesn't go up high enough to measure it. Nice thing about the ATI is it folds up for backpack carry.

 

Like others said, stevens trigger is crisp but nowhere near 8 pounds. I also have a yildiz single shot that folds in half and it is so light and small that I’ve dropped it into a cargo pocket in my pants just for kicks. It sticks out too far to consider hiking with it but it gives you an idea of how light it is. Usually carry it in the game pouch on the back of my vest.

 

I have no idea what the poundage is on the trigger, but it is crisp on my gun. No travel and breaks clean at a reasonable pressure for a shotgun trigger.

 

I was trying figure out the best way to explain what Fairchild #17 said. He hit it spot on.

 

My 9 year old son shoots our Stevens .410 with no trouble. No creep and not heavy. It’s actually pretty good.

 

I attached my wife's 5lb dumb bell to a piece of wire with a hook on the end. I can get the weight to hang there for a second before it fires so I'd say the trigger is somewhere around 5lb.

 

I just picked up a Mossberg SA-20 Turkey. I'm excited to unbox it and go to the range. If I'm not mistaken it weighs 5.5 pounds and comes with a rail for optics.

 

I got that exact gun set up for my dad. I put a Carlson choke tube on it and a Burris FF3. With number 9 tss it is lights out to 50yards. It is so light though that you know it when you touch it off. Great gun.

 

Thanks,I'm looking forward to patterning it. Did you pattern it with the tube that came with it?

 

Yes. It will kill turkeys but the Carlson did better.

 

Ok, thanks for the heads up. I will get a TSS tube from Carlsons.

 

Plan to use my Mossberg "Baby" Model 500 .410 Turkey Gun , 26" barrel, fixed full choke and covered in Mossy Oak Obsession. Finally found some Federal #9 TSS to use in it.

 

Jack is 7. He’s a big 7. It’s not a youth model so he does have to stretch out to reach the trigger.
savage 301

 

PA Bandit,Its a Stevens 301. It is much lighter than the Mossberg Sa-20 that he had used. But it's still a bit too heavy for him to hold up by himself. He is still fidgety though, so when he goes along we sit in a blind. I have a set of shooting sticks set up and have the forend of the .410 in the sticks and he holds the stock end. It works. My son is not a big kid though. If your son is big for his age, he may be able to hold it up. Good luck to you.

 

That bipod in the picture has seen a bunch of gobblers die. I can't even tell you how long I've owned it, but I do not go turkey hunting without it and I'll teach my kids the value of it as well.
I called in 3 longbeards for my nephew at that age, right in his lap, and he couldn't get the gun up. I learned a very valuable lesson that day.
Same thing happened with my daughter last year, but it happened to quick to get her set up with a bipod. Longbeard at 20 steps and she couldn't get the barrel up on her new 20G.
That's the reason we own a .410 now. The kids have no problem raising it, but still want them on a rest whenever possible.

We have a 3 footed monopod for crossbow hunting from a blind, but its just not applicable to ground hunting when sitting on your butt.

 

Got the Venom on this little project yesterday, with the butt stock insert removed, which it is, it’s about the same as a Red Ryder BB gun to shoulder. Also weighs about the same to.

 

How do you like that venom, I currently have a scope on a 410 I picked up. I am considering a venom or a burris fastfire 2 or other similar red dots

 

We love the Venom, my daughter , who is 7, says just put the dot on the neck and shoot right? Super easy for the kids to understand.