The Governor with 410 loads
Winchester, Federal and Remington have all come out with 410 loads designed for revolvers. This afternoon I sampled some at the range. First up was Winchesters PDX1 410 load consisting of 3 flat discs backed by 12 copper plated BBs. Shooting at 3, 5, 7 and 10 yards the 3 flat discs grouped tightly but the BBs spread quite wide. As the range increased the discs stayed close. The BBs stayed withing a 10" circle at 3 and 5 yards but at 7 spread past the 10" circle, the BBs stayed mostly on a small silouette with perhaps 2 missing the siloutte.
The Federal load consisted of 4 000 copper plated buckshot. These loads produced one large hole at 3 yards, slightly larger at 5 yards. But even at 7 and 10 yards stayed within a 3 to 3 1/2" circle. Of the 2 loads I much prefer the Federal 000 Buck. Both would be devastating from 0 to 30 feet, but I feel the PDX1s' BBs could spread wide enough to miss a man size target and damage anything adjacent. The Federal load would stay inside a tight group plus they are much more affordable. Here's what Federals' load did to a waterjug followed by a waterjug hit with the PDX1 load. Great fun.
Last edited by mag318; 08-10-2011 at 10:29 PM.
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