For those of you whom load the magtech brass 410 bore cases, how many loads do you get from them before they wear out?
For those of you whom load the magtech brass 410 bore cases, how many loads do you get from them before they wear out?
Magtech is made only for BLACKPOWDER and with it expect a large number of loads IF you keep the brass clean after shooting.
http://reviews.cabelas.com/8815/2157...tm?sort=rating
Last edited by skeettx; 03-05-2012 at 07:37 PM.
magtech brass 410 cases are made for smokeless as well as black powder. I don't use black powder and never intend to.I don't see how you would ever wear them out. The only thing I have noticed is the inside of the case is a little larger than a plastic 410 hull.I cut card wads out of 12 pack boxes with a 7/16" punch, I put one over the powder and then use a shot cup, use another card over the shot/ball and a drop of elmers glue spread around with a tooth pick. I use a depriming punch from an old lee 45-70 hand tool to knock the primers out, I use a lee hand primer #16 shell holder to prime the cases.Before magtech made brass shotgun shells I used 444 cases, some extractors won't grab them and empties have to be pushed out with a rod.444 cases and magtech 410 shells both will fit and fire in a taurus judge and the cases swell accordingly and will not fit in another 410 unless you have some means of resizing the cases, I keep the casings for the taurus seperate.you can put 4 .350" balls in these cases, recoil is pretty stiff in a judge. I have not shot 3 or 4 rounds out of the judge and then looked to see if the 5th round had dislodged the over-shot card from recoil which a person should be aware of.I shoot these loads all the time in a double barrel shotgun and have had no trouble. I use accurate # 9 powder and large pistol primers
magtech brass 410 cases are made for smokeless as well as black powder. I don't use black powder and never intend to.I don't see how you would ever wear them out. The only thing I have noticed is the inside of the case is a little larger than a plastic 410 hull.I cut card wads out of 12 pack boxes with a 7/16" punch, I put one over the powder and then use a shot cup, use another card over the shot/ball and a drop of elmers glue spread around with a tooth pick. I use a depriming punch from an old lee 45-70 hand tool to knock the primers out, I use a lee hand primer #16 shell holder to prime the cases.Before magtech made brass shotgun shells I used 444 cases, some extractors won't grab them and empties have to be pushed out with a rod.444 cases and magtech 410 shells both will fit and fire in a taurus judge and the cases swell accordingly and will not fit in another 410 unless you have some means of resizing the cases, I keep the casings for the taurus seperate.you can put 4 .350" balls in these cases, recoil is pretty stiff in a judge. I have not shot 3 or 4 rounds out of the judge and then looked to see if the 5th round had dislodged the over-shot card from recoil which a person should be aware of.I shoot these loads all the time in a double barrel shotgun and have had no trouble. I use accurate # 9 powder and large pistol primers
Smokeless powder was what i had intentions to use in these cases, but i still have not purchased any yet as they seem expensive at around a dollar a case. I figured if i could get enough loadings from them that i would try a couple boxes though. I suppose a mec resize ring could be used to size them when needed? one thing stalling me on trying them is the low cost of new plastic hulls.
I have not had to resize a case yet if I stay with the .410 guns,not sure if I'd try a mec sizer ring. might be hell to get out
Over here in England the 410 magtec cases are less than $10 for 25 which is amazing for England .
But European 410 chambers seem to be a little bit tighter than American Sized chamber But the way to occasionally re-size the cases over here is to use an old 45 Acp/Colt carbide die and machine the de-capping insert threaded area out of it and that gives you the right size to chamber in a European sized 410 chamber using nitro powder.
http://www.endtimesreport.com/410reloading.html
decent article on the 410.
I use 303 brit brass and make my own hulls
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |