We have recently acquired an Enfield .410 shotgun. It has not been modified to accept commercial shells. While we have quite a few of the "straightened" .303 shells to use, I was curious to find out if it is possible to trim down a 2 1/2" shell when reloading, the then crimp it to the correct length. We've never done that sort of reloading before (since 12 guage shells aren't that expensive), but it seems that it would be alot less time consuming if we could just trim off a bit of the hull, instead of playing with the brass (I'm beginning to hate the smell of cream of wheat).
Is this a viable idea or am I totally off my rocker?
We have recently acquired an Enfield .410 shotgun. It has not been modified to accept commercial shells. While we have quite a few of the "straightened" .303 shells to use, I was curious to find out if it is possible to trim down a 2 1/2" shell when reloading, the then crimp it to the correct length. We've never done that sort of reloading before (since 12 guage shells aren't that expensive), but it seems that it would be alot less time consuming if we could just trim off a bit of the hull, instead of playing with the brass (I'm beginning to hate the smell of cream of wheat).
Is this a viable idea or am I totally off my rocker?
Thanks in advance.
Just get the chamber reamed out to commercial 410, any shotgun gunsmith could do it.
I had it done to mine and it cost £20 (around $30) and its a lot less hassle than trying to reload 'specials'
Reloading .410 shells for Enfield 
