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Ok, I saw a MEC 650 Mk V Jr. for $99 the other day and a MEC Sizemaster for $169 today and it took all the control I had (and the realization that I still have books to buy for school :eek: ) not to just grab one. Has anybody done any shotgun reloading, and what reloader did you use? Also, would anybody know anything about loading slugs and reloading these nice little zinc plated 410 3" rounds I've got laying around?

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410 reloading huh? I reload 12 gauge from time to time with a lee load-all. its cheap, and it works great. no clue if they make one for 410. it would DEFIANATELY be cost effective in the long run for you to get a 410 reloader though......

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I think you need a totaly different piece of equipment to roll crimp a plastic hull on a slug. YYou can do everything else on a regular loader. I bet you need a rifle press to load 410 brass cased slugs. They would need a slight crimp to keep the slug in. Do they make metal cases, shot loaded 410? How do they keep it in the case? wad? crimp?

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The metal cased 410 rounds I've got are all originally SilverBear slug rounds. Now that I look at them (and I'll need to put a micrometer on it to be sure), but it looks like there is a rifle style crimp on the end of the round.

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that my tax return is going straight to a Saiga410 and a MEC Sizemaster :super:

 

Damn, I'm looking at the Lee Load-All II, and am digging the price ($50 for the 20G model, to compliment the Saiga20 I've got coming in), but there aren't any .410 conversions available :unsure:

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yeh, I dont really reload much anymore, just specialty loads like blanks, waxloads, and other odd highpowered loads i muck with from time to time. It works out to not much different than buying a case of wolf skeet loads. I am tossing about getting a slug mould though. I was experimenting with hardened sabots for the 12, and the results I got were pretty impressive to me for a homebrewed loading/sabot. It is cheaper to reload 12 and 20 if you reload the 3" shells.

 

yeh, i dont think they make one for 410. that would be a good round to reload, as they are pretty pricey when you get into 3 hours worth of shooting or more, like I do with my stuff. thats why Ive steered clear of the 410 so far, but I might actually pick up the saiga410 off my sister and see what I can do with it. Id pretty much use it for slugs is about it, though, and really wouldnt shoot it very much, so I dunno.

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I used to play paint ball with a pump 12 and wax with heavy primers and a couple grains of powder. now I will use wax to load uhm "other stuff" into shells solid with wax as a buffer/wad. the wax breaks apart, is like a wad, and lets you throw something longer out the barrel. nothing useful :) just messing around is all. theres lots of uses for 12 gauge and wax. i saw a ways back someone here shot wax wads at garbage cats in his cans and was blasting the crap out of them, so loaded with enough powder, they can be prety friggin dangerous. dont think its good enough to use for home defense and extreme light wall penetration though.

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