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Who said anything about the SAStards?
If someone can't place their shot accurately, they have zero buisiness hunting. If someone can't make a heart-shot at 25-30 yards, using a shoulder-fired weapon, they have no buisiness hunting. Hell, if a person can't make a head-shot at those ranges, they have no buisiness hunting. A .410 performs similarly to a patched round ball or large-bore unpatched ball at those ranges, and people take deer humanely and quickly using those weapons every year. A neighbor of ours uses a flintlock kit-gun he bought from Cabelas which has a .32 calibre bore; considerably smaller than the .410. He's gotten his meat with it every muzzleloader season for three years now. My stepfather has taken deer out to 50 yards with his Charleyville for even longer than that*
*One thing about the Charleyville; they don't get up. That huge ball hits like a -train- at those ranges. The .410, being lighter, has less kinetic energy, which limits the useful range to, IMO, 30 yards or less. This is no handicap, since bowhunters take deer at that range all the time, and many times call te deer in even closer before taking the shot.
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