What wads for reloading 3 inch 410 ga

[bob lyons]

I have just started loading the 410
Federal 3” shells
I have used 3 different types of wads.
Clay buster ……..worked okay but loose fit.
Gualandi gas seal ……. work well a little more open pattern.
Gualandi Drawf 27mm Mini container……… these worked the best.
I had to use felt spacer wads on almost all of them to get them to crimp well.

I think the federal shells are terrible for reloading. I was just able to get a case of AA Winchester 2.5 “ hopefully they will work a lot better as i use them for 28 and 12.


Also used cheditte primers and tried H110 and little gun power both seem to work well.

Bob