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Uncle in Law is being overran by chipmunks and red squirrels. Getting into everything and eating the red cedar siding. Has a 410 but kind of loud. Live on lake with neighbors within 100 yards. Wants something with less range and noise. Read about making shotshells so I thought I would give it a try. 308 shell cut to length of a 25-2 S@W cylinder. Run it in a 45 acp sizer then used a 44 mag. die deep enough to make fit in cylinder. Prime case dropped in 6.9 grains of Hi-Skor 800, grabbed my thick 7/ 16 plastic overshot card. No joy, to large to go though 44mag size hole. Fall back plan, use the old paper towel tap down on powder. 250 grains of 5 shot, all I had. You can use the 7/16 on top of shot. Used 357 expander to compress shot and plastic overshot card to make room for wax plug. Made sure they fitted in cylinder then put then in a full moon clip. For me bad idea. Had to fight to get them in. Went to other side of building where I have a 5 gallon bucket sand bullet trap. Right at 7 yards from target. As far as I can tell will keep most if not all in a 5 gallon bucket size lid. I will let him try it out at longer range. Now the unfun part. I could not get the shell out of the moon clip without destroying it, ruin my 1/2 in copper tubing I use to get regular 45 acp out. Well this is a work in progress and I will get it right. Hope I get the idea across, just not used to typing.