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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: 45-70 Govt - .410 compatible?
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 14:17:48 GMT
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- ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith) writes:
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- #This makes me wonder: Is the .45-70 Govt compatible with the .410 bore
- #shotgun shell? The length is about right, but the specs. in Cartridges
- #of the World and my RCBS reloading guide would seem to indicate that
- #the .410 would be a bit loose in the chamber ...
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- A .410 shotshell will fire in a .45-70 but it bursts the case. Or
- at least it did in my old springfield trapdoor. It is rather uneventful
- compared to the .45-70 round but for a close-in scattergun, probably
- not bad.
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- John
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