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MikeRobinson. Thanks for your reply and thanks for sharing some of your load data. Looks like you have done your research. How do your loads handle?

Alliant states that Steel is for steel and...

Hogtamer. I have read quite a few posts by Turbo1889 on this site and others, but I have yet to pass that pressure curve and velocity chart you mention in any of the archived posts. I agree that...

I would have to agree with Longbow in that I wouldn't go back either.

I used to own two of the Lee Load All presses. The shotshells they produced were adequate but the press itself lacked the fine...

Appreciate your reply OnHoPr. So did the word "feeler" draw you in? Well it also gets down below 20 here in PA during the later small game season when I'm out looking for a few pheasants that...

Thanks for your reply runfiverun. I was actually looking to utilize my lead shot components including wads in 2.75 and 3 inch hulls. Just a feeler to see if anyone had developed any heavier lead...

I am already using A.Steel powder for 3" Lyman 525 slug loads. This is a load developed and shared with me by Leadhead500. The load is a real tack-driver. The recoil/pressure from 50 grains of...

Well I don't have a ten gauge so a twelve gauge it is. Thinking about choking up the Stoeger Condor O/U. Working on some 3" Remington Nitro Hulls with blue dot pushing 1 7/8 oz. #4's. Might see if I...

Just thought you might have already salvaged a few trophies for us to take a look at? When you pick a few outta that cardboard backstop would you mind sharing a picture? Just wandering on what a...

Impressive engineering on overall process. Have you picked any outta the backstop as to see what that copper jacket looks like after impact?

Longbow and jmort,

I agree. Id be happy keeping the groups in the center of the paper plate at fifty yards with a smoothbore. Been putting some 2-3/4" slug loads threw my smoothbore Stoeger over...

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Nice pictures with what looks like great results. What kinda gun/barrel did you say you were using to on those loads. Didn't see any rifling on wads or slugs so Im thinking a smoothbore?

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I really like that double cavity mold. Seems like twice the payday for the same amount of efforts. I have the single cavity mold from Lyman. It does the deed. I am also working out some...

Very nice mold and slugs. Are you casting softer lead or outta wheel weights? Do both cavities drop approximately the same average grain weight per slug? What load recipe are you going to dress those...

That is really good accuracy using a smoothbore. Do you use a rifled choke tube to enhance accuracy? They look tough! Again, I think that they are pretty impressive on the creativity and accuracy...

Ditto on those furry and feathered crunchy shot surprises mac60. Pellet count does start to diminish pretty good on #4's in a twenty gauge load. Only takes a few well placed pellets to down those...

I have a side by side JC Higgins but in 16 guage with plastic stock. Old gun got from my grandfather thirty years ago. First gun I ever hunted with. Barrels are tightly choked at full I think. Cuts a...

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Is your barrel tight on that gun? Just curious. If it has play in it or a glimmer of light at breech then that could be a little longer travel for firing pin?

I bought a new USH in...

Sounds like a good deal on 50lbs. I would snag it up. I'm paying $34 for 25 lbs. of #4s and that is Eagle Shot outta Peru. Like Hogtamer said it makes good bullets also. I myself like the #4's. Shot...

Anybody out there use the Lyman 525 loads in a Stoeger Condor O/U? Both barrels choked at improved cylinder. Was thinking about working up some lighter 2 3/4" loads. Lyman 525 slug in a Fed 12S3 wad...

Saw a number of decent loads using 2 3/4" hulls. After several chats with leadhead 500 he is a firm believer that 3" is the way to go. Says the .25" jump using 2 3/4" hulls in a 3" chamber will start...

The Lyman 525 slugs I cast outta lead wheel weights usually average around 510 grains. When casting them using a blend of very soft sheet lead and the soft stick on wheel weights they average around...

Impressively engineered and executed. Are you using an alloy comparable to wheel weights? How does that assembly hold up going down the barrel? Wondering what they look like after impact. How is the...

Nice results indeed leadhead. I will have to work on those round ball loads after I get the 525 slugs tamed.

So what do you have going on there with those slugs elvas? It looks like penetration would greatly be increased. A nice display of thinking outta the box! I like them.

I can see the carriage bolt...

Cool deal leadhead 500