loading slugs in 410

[sirdiealot]

ok dont start yelling at me if his is stupid idea....can a person open up a unfired 410 shell drop out the shot an drop back in a slug crimp and fire the shell safely

[Stukaman]

Propably

[SHR970]

Nope...won't work.

In a 410 a slug takes up little volume; you need a bunch of wads to make up the distance from the powder seal to the crimp.

Second, the wad in a 410 with ribs on it would accommodate something as wide a a 00Buck pellet.... .33" without ribs a 000Buck pellet or..... .36". A slug usually runs around .39". That makes the slug too wide to fit in the wad.

Then you run into pressure issues as in too low. A slug runs ~98 gr. to 110 gr. depending on 1/5 oz. or 1/4 oz. Even a skeet load in a 2 1/2" shell weighs in @ 220 gr. or 1/2 oz. The light weight of a slug won't allow the slow powders used in a 410 to generate enough pressure to work well if at all. The net result would likely be a squib load.

[sirdiealot]

so then these 5 boxes of shells i found are just gonna set around a few more years till my 6yr old gets comfortable shooting. hes shot it twice but decided he would rathe shoot the 22 lol. after the first time shooting it i asked him if i should load it again and he said ok so he shot it same ? he said can we just shoot the 22s now.