Help with old 410 shottie…

Longarms
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Hey guys. I think I’ve mentioned this before but can’t find the old thread…

Day off & pulled out the bang bangs for a check over & lube.

The old Belgian 410 won’t chamber the shells. When I mentioned this before, someone mentioned the chambers might just need a good clean & carding if it’s developed surface rust…

Well, cleaned with mop, solvent, brish & even 0000 steel wool. I think it’s made the issue slightly worse!

Any other suggestions?

Photo showing how far they chamber without forcing anything & also no visible damage or deformity of shells.

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Holy shit!
It does look pretty fucked up in there!!!

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Those first 2 pics didnt work mate.
What length are the shells? And what length arethe chambers? Theres been a lot of length creep in .410shells over the years.

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Oh.
Pics are loaded on this end.

Same shells fit previously. It hardly gets used so have only ever had one slab of ammo for it.

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Tried reloading them.
Did it work at your end?

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Pics are good now mate.
Seems strange that they are the right shells, but they both don’t fit exactly the same.
They look half an inch too long to me

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Yep. They’re tight at the bore end of the chamber.
Spent an hour trying to clean one side with proper scotch-bright but no joy.
Almost like it needs cleaning up with a reamer…

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Maybe put a stiff brush into the drill and hit it with that?

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It’s an idea for sure.

Might make up a padded bit for the drill with scotchbrite

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Maybe some bore paste on a mop hooked up to a drill.

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