Thread: Early hour ponderings

Greetings All,
Back in the 1960's a .410 shotgun appeared on the market. It had a 12' barrel and a pistol grip and was legal as a shotgun at the time. As it was a shotgun it did not need to be registered like our rifles needed to be. I briefly considered buying one at the price of $15.00 but dithered. Those sufficiently long in the tooth will remember these as Kea guns. A friend bought one and fired slugs at a steel plate around 2 to 3mm thick which it penetrated quite well. Shortly after that someone used one as a pistol so they were bought back by the Government and the law changed to require all firearms to be 30" long minimum. I think there was some exemption for pistol clubs.
Getting back to @Micky Duck quest for a light and low cost bail gun the cheapest option may be slug loads in the .410. Finding data and components could be tricky but not impossible. The working pressure for shotguns is very low and reliable load data for other options is non existent.