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Decided to try a few 410 shells through my number 1
2 1/2 inch federal, #6 shot.
4 shots, all 4 ejected fine, one split, the other three bulged.
here is the target-
I decided not to mark the holes at the 5 yard line. The ranges are just estimates. maybe I was a couple of yards further than I wrote down, but it gives a good idea of what this load and rifle can do when aiming at a small target. I'll have to try again when i have more time, with a larger sheet of paper, to see if the pattern was centering way off from the sights.
years ago I remember loading those Speer Shot containers full of #9's in my redhawk 44 mag, what a waste of time, I thought they would make good grouse loads for sitting birds at 15 feet but I couldn't kill an empty coffee cup at 5 feet with them , dismal performance
win92 , I got the same results with mine. Totaly worthless to load shot in a .44mag.
I shot at a seting grouse at about 12 FEET and it just set ther looking like WHAT WAS THAT??? then took off leaving me scratching my head.
The only reason I tried it was to see what it would look like, after reading a thread discussing the subject a few days ago. An experiment, if you will!
I wanted to see if the number 1 would extract better than the reports others gave about their leverguns, which often seemed to fail to extract. The number 1 did better in that regard. The reports of decent patterns at about 15 feet or so seemed to be confirmed with my limited trial.
It seems to have been a topic of interest over the years, as one member posted photos of the old Trapdoor small game loads.
Since it didn't seem to hurt anything, I may try some other ideas from time to time. If the 410 buckshot, for example, were to "group" decently at 20 yards, it might be a viable option for shooting coyotes, for example, although you hope they don't get that close to the house!
Anyway, if it happened to have worked well in my rifle, I would have tried shooting some squirrels, or working up some shot loads in 45-70 brass. I may still try that sometime, to see if the results improve at all. If I ever come across a barrel with bad rifling, I may get it bored out to smoothbore, and screw it on and give it a try too.
Totaly worthless to load shot in a .44mag.