.410 slug dies?? [Archive]

chrismetallica1

10-28-2009, 04:27 PM

Hi all,
I remeber a while ago someone on this forum had a set of .410 slug dies made. I think they said at some point they were going to post the plans. Does anyone know if they did as .410 slug costs a small fortune in the uk and I would quite like to attempt to reload my own

All the best

Chris

Red River Rick

10-29-2009, 11:37 AM

Chrismetallica1:

The person your looking for, is Turbo1889. You may want to send him a PM.

RRR

ANeat

10-29-2009, 12:13 PM

Here is the thread http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=41865

chrismetallica1

10-29-2009, 12:26 PM

Cheers that the post. I will pm him 8-)

TAWILDCATT

10-30-2009, 03:12 PM

what is the actual size of the 410 slug.would a 41 cal bullet work.I have a 410 slug mold Lyman made them.maybe they can supply one.:coffeecom

chrismetallica1

10-31-2009, 07:38 PM

I checked with Lee and Lyman. No one seems to do a mold for .410 slug

pjh421

11-06-2009, 02:05 PM

How much choke does your shotgun have? Yes, the .410 is actually a caliber and not a gauge so one would naturally assume a standard diameter bullet in that caliber should work. However...

I shot the choke tube right out of an 11-87 12 gauge while using 00 buckshot and a modified choke. We figured the shot column did not compress like finer shot probably does. I trimmed the damaged portion and now it works fine.

So, I'd be leery about using an alloy that might be too hard or a bullet of too large a diameter to begin with. You could slug the bore and start with soft lead boolits. One of the Corbins undoubtedly makes swage dies for this.

I sure wouldn't use a jacketed bullet for this application unless it was of a smaller diameter in a sabot.

Mine works fine with no constriction.

Paul