.410 Slug gun.

[ajshoots]

I have been thinking about building a .410 slug gun. Was wondering if anyone has done this with a NEF .410. My Plan is to drill and tap the barrel for a weaver rail and depending on accuracy might do some work to the barrel. Any experience or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Aaron

[Cookiemann]

Hey there, check out this link to another thread on this forum. 

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,127767.0.html

cookiemann

[ajshoots]

Thanks for the link. That is basically what I was planning to do. Wish someone had 50yd accuracy reports. I am hoping for decent accuracy out to 100yds. If it won't shoot well out to 100 then I will probably scrap the idea.

[Cookiemann]

Accuracy out to 100yds with a 410 is possible, but havin' enough punch to put a deer down at that distance might be a problem.  Sure, there is always gonna be someone around who has done it or seen it done, but I wouldn't want to rely on a 410 for 100yd shots.  Your shot placement would need to be dead on for sure.  Just my 2 cents

cookiemann

[Drilling Man]

  I do believe .410 slugs only weight something like 97 grains...  Pretty puny load for a deer even at 50 yards...

  DM

[Brett]

A .410 slug fired from a shotgun has aproximately the same mozzle energy as a .357 magnum out of a six in barrel.

[Drilling Man]

A .410 slug fired from a shotgun has aproximately the same mozzle energy as a .357 magnum out of a six in barrel.

  Thing is, a jacketed 357 "bullet" out performs a .410 slug all to he!!.

  DM

[Froghunter]

Some good reading on the subject!

http://mcb-homis.com/slug_410/index.htm

http://mcb-homis.com/slug_410/slugtest/index.htm

http://mcb-homis.com/deer9410/index.htm


V/r

Froghunter