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Not really. The bore diameter of the .410 shotgun is .410", while the quite rare 36ga smoothbore is a true .360", smaller in diameter than the .410.
They were European though - used for the small bird collecting, popular ca.1890.
There is some printed evidence that cane guns may have been chambered for it.
The 36ga shells seem to have disappeared from production/availability shortly after WWI.
The 36ga later evolved into the same diameter 9mm rimfire shotgun, sometimes used in "garden" guns - such as the Winchester Model 36 of 1920-24.
They are all very collectible.
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