BEEN TRYING TO LOAD UP SOME 480 RUGER SNAKE SHELLS. I HAD GOTTEN SOME 475 GC's FROM A GOOD SAMARITAN BUT THEY WERE .482 IN DIAMETER AND I COULD NOT GET THEM TO SEAT IN A MAX BELLED 480 CASE (TRIED STARLINE AND HORNADY AND "NO GO" WITH EITHER CASE). AN OUTFIT NAMED SAGE OUTDOORS SELLS SNAKE SHOT KITS BUT NOT FOR 475L/480R. AT SIXSHOT's SUGGESTION I SHARPENED THE MOUTH OF A RESIZED CASE WITH A CHAMFER TOOL AND PUNCHED OUT SOME WADS (DISCS) FROM THE BLACK PLASTIC TOP OF A LARGE FOLGERS PLASTIC COFFEE CAN, 1 FOR OVER POWDER AND 1 FOR OVER SHOT. THE TOPS ARE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM FAILING UNDER RECOIL WHEN THEY ARE IN THE CYLINDER AND I AM SHOOTING A REGULAR 480 LOAD. THE SIDES OF THE PLASTIC COFFEE CANS ARE THICKER AND STIFFER, BUT NOT BRITTLE, SO I CUT SOME DISCS OUT OF THE SIDES. LOADED 6grs OF UNIQUE, SEATED A "SIDE" DISC OVER THE POWDER, USED A 38 SPECIAL CASE TO SCOOP UP APPROX. 150grs OF #8 SHOT, POURED THE SHOT IN THE 480 CASE, PUT ANOTHER SIDE DISC OVER THE SHOT, PROFILE CRIMPED IT, THEN USED A LEE COLLET DIE TO CRIMP AGAIN. FINISHED IT OFF WITH SOME LOCTITE "SUPER GLUE" TO SEAL THE TOP DISC. WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND PUT 1 OF THESE LOADS IN A CUSTOM 5 SHOT RUGER 5 1/2 INCH BLUE "NIMROD" STYLE BISLEY WITH A 480 CYLINDER, PROCEEDED TO LOAD AND FIRE, 1 AT A TIME, 6 ROUNDS OF 480 AMMO (A 340gr THUMPER BULLET DOING CLOSE TO 1,200fps). AFTER EVERY SHOT I CHECKED THE SNAKE LOAD AND COULD NOT DETECT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE DISC. I THEN FIRED THE SNAKE LOAD AND IT FUNCTIONED FINE BUT THE POWDER CHARGE WAS A LITTLE LIGHT, GOING TO TRY 7.5grs OF UNIQUE NEXT. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO USE GAS CHECKS, TOP AND BOTTOM, BUT "ADAPT" OR BE "SOL".