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I have a Lee Enfield full wood RFI 410 Musket. It is in what I would call very good condition with all matching numbers including matching number on stock. Bore is perfect and the stock is very clean but has the so called dreaded Ishy screw. This gun shoots good. Looking to get an idea as to what this gun is worth.
 
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Hello there fellow cgn'er, i once had one that was cut down to look basically like a 303 hunting rifle, and was questioned by a game warden one day when he caught me rabbit hunting with what he called a "303" right away he said sir you do realize big game season is not open right now and you are in direct violation of the game laws, once i showed him the gun, he appologized and said" well ill be dammed" and got on his quad and left further on down the trail o to speak, as for a value on yours, i do know the ones chambered for the actual 410 shotshell hold less of value 200-250$ in nice shape, its the ones based on an actual 303 casing blown out to 410 that fetch premiums, especially in nice cond, if you had one of these, is say in the area of 350-400$
dependig whos buying, collectors will pay good money, however average joe will not offer much for a single shot bolt action 410 im afraid, but the ones in 410 shotshell are very decent shooting slugs using the rifle sights

hope it helps

cheers!,
rod....
 
The original .410 Musket round used a primed .303 case which had not been tapered or necked, so it is really easy to make. Being a smoothbore, they react very well to a round ball, better than they generally do to an elongated projectile. I am shooting mine with a .410 wad column/shot cup and a pair of .36 pistol balls. Makes nice holes in paper and likely would do the same thing to a rabby bunnet or whatever: just like getting hit with a double-tap from a 9mm.

Muskets are fun!
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Sounds like fun smelie. Wonder what flachettes would be like, yes I know we can't do that in canada.
 
Flechettes are horrible and nasty and ugly and, of course, American.

However, we DO have finishing-nails and sealing-wax........

Original Musket round used a single round ball, partly because of the dangers of shoot-throughs in a crowded environment. That ball would stop inside the front target and you wouldn't blast three guys who weren't rioting along with the one who was.

I still like the .36 pistol balls. Cheap.
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@ Chaz: rim on commercial .410 ammo is much thinner than a .303 rim, which is what the Musket round actually is (unfinished, of course). This will give you out-of-spec headspace and a possibility of extraction issues.

Easiest thing is just to load up blown-out .303 brass. With the modern plastic shot-cups you can get a decent charge into a converted case. For spreader loads, just load with waxed-paper wadding over your powder, big charge of light shot and a card wad over top.

Brass cases don't swell if you get 'em wet, either.
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I have one of those nasty old .410 jobs. It is a British action, redone in 1941 by RFI. I did a little experimenting with .410 shotshells, but it wouldn't fire half the time. Someone suggested putting an o-ring on the .410 shell. It would fire every time, but after a reloador two, the hull would sometimes blow out the rim. I changed out the bolt from an old rifle that is nearly derelict and now it fires every time.

I also bought a box of 2 1/2" brass intended for the .410. I also have some 444 Marlin brass that I intend to experiment with. I bought a .395 Lee ball mould as well. My old musket is chambered for 3". Great old things to play with. I will soon be running stiff competition with Chuckhawks and the like.:p
 
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