Thread: Quality "everlasting" .410 shells

Originally Posted by Tommy

@Wingman, how are you getting along with the skyrats at you neighbours place?

he no longer has a problem...

man I hoped you breasted them all out......heap of good eating there....was that all .410???? or did you break out the .12ga and clay loads???

Nah I was just winding Tommy up, this was actually a mate of mine with his Edgun .25cal PCP.

I jumped 3 of them from the maize feed lot and the others never came back.



PS: I dont own a 12 gauge, they are for beginners

Ahahahaha crack up

there is video clip on the net with a fella taking ?doves in Argentina? with a bow and arrows.......puts a lot of shotgunners to shame.

These guys normally get a free pass around my house but this one was pushing its luck at the base of my trees..
#4 roll ya owns put him down instantly

Sharing the .410 love with another 300+ brass cases made this weekend

I've been led astray by a gentleman who's formed a pile of .410 bore brass for me... so I've started on some black powder loads.

- large pistol primer
- a scoop of black powder (about 35-40gr)
- 2mm stiff cardboard firmly pressed down
- 5mm felt
- a scoop of mongrel shot from the bucket (1/2oz)
- 0.5mm card glued on top.

These'll be for shooting on close-in steel targets, so not fussed about good patterns, I'll have a crack with some good shot later.



I also had a go at some smokeless loads with Win 296/H110 and 3/4oz #7 shot. Had some trouble igniting the powder until I pushed a thick card over the powder - but couldn't get the chrony to read my shots, will have another crack next week.

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looks like fun.....I take it you HAVE TO use 1/2oz for the steel targets???? 3/4oz is just better in everyway.... it SHOULD work well with black powder as it wont be honking along.....but that said be aware the wee 410 is more sensitive to change than any other guage...all of mine have hated #6 shot with vengence but #4 lovely tight patterns...best of all is a mixture of all sorts of sizes....
look forward to seeing more of this....

Nah, I was just being lazy using the same scoop, more is always better - plus I'm after fun, light loads with a big boom for kids to shoot.

yip ok that makes sense....old black powder rule of thumb is same volume of powder to shot.... cant see any black powder load being hard kicker from what Ive seen in 45/70....60 grns home rolled is still mild as....feels like a 410 I have been known to say.

Originally Posted by Smallfoot

I also had a go at some smokeless loads with Win 296/H110 and 3/4oz #7 shot. Had some trouble igniting the powder until I pushed a thick card over the powder - but couldn't get the chrony to read my shots, will have another crack next week.

Yes the brass cases definitely needs a nitro card rammed over the powder to keep consistent ignition. Even when I use a plastic wad I still use a thick nitro card as well.
Did you get a chance to try some cork tile wads? Did you end up having to round off the front of the rim to get a good action lock up?

The Cork tiles didn't punch out cleanly, they crumbled a lot - I'll need to make a thinner walled punch.

The action l locked up on about 80% of the shells, but I've rounded off all the rims so they're ready for any other shotgun.

My #7 didn't pattern well beyond 10m, so I've cut up a few old 12ga shells to try different shot sizes.

There's a lot more case capacity after the first firing, so room for a more felt buffer.

All my 410s have patterned best with #4s and #5s. The 11/16oz load in the 3" long plastic wads pattern the best followed by the 3/4oz load with the felt wads.