28GAGE, 410 gage Brass SHOTSHELLS

[salpal48]

Anyone Using 28 gage or 410 brass shells to form anything or anything worthwhile.

[brass410]

I've been using brass 410 shells to form partridges into chicken pot pie... Oh my bad I thought you said partridges I re read and its cartridges oops......

[Outer Rondacker]

Thats a good one.

[Mr_Sheesh]

It's on my "Do List" to use these to make some 44 Rem Mag shotshell cases for the revolvers here; After that I may look into trying them for 41 Mag shotshells, but not really looked at that yet, & 30-30 may be a better starting place. First I owe someone some 45 ACP shotshells, working on that first.

[JSH]

I used some 410 AA Jules cut down to make 45 colt shot shells.

[GONRA]

GONRA's pretty sure there are interesting Olde Black Powder Cartridges
that use these Rimmed Case Head Diameters.
Haftakeep pressures LOOOOW 'cause of "relatively weak shot shell head construction".

[Mr_Sheesh]

Hmmm, JSH, you mean plastic hulls for 45 Colt shot shells then?

[JMax]

I made 41 mag shot shells from 30-30 brass, worked well in my S&W 57

[Thin Man]

I go the opposite by using 444 Marlin brass to create shotshells for the .410 at 2 1/2" length. They work nicely.

[besk]

I use .303 British brass to create shotshells for my snake loads. Not quite 2 1/2" but allow 1/2 oz loading.

[AZBronco]

i found 30/30 shells worked well, after annealling and fire forming !

[texasnative46]

To All,

There are at least two old-school (pre-WWI) rifle cartridges that were manufactured from brass .410 shells. - One was made from 2.5" cases & the other from 3" cases.

Both were considered in pre-WWII Europe to be "fully suitable" for taking wild boar & Red Deer at "woods ranges", when fired from combination long-arms of various sorts.
(I'd like to find one of the hammer Cape Guns with the rifle in the 10.3x65mm rifle caliber & the other barrel in 16 or 20 gauge. - I would guess that such a Cape Gun would be at least equal to the .444 Marlin or better in killing power.)

yours, tex