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Old 11-24-2025, 12:13 AM   #1
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Have recently starting to reload the .410, a black art indeed. My unresolved loading issue is shot hanging up in the drop tube. Nearly every round I have shot hanging up in the drop tube, gotta take an aluminum piece and repeatedly bang on the tube. I use a 266 Pacific press. Does anyone have a trick to make shot drop easier and consistently? I'm loading magnum (hard) 7 1/2, not like I was dropping 4s.The drop tube can only be so big. Any help/advice deeply appreciated!
I'm also having some issues with leading in the barrels, tried a couple of different wads but all leave a fair amount of shot above the cup. Again, any help appreciated.
Now you can understand why the manufacturers charge so much more for 410 and 28 shells! Those buggers can't be loaded on the same high-speed loaders as the 12 and 20's. Feeding the shot is a slower process.

I don't know for sure what Remington does for dropping shot charges, but those machines run at about 1/3 to 1/4 the speed of the 12 and 20 loader.
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I would guess that commercial loaders have a vibrator or a hammer device to keep the shot moving.
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