Can You Shoot 410 Out Of 45long Colt Barrel
Taurus makes a handgun called the judge chambered for the 410 shotgun and 45 Colt, Thompson Center makes a single shot handgun also chambered that way, but those are the only two made that will chamber both. As Matt said no other revolvers have a long enough chamber for that.The Judge's I've shot give very so so accuracy with 45 Colt loads.If this is truly your first handgun rhino is giving you good advice. In 45 years of shooting I know not one person that became an decent handgun shooter that started out with a large bore center fire handgun. Just the cost of feeding it enough ammo to become a good shot is daunting for most folks and that's not even counting the recoil a 45 Colt can generate.Get a 22 and the inexpensive ammo and no recoil will allow you to learn to shoot and all those skills learned will translate into a center fire handgun.
Can You Shoot 410 Out Of 45 Long Colt Barrel Gun
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May 26, 2009 Best Answer: By.45 round, I assume you mean.45 long colt. While this would work in reverse, shooting a pistol/rifle round out of a shotgun's barrel will most likely result in a damaged gun at best, to a damaged you at worse. You can shoot a.410 shell out.
As said above. I don't think the shot would hurt the rifling much if at all. The problem is that there's no choke to control the shot pattern. Longer rifled barrels than the Judge has get the shot charge spinning and the shot sprays out like a garden hose nozzle set for a wide spray.I can't remember enough about Hy Hunter revolvers to say whether it's a buy or not. I was in a similar position to yours a long time ago. I had a chance to buy a.45 Automatic as a first pistol and I jumped on it. I don't regret it and I still have it, BUT it wasn't easy to shoot and ammunition was very expensive.
As a result I didn't really learn to shoot a pistol until I was able to pick up a good.22 two years later.If you do buy the.45 Colt be sure to save your fired brass. Handloading is much cheaper than buying factory loads.ByeJack. Tactical Kid,I have used the shotshell caps in a T/C Contender. 44Mag for years, with good results. I have piled up numerous Spruce and Blue Grouse, out to maybe 15 or 20 yards using #6 lead shot,And when you can find the empty capsules, they are very cheap to load yourself (the Speer manual has data).My Contender originally came with a 'choke' for the.44 barrel, but I eventually lost it, and haven't really noticed the difference.I wouldn't recommend the load on anything bigger than grouse (I use the same in a.38 for rattlesnakes around the house), but for medium birds it works great.Lucky Ned. Taurus makes a handgun called the judge chambered for the 410 shotgun and 45 Colt, Thompson Center makes a single shot handgun also chambered that way, but those are the only two made that will chamber both.
As Matt said no other revolvers have a long enough chamber for that.The Judge's I've shot give very so so accuracy with 45 Colt loads.If this is truly your first handgun rhino is giving you good advice. In 45 years of shooting I know not one person that became an decent handgun shooter that started out with a large bore center fire handgun. Just the cost of feeding it enough ammo to become a good shot is daunting for most folks and that's not even counting the recoil a 45 Colt can generate.Get a 22 and the inexpensive ammo and no recoil will allow you to learn to shoot and all those skills learned will translate into a center fire handgun. The big problem with shotshells of any type fired from a rifled barrel is that the rifling spins the shot charge.
When the shot exits the muzzle, the spinning turns it into a torus (a donut). How quickly this happens is a function of velocity - as well as other variables such as caliber, shot size, rifling type and depth.I have patterned several guns, rifles and pistols, from.30 cal., to.38,.44,.45. The donut developed in all of them. If you are close to the target/game or if you catch the edge, you are ok. Patterned at five yards, the donut shape is well defined.Pete.
RCBS used to make a die for converting 30-06 to.45 caliber shotshells suitable for the.45ACP in a revolver using moon clips. The process is outlined in Modern Handloading by Nonte. Basically the 30-06 round is trimmed short and fireformed. I think you could use the.444 if you had a die that would full length size the case to.452 or so.
Other techniques outlined in the text are to use a.44 Special gas check lip up as a way to hold the shot charge and to wrap the charge with a polyethelyne sheet (a drycleaner bag for example). A top wad over the charge should be seated firmly, the old Lee loader should do the trick here) and either crimped or glued in place.