.44 mag. shot shells

blasted_saber said:
As mentioned above, shot from rifled barrels is a terrible idea.

Ive put shot through a 12g rifled barrel. I wouldnt trust it to kill a squirrel at 5m, the pattern was that bad.
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Would be using these loads in a 45/410 H&R Survivor but definitely get where you're coming from. I know the shot loads are never going to stay as tightly bound as shot from a smoothbore.
 
hillbillyreefer said:
Damn I hate being wrong. Thanks for the correction sheep.
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As far as I know, it applies to any shotgun out hunting. I've had them checked when out deer hunting, and a buddy was checked when he was using a short-barreled rifled 870 for moose dogging. I think it's even a treaty thing with the U.S., but I'm not 100% sure.
 
jongun said:
Would be using these loads in a 45/410 H&R Survivor but definitely get where you're coming from. I know the shot loads are never going to stay as tightly bound as shot from a smoothbore.
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Its a rifled barrel right?

Shot doesnt stay tight AT ALL. It spins going out the barrel into a massive donut pattern. It literally goes all over the place.
 
I once had an old guy tell me an easy way to make an old .22 shoot shotshells, but still shoot bullets well. Run a reamer slightly larger than groove diameter into the barrel from the muzzle for 3 or 4 inches (counterbored like some old mosins). The bullets won't be affected much as they don't touch the smooth bore section, and the shot will have smooth walls to spin out against and act more like a shotgun. Might work, I didn't bother to try it :) Willing to maybe sacrifice your .44? :)
 
mwjones said:
I once had an old guy tell me an easy way to make an old .22 shoot shotshells, but still shoot bullets well. Run a reamer slightly larger than groove diameter into the barrel from the muzzle for 3 or 4 inches (counterbored like some old mosins). The bullets won't be affected much as they don't touch the smooth bore section, and the shot will have smooth walls to spin out against and act more like a shotgun. Might work, I didn't bother to try it :) Willing to maybe sacrifice your .44? :)
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doubt it would work some company's have been using chokes with straight rifling for their .45 colt/.410 guns. even shotguns with smooth bore barrels will spin shot the straight rifling is not new but id think a the very end of the barrel after passing through a longer section that has rifling with a spin maybe not so good
 
blasted_saber said:
Its a rifled barrel right?

Shot doesnt stay tight AT ALL. It spins going out the barrel into a massive donut pattern. It literally goes all over the place.
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Blasted,it is a rifled barrel but has a special "choke" that helps to slow the spin the rifling puts on the shot. Gonna test out some 410 this weekend to see how it patterns but I know it won't be as tight as a smooth bore.
 
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