our laws dont see it as buckshot . it see it as water fowl ammo , shot not buckshot .

Load up some and take it and shoot a couple deer with it yourself and see how it performs, then you will have a good idea if your son will have a chance at being successful with it.

I’ll bet Ol Mr green jeans will have no problem cutting open shells or anything else he has to do if he thinks you are violating game laws.

We shot them with bows during early goose. You just work within the laws. If its legal for ducks it's legal for hogs

At the ranges I would be comfortable with a kid shooting a deer I don't know why just standard ole lead shot would not work. I'd just load up some #4 buck and skip all this I don't think I'd be trying to get a kid to shoot a deer at 60 yards with TSS that's about the only place I would see it as having an advantage. Just a few more pellets in the air at long range that carry the energy better. That's certainly something to like... but for a kid I would be worried about losing a deer shooting that far with a .410. Just can't physically get enough shot in the shell for that range. Seems sketchy but not a terrible idea I see what we're trying to do.

I've shot a lot of hogs with #4 Buck and it dusts off the little ones without issue.... but those big fellers with the hair standing up on their backs are tough as a bucket of rusty nails and seem to understand a face full of 00 better. But I guess that only really matters if you care to go look for them after they run off. Which I gave up on. TSS might do better on the heavy set ones I would just have to try it and see.

A 3 inch .410 holds 5 000 pellets, and would certainly do the job with the right pattern. But if there is a better option why not take advantage of it?

I do not believe that would be violating any game laws. law says buckshot without defining buckshot. Smaller size tss (F,T,BB) could and should be considered buckshot.

Welllllll ,,,, its illegal. I was told if a lot of guys wanted to use it they need to go to the meetings and bring it up for consideration.

You can stuff 13 T’s in a 3in 410 hull. I loaded some for my 410 double barrel to try and thump a doe with . My regular hunting load is a 20ga with 33 pellets. 23 T’s and 10 F’s.its a monster

How much does an F weigh? I been thinking about trying a duplex BB/F load. Maybe an ounce of each. I'm happy with Ts, just thinking. Seems to me 32 BBs+ whatever an ounce of Fs is, would cover all the bases.

16 F’s weigh 395.60grains

Good to know, Thanks

Do you know which regulation or law?

Alabama 220-2-02 legal arms and ammunition and equipment for hunting

"Gun Deer Season
1. Rifles using centerfire, mushrooming ammunition.
2. Pre-charged pneumatic air powered guns, .30 caliber or larger.
3. Pre-charged pneumatic arrow shooting rifles using an arrow equipped with a broadhead which has a minimum cutting diameter of 7/8 inch and 2 sharpened edges.
4. Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller using buckshot, slugs, or single round ball.
5. Muzzle-loaders and Black Powder Handguns--.40 caliber or larger.
6. Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
7. Handguns or pistols using centerfire, mushrooming ammunition."

The smallest buckshot by definition is #4 buck @ 0.240" They would need to add verbiage to allow for a minimum weight per pellet, sectional density or some other metric that could allow appropriately sized TSS/ HeaviShot to be used also.

Its illegal because its not buckshot. Or the size of #4 buck and bigger

TSS is lethal much further than lead. IF you're using buckshot because you think it's safer because the pellets lose energy quickly, then that is something to think about.

To put simple what my GW told me is that T shot is not buck shot.

If you use steel shot that as big as #4 BUCK SHOT or bigger its legal to use as buckshot