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Has anyone experimented with forming/making their own .410 cartridges in brass? I have started shooting with an old .410 Webley and Scott Bolt Action and cartridges are pricey so I was thinking of making my own from .303 Brass and some reasonably quick powder and a wad. Alternatively is .410 Brass available over here?

A friend of mine has fire-formed .410 brass cases from Greek HXP .303 cases I supplied him. I'm pretty sure he did this with Red Dot powder but I cannot remember what amount he used. I think he used soft wax instead of any form of projectile. He now uses it for clays and from what I hear he even out performs some of the 12ga users!

Look on fourten dot org

For 303 brass, you can use pistol powder & shot, fired vertically, or cornflour.
There's also a mention of 38-56 dies?

Anneal the case necks first...plus wrap tape around the base for the first fireforming to keep it central.

I've looked at bringing in 410 CBC Magtech brass but went the 303 route for now.
Cheaper & it works.

saddler wrote:I've looked at bringing in 410 CBC Magtech brass but went the 303 route for now.
Cheaper & it works.

Just checked and it is available over here and list seems to be around GBP25/25 so a quid each.

Factor in the components, case, primer, powder, shot or whatever, plus your time, is making cases worth it?

Purely for the joy of/experience of, then probably yes. But if the end result is just cases to then try loading for a particular gun, I'd say buy them.

SimG, normally I would just buy them however a box of Fourlong 2.5" is around GBP7.50/25 which seems excessive plus I am not going to shoot that many so reloading with brass cases seems appealing and can be carried out with a single stage press.

You could use the powder and shot from a standard 12G shell to fill two 410 shells plus large primer.

Load as for Red Dot.

Much cheapness... razz

I use 444 Marlin cases, they work in my converted SMLE Mk1 410 but not in my Baikal Single Barrel. Headspace on smelly is rather large.

Make light loads using 45 Colt cases.

25Pdr - now that is a good idea and I always have some 12G cartridges in the box.

Ovenpaa wrote:SimG, normally I would just buy them however a box of Fourlong 2.5" is around GBP7.50/25 which seems excessive plus I am not going to shoot that many so reloading with brass cases seems appealing and can be carried out with a single stage press.

I agree they are expensive ... although you can get 250 for around £60-65 compare to the £50-55 for 12G. You should look at 16G - they are up at £70-75 as a starting price!