armsmaster270
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You can get "Snake Loads" in just about all SD calibres I have them in 38/357, 9mm, 40, 44, and 45 auto.
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A .410 Federal slug, from a shotgun barrel, generates 762 ft-lbs of energy at the muzzle. This has dropped to 574 at 25 yards. This is decent, but not as good as any good magnum handgun cartridge from a rifle, as I helpfully mentioned.
The Federal .410 Judge 000 load has 4 buckshot leaving the muzzle at 1200 fps. Each 000 buckshot weighs about 1/6 oz, or about a little less than 73 grains each. You're looking at approximately 292 grains @ 1200 fps from the Judge. This sounds impressive until you understand these are buckshot, which rapidly lose energy due to shape, and that you're shooting round balls from a 4" tube.
My understanding of the .410 "handgun" ammo is that it uses faster burning powder. .410 shotgun ammo uses very slow burning powder, so shooting it out of a very short barrel yields very low fps...
Are there any jurisdictions in the US, where a Judge loaded with a .410 shell would be less regulated or less liable for legal trouble, than the same or a different pistol loaded with a .45 cartridge?
I think most of these Judge threads are comparing apples to oranges.
can you tell me that a 410 from an 18 barrel would not be as effective as a 38 spl or 9mm?