Origin
The .410 is a relative latecomer in shotgun sizes. It appears to have become popular around 1900. Some suspect that this shotgun bore arose from converted rifles of a similar bore diameter. The first ammunition was two inches (50.8 mm) long, compared with the modern 2.5 and 3.0-inch (76 mm) sizes.
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