am I thnking right...410. 28,20

hillbille

January 31, 2013 09:13

I was playing with a few empty hulls and got to noticing, a 45 cal roundball will fit snug in a 410 shell w/wad, a 50cal does the same in a 28ga, I know the 12 ga is a 68cal, would the 20 be 54cal, and the 16ga be a 58.
got to wondering about loading cheap slugs, inside 100yds a maxi ball loaded in a wad then put in a standard shotgun load should work shouldn't it. Only thing I haven't done is weigh the maxi ball to see how close +/- to ounce it would be sounds good on paper, it should work shouldn't it?

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  Hawk Carse

  January 31, 2013 09:40

  A .410 is really .410" diameter. A .45" soft round ball might squeeze through without hurting anything... or not.
  
  Your other combinations are pretty well reinventing the old pre-slug "punkin ball" loads. A very undersize ball to go through the choke will shoot... but not very accurately. A maxiball would no doubt be tumbling with no stabilization by a rifle barrel.
  
  Solid projectile loading is not just a matter of equal ball and shot weights, you need correct "recipes."

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  charliemeyer007

  January 31, 2013 09:42

  I shot lots of .383 hard cast round balls (5 at a time) in my 410, they would just fall threw the full choke.
  
  Case fit and wad fit are important, same as choke fit.
  
  I like the Lyman sabot slug for the 12 gauge 540 gr. Never tried the one for 20 gauge.

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