Reloading 410 shells

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Anyone reload 410 shells? Any hulls better than the others? I haven't reloaded shotgun shells for almost 20 years but thought of starting back up on the little 410.
 
That is all going to depend on what 410 you use. Some guns dont like high brass, some eat anything, some only like high brass.

The sub gauges are were the savings lie. I can buy 12 ga target loads for close to the price of loading myself. But 410 and 28 gauge are usually about 3X more money for factory than loads.
 
I reload 410 for my H&R single shot. I've done it for over 30 years. I use a MEC 650jr. The hulls I like best are Win red 3 inch mags. Loading this hull is a no-brainer. There is a 60% saving with this shotshell.
 
I use Win HS 2.5 and 3s (these you won't find easy) and having good luck so far with Cheddite 3s that I got new from Will Bilozir.
As mentioned you can save a ton reloading this shell. My cost is around $5 a box.
 
Definitely worth relaoding. I bought a role crimp die from ballistic research a while back. I load 5 00buck pellets stacked ontop of each other then roll crimp. Lots of fun
 
Adding to this, I have noticed that the data for hulls is minimal. I have a few books with a lot more data than what I generally see in new books, are the powders still the same from say the 60s?

I have data for paper hulls with a lee loader as well as plastic hulls, although much of the data for plastic hulls just says "plastic base wad" and so on.
 
PatchRat said:
I made some full brass .410 shells out of fireformed 9.3x74 brass. They need to be cut down a bit, but they last a lot longer than the plastic.
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Make them from 303 Brit brass as well. Fire form with a load of cream of wheat. Brass hulls last basically forever. Not for high volume shooting though...
 
They were a lot of work when I did it, I had to try it after reading that they did it after the war with .303 basic brass.
Have since found the MAG Teck brass cases and use them and love them.
 
M12shooter said:
Make them from 303 Brit brass as well. Fire form with a load of cream of wheat. Brass hulls last basically forever. Not for high volume shooting though...
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They don't always fit the extractor either and may or may not feed in a repeater.

I do want to make some though :)
 
Not sure what the fuss is about for using brass cases instead of actual 410 shells? I can easily save 1 or 2 hundred hulls each year from buddies who hunt chickens with 410 who don't reload. Even without that, i have some hulls that have been loaded over 15 times before they blow apart. If you don't max out the pressure you can get a lot of loads from them.

If you bought 6 or 8 boxes and saved the hulls, it will last you a long time.
 
PatchRat said:
Well, I did it because I had a lot of the brass already and wanted to play with it. Kind of just a project for its own sake.
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I've loaded a few brass ones as well, so much more work than regular hulls that are easily available. However it looks like the brass guys hijacked the post asking about which hulls to use
 
fiddler said:
I've loaded a few brass ones as well, so much more work than regular hulls that are easily available. However it looks like the brass guys hijacked the post asking about which hulls to use
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I suggest never tossing hulls, I have 16ga and 410, both are getting to be very expensive to reload.

The all brass hulls are an option and a good thing to know but if you hold on to every case you should not run out.

AA hulls always have data, the IMR website has data but I think the best bet is to find out what hulls and powder you can actually find and then lining that up with your recipies, I had trouble with that, nobody seems to stock 410 or 16ga wads.
 
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