Reloading .410 shells for Enfield

[moriflegirl]

We have recently acquired an Enfield .410 shotgun. It has not been modified to accept commercial shells. While we have quite a few of the "straightened" .303 shells to use, I was curious to find out if it is possible to trim down a 2 1/2" shell when reloading, the then crimp it to the correct length. We've never done that sort of reloading before (since 12 guage shells aren't that expensive), but it seems that it would be alot less time consuming if we could just trim off a bit of the hull, instead of playing with the brass (I'm beginning to hate the smell of cream of wheat).

Is this a viable idea or am I totally off my rocker?

Thanks in advance.
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[KCSO]

Trim a plastic case to length and then roll crimp with a roll crimpper from Ballistic Products.
Not a lot of trouble and works fine. I pick up cases at the range for free and trim for my short shell guns all the time. If you are using a book load cut it 100% and work up in a shorter shell.

[scrapcan]

KCSO

did you mean to cut back 10%?