I want to reload .410...

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But I need some help getting a process together.

This has been on my mind for a while and going into Winter this year I want to get set up to reload .410, both 2.5 and 3 inch. I have no interest in slugs, I have no use for a .410 slug, right now it's 000 Buck only that I intend to reload, maybe after I get that down I might do some shot loads, but not much.

Since I'm only looking at doing 000 Buck and those pellets stack on top of one another, I do not feel the need to buy a dedicated press for this, not when I could use my current presses and other stuff to do resizing, decapping, and maybe priming while for crimping I have to use a roll crimper off press anyway.

I have no desire to be whacking shit together with a mallet, my goal is to use as much of my standard presses, dippers, and powder measures as possible for this task.

Any advice is appreciated.
 
T-Unit said:
Due to the lack of response I'll just get an MEC Jr. Fukk it.
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You said you didn't want a dedicated press...but a used Mec Jr is pretty cheap and pretty tough to beat even when you'll be hand stacking buck.

A "legit" excuse to buy another press...what's not to like ;-)
 
EddieZoom said:
You said you didn't want a dedicated press...but a used Mec Jr is pretty cheap and pretty tough to beat even when you'll be hand stacking buck.

A "legit" excuse to buy another press...what's not to like ;-)
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I don't want it, but nobody is helping me with alternative solutions or giving me guidance of my process will work.
 
T-Unit said:
I don't want it, but nobody is helping me with alternative solutions or giving me guidance of my process will work.
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Toms of videos online on how to do this. You can make some substandard shells with next to no tools. I think someone even made a die set for a metallic press but I can’t recall who.

Either way if you needed to buy even a few tools to use on an existing press you’re still going to invest more than a Lee loader type deal.

If you really don’t want a hand die loader or a new press then search around on YouTube and find the guys that do it with a nail and a wooden dowel. Just don’t expect amazing results.
 
38ExtraSpecial said:
Toms of videos online on how to do this. You can make some substandard shells with next to no tools. I think someone even made a die set for a metallic press but I can’t recall who.
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That die set is probably gonna cost more than an MEC 600.

38ExtraSpecial said:
Either way if you needed to buy even a few tools to use on an existing press you’re still going to invest more than a Lee loader type deal.
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That's probably true, but I'm willing to pay a bit more to avoid having to rely on hammering the shells together, however at that point I'm probably paying close to what an MEC 600 costs. It sucks that Lee doesn't make a Load All for the .410 and I know they don't because of issues with the shot dropping issues due to .410 being so small, but I'd be fine with using a scoop to load the shot in the case so long as the rest of the Lee Load All would work (decapping, priming, sizing, powder charging, and crimping.)

38ExtraSpecial said:
If you really don’t want a hand die loader or a new press then search around on YouTube and find the guys that do it with a nail and a wooden dowel. Just don’t expect amazing results.
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That's what I'm trying to avoid.
 
T-Unit said:
Never mind, I think I found another method worth considering. Guy is using a Lee Load All with 3d printed parts and sizing rings.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LCtk-nnwgY
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Back when I was loading everything mec Jr for 16 and 28 gauge where the best route.
410 and 28 are so “uncommon” these days theres little interest in loading it . Mec Jrs come up for sale often at the local clubs for short money. I sold my 410 and 28 gauge shotguns and the reloading equipment.

Whats it cost to load 410 buck shot these days.
 
mac1911 said:
Back when I was loading everything mec Jr for 16 and 28 gauge where the best route.
410 and 28 are so “uncommon” these days theres little interest in loading it . Mec Jrs come up for sale often at the local clubs for short money. I sold my 410 and 28 gauge shotguns and the reloading equipment.

Whats it cost to load 410 buck shot these days.
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Depends, u loading 2.5 or 3 inch? 3 inch means 5 pellets of 000, 2.5 means 3 pellets. Ballistic products is 800 pellets for 44 bucks, so probably 7 cents a pellet, wads are 3 cents, powder maybe 3 cents, primers 11 cents.

So, if reusing hulls, figure 38 cents with a 3 pellet .410, 52 cents for a 5 pellet. 12ga 9 pellet 00 is gonna cost more just in lead and powder alone than a complete .410 shell will.

Hulls for the .410 gonna last longer too because when the ends get beat from all the roll crimping, I'll chop them to 2.5 and keep going until they're fully done.
 
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