Regardless of the "I'm an Idiot" videos of these guys running .444s & .454s through an old Rossi break open:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwKyd...3HPVEw&lf=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0MYG...feature=relmfu
In reality, what is the limit of what a strong .410 can handle?
It can only handle what the Brass can handle.
Here is what happens when you begin to approach .444 pressures in a .410 hull in a .444 capable gun:
(NOTE: THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL "PUSH IT TO FAILURE" TEST & NOT AN :"OOPS"... though the extractor did need to be replaced afterward....)
This is the result of 1.6cc ( 21.6 gr) of 2400 behind a 210gr slug, a cardboard wad and a "stump" wad. Velocity of a round where the case doesn't blow out? 1864fps.
Velocity when the case blows out (taking the Marlin extractor with it...) 1647fps.
Back to 1.3cc/17.5gr @ 1550fps. (ya gotta load these with a Lee Loader...)![]()