Hey 3030,
That's probally no dumber than wrapping a .32 caliber pistol round with tape so that it'd fit the bore of my .410- but what the heck, when you can't find .410 shells a fella has got to improvise if he wants to get a little range time. Mind you this was 30+ years ago when kids used to have rock fights, BB gun fights, slap fights......
Ahhhhh, those were the good 'ol days!!!
Eightwgt, I let my son use that same .410 when he was small but I never liked the fact that it's only safety mechanism was the hammer. When I took him dove hunting( not the best gun for dove hunting) he would have a bird coming in, prepare to shoot which many times included setting the hammer only to have the bird flare off. He was 10 yrs old with a loaded gun in the fire position with nothing to fire at!! I didn't trust his thumb to be able to hold the hammer and lower it to a "safe" position so I was always having to do it for him. We also used it to deer hunt but never took a deer with it.
Best thing that I ever did was when I bought him a Mossberg .20 pump when he was 11. 2nd trip to the dove fields he took 8 birds home in his bag. He is now 13 and uses a Remington 12 gauge auto. My how they grow so fast!!!!!(and so is his gun collection)

YEEEEHAAWWWWWW!!!!

MARK IN S.C.