Dimes loaded in a shot shell?

prime8 · July 2, 2006, 08:50 PM

I was talkin to this older gentleman, and he said he loads his (410 or 20 guage) with dimes!!!!! Its supposed to be his home defense load? Said he had $2.70 in each shell. Is this plausable? Anybody else do this or hear of it, or Is my leg getting pulled?

Rangefinder · July 2, 2006, 09:09 PM

Not true. Been there, tried that. It's very ineffective, even at very close range. Stick with 00-Buck.

918v · July 2, 2006, 09:19 PM

The dimes do not penetrate and fly all over the place. Might make a very interesting contact wound, though.

hodaka · July 2, 2006, 09:20 PM

It was a real neat scene in Peckinpah's Billy the Kid though. "16 thin dimes"

CC4me · July 2, 2006, 09:24 PM

In 'Young Guns' Emilio Estavez playing Billy the Kids says, 'Best damn $1.80 I ever spent' after killing a guy guarding him in jail with a shot shell full of dimes.

Ruger4570 · July 2, 2006, 10:21 PM

It would not be possible to load a 20 guage or a 410 with dimes. I don't have the measurements on hand but as I recall a dime measured something like .720 +/-.. Much too big to fit through the bore of anything smaller than a 12 guage, much less a 20 or 410.

JJB2 · July 3, 2006, 12:02 AM

heheh... i've heard of it but never actually seen it....... i do make what i call a multiball load for my 6" model 27 shotgun though... it consists of 2 .32 cal round balls in a .357 magnum case over a plastic wad and around 3.5 grs of bullseye with another plastic wad crimped over it to hold it in... very interesting groups at 10' indeed........................................................

918v · July 3, 2006, 12:16 AM

Mythbusters tried it, and the stuff bounced off a side of pork wearing a shirt. Buckshot ripped through and through.

amamnn · July 3, 2006, 02:50 PM

Those old myths will never die as long as there are old codgers around to tell the stories...........oh wait I just had a birthday................never mind.

prime8 · July 3, 2006, 09:08 PM

Thanks. The details of the story were a little foggy.. Seems we were drinkin a little too much.....So the wife says.......lol

Ruger4570 · July 3, 2006, 09:14 PM

She may have a point, and worse yet,,, she may have been right.

July 2, 2006, 08:50 PM	#1
prime8 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: In a tent in Iowa Posts: 434	Dimes loaded in a shot shell? I was talkin to this older gentleman, and he said he loads his (410 or 20 guage) with dimes!!!!! Its supposed to be his home defense load? Said he had $2.70 in each shell. Is this plausable? Anybody else do this or hear of it, or Is my leg getting pulled? __________________ X

July 2, 2006, 09:09 PM	#2
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 1,911	Not true. Been there, tried that. It's very ineffective, even at very close range. Stick with 00-Buck. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

July 3, 2006, 02:50 PM	#9
amamnn Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2006 Location: WA, the left armpit of the USA Posts: 1,323	old myths Those old myths will never die as long as there are old codgers around to tell the stories...........oh wait I just had a birthday................never mind. __________________ "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal

July 3, 2006, 09:08 PM	#10
prime8 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: In a tent in Iowa Posts: 434	Ty Thanks. The details of the story were a little foggy.. Seems we were drinkin a little too much.....So the wife says.......lol __________________ X

July 2, 2006, 09:19 PM	#3
918v Junior member Join Date: September 25, 2005 Posts: 1,372	The dimes do not penetrate and fly all over the place. Might make a very interesting contact wound, though.

July 2, 2006, 09:20 PM	#4
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,506	It was a real neat scene in Peckinpah's Billy the Kid though. "16 thin dimes"

July 2, 2006, 09:24 PM	#5
CC4me Member Join Date: May 12, 2006 Posts: 50	In 'Young Guns' Emilio Estavez playing Billy the Kids says, 'Best damn $1.80 I ever spent' after killing a guy guarding him in jail with a shot shell full of dimes.

July 2, 2006, 10:21 PM	#6
Ruger4570 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 2,136	It would not be possible to load a 20 guage or a 410 with dimes. I don't have the measurements on hand but as I recall a dime measured something like .720 +/-.. Much too big to fit through the bore of anything smaller than a 12 guage, much less a 20 or 410.

July 3, 2006, 12:02 AM	#7
JJB2 Junior member Join Date: December 15, 2005 Posts: 558	heheh... i've heard of it but never actually seen it....... i do make what i call a multiball load for my 6" model 27 shotgun though... it consists of 2 .32 cal round balls in a .357 magnum case over a plastic wad and around 3.5 grs of bullseye with another plastic wad crimped over it to hold it in... very interesting groups at 10' indeed........................................................

July 3, 2006, 12:16 AM	#8
918v Junior member Join Date: September 25, 2005 Posts: 1,372	Mythbusters tried it, and the stuff bounced off a side of pork wearing a shirt. Buckshot ripped through and through.

July 3, 2006, 09:14 PM	#11
Ruger4570 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 2,136	She may have a point, and worse yet,,, she may have been right.