Just for everybody's information and my propensity for commenting I am going to add some food for thought, things to consider prior to buying a firearm for a kid. #1. I do not recommend a single shot shotgun for a kids first gun, and especially not a 410, this is even more important if going turkey hunting. You put the kid at a big disadvantage when limiting them to only one shot and only 60 to 75 pellets in the 410 vs 135 to 192 pellets in a 20 ga. For me, a single shot 410 with the right ammo would be a challenge, but only if the bird was within 20 or less yards. I don't believe in wounding any game that I shoot at, and eat all game that I shoot. For a kid, watching that big TOM strutting at 50 yards and not coming any closer would be disheartening, especially if watching mom or dad taking it with their 12 ga.
A used 20 ga Remington 11/87 with an extra full waterfowl choke that can take steel shot is a perfect starter gun for a kid. Same goes for a 20 ga Winchester SX4, or Remington V3,however both are a bit pricey new, but there should be used shotguns out there. If we are looking at a left hand shotgun the choices are few. Right now it would be a used 11/87, which is hard to find but not impossible, Also to be considered is the Remington V3 an Winchester SX4 both available new in left hand versions.
Now you are asking yourself why buy a kid a semi auto shotgun? There are a couple of reasons. First of all the recoil of a semi auto is considerably less than any pump or break action shotgun. Even more so if you have a Limbsaver recoil pad installed. Replacement stocks for the Remington's are readily available so no need to worry about shortening the stock. As the kid gets bigger simply replace the stock.
Good break action shotguns such as the Henry 410 are not cheap, ranging from $625 to $815. For that price you can easily get a used or for a few bucks extra a new semi auto, that the kid will have for life as opposed to being thrown into a corner then having to buy what you should have spent the money on in the first place.
Now for the thing that many of you are going to take to task, is giving a kid a repeating shotgun. Using common sense, if you, like my dad did, simply require only one round at a time in the gun. That allows the kid to learn to take their time and aim and shoot properly rather than fill the sky with lead flying everywhere.
My dad was very insistent on one shot, one kill. Then eating what you shot. If you aren't going to eat it, don't hunt it. It's something that I stress to all of my students, all ages, hunter safety or otherwise. Just for the record for those of you who are concealed carry, if you are called on to utilize your skills to save yourself or others, the one shot theory still remains, take more if necessary, but you don't have to eat what you shot.
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