Other troublesome appetites appeared during corn-planting season. The poor guy’s appetites got him in trouble, something that seems to happen to all species. I must have got him good with first shot, though, because he did not spray all over, and the egg piracy was at an end. I wish I could remember the details, but I can’t. Stinky made another daylight raid, as announced by the fussing of the hens. Dad’s only advice was “You need to get him good with the first shot, otherwise, he will spray all over.” It wasn’t long until Mr. Hercules and I were given the assignment of putting a stop to this. He would enter in broad daylight, push eggs out of the nests, and dine on them after they had broken on the ground. 410 caper unfolded when we discovered that a local skunk had developed a taste for eggs and was satisfying it in our henhouse. It had to be sent out somewhere to a gunsmith and when it came back it fired 3” shells very nicely, and I was happy that now I could throw a whole ¾ ounce of shot, a 50% increase and not to be sneezed at. I guess I worried a little bit about it, because when I heard that a 2-1/2” chamber could be lengthened to 3” by reaming it, I was off to the local gun shop with Hercules in tow. This is the kind of thing that bothers you only if you know it, and worry about it. 410, and 2-3/4 inch 20 gauge for comparison Hitting game can be much more difficult than when using a 410 is the smallest shotgun size available and is therefore light and easy to handle, with not much kick, but difficult to learn to use effectively because of the small amount of shot that it throws. Someone with access to old gun and ammunition catalogs may find other interesting info. Sources say that the Iver Johnson Champion appeared in 1909, but it was made in many gauges, and it is likely that the. Remington-UMC manufactured 2-inch and 2-1/2 inch. 410 inches, and this is a different way of expressing the size of the gun than is used with other shotguns, for which the term “gauge” is used. As our name indicates, however, the gun has a bore diameter of. In Europe, the cartridge was given a metric designation, 12 mm. This explains why the 1908 Sears and Roebuck catalog lists many, many shotguns for sale but no. 410 shotgun is a bit murky, but it seems to have originated in Europe, probably Germany, around 1910. They called it the “Champion” but made some for Montgomery Ward to sell under the name “Hercules.” I was well into adulthood when I learned that the gun was made by Iver Johnson’s Arms and Cycle Works of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. One day I wrote a letter to the Hercules Powder Company and inquired if perhaps they might be the folks responsible for my Hercules.
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