Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR. I had several requests for a roll crimper for the 410 shot shell .This is what I came up with. This version anyone can make with basic hand tools #reloading #410 #shotgun
The bottom of your roll crimp need to have a round radius roll meaning a rounded dip like the half of a donut dipped out ring! This will make you plastic shell roll inward and roll up very smooth to your center pin! I you have access to a mini lathe you can can cut the rolled radius in the outer bottom edge very easily into a piece of aluminum round stock after drilling! And incert your center pin. It will work perfectly with the roll dip cut in the bottom making the tip of your shell roll inward perfectly! I have made them for 12 ga. 20 ga. 28ga. 16 ga. And .410 ga. And for 45 long Colt for snake loads and roll the edge just enough to hold shot cards. I have found some bearing races that have that perfect round out dip the size needed. And by removing the bearings and using the race incerted in to a turned peice of aluminum it works great!.
My dad bought 3or4 boxes of 410 shells at a garage sale and I think he only paid.75 cents each. The lady was glad to sell them. They were new. Not reloads.
Yes they made paper 410. My mother in law collects old shotgun shells. I came across almost a whole box at a yard sale. I bought them and give them to her.
Yes, they have made paper 410 hulls. Yes, they have used roll crimping before and currently. Reserved for slugs mostly, nowadays, but still a valid crimp. You have a flat bottom to your crimper. Effective roll crimpers have a bar that contacts the rim before anything else. It's this bar that initiates the rolling. And just a whisker of lubrication makes them work better (a tiny drop of vaseline is enough for a number of shells). Exposing your retaining pin to the very base of the cavity should work well.
They did make paper 410 I've still got a few. If you want a better crimp you need to make the shell fold into the center. In yours that could be done by angling the pin. Also add just a drop of oil.
Try GAEP Italian quality crimping tool, they are made of high quality steel they cost $50 and it will last you a lifetime if no more making better crimps than factory loads. If you need details contact me I'll help you to get one. 👍
@@backwoodstech1972 yeah I know that you guys are having a hard time finding anything gun related right now. I'm up in Canada and we are starting to get a bit of shortage to. I'll have some 410 crimping tools available soon. 👍
@@backwoodstech1972 I recommend using MEK 600 (410).To equip cartridges in a plastic sleeve. I have such a press. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NL1DveqhNfM.html Write to him, he bought goods from Russia for shooting
Just watched your new vid. Good job! I just loce these appropriate tech things, making tools that work, but are no more complicated or expensive than necessary. Im going to try making one of these. I may try making it out of a harder, finer grain wood to see how that works. Still hoping to come up with a simple way to form and load shells for my old .43 egvptian rolling block I have a suggestion for another project for you to go with this latest one. How about a simple, cheap .410 slug and slug mold? Or something about round ball/buckshot loads for .410? Keep up the great work! Will be watching for more... Karen
No rush. I am going to see if I can figure anything out when I have some time, sort of based on your .410 loader, but I could use any help I can get. Thanks for the reply, and keep up the great work Karen
