Why are .410 slugs so rare?

the spank said:
Youtube is full of people doing dumb things....a couple Darwin Award winners right there!
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I regard that as a survival skill, say your bush plane has crashed and you need to kill an elk. Good to know about but to be done with care and only if there is no other alternative and never leave such a shell in your gun when it's not in use.

The other idea about solidifying the shot with melted candle wax: I was told it works by someone who should know such things but I have no idea if it would be effective in the great outdoors. The thing is, desperate situations call for desperate measures.
 
Filling 12ga trap load shells with melted wax you blow the tits outs of a centerfold at 50 yards but it burns the crimp off and doubles the recoil. Im sure it also really spikes the pressures to
 
.410 slugs are the answer to the question that nobody asked. A 410 is actually a 67 gauge going by the old formula of how many balls of lead with that bore size would make 1 pound. If you want to kill a charging woodchuck, fill your boots. Otherwise the .410 is a good "ditch gun" for partridge.
 
Mike Webb said:
.410 slugs are the answer to the question that nobody asked. A 410 is actually a 67 gauge going by the old formula of how many balls of lead with that bore size would make 1 pound. If you want to kill a charging woodchuck, fill your boots. Otherwise the .410 is a good "ditch gun" for partridge.
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The op asked for slugs actually
 
Local Walmart has .410 and 20ga slugs every time I've been there. I stocked up for the wife's 20ga. My question is what about buckshot - I always see birdshot, target loads, and slugs, but where is the buckshot?
 
I had buck or 7.5/8 bird in Ontario everywhere I went. Until recently I hadn't seen anything, Tenda has some buck and ball ammo but no exclusive buck.
 
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