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    I load .410 plastic hulls with 300-355gr. .44...

    I load .410 plastic hulls with 300-355gr. .44 cal. slugs to fire only in my converted .444M. The .444M will stand more pressure than a .410 plastic shotshell will. The shells you show have been...
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    I use the Multi-Hull from BPI and they hold up...

    I use the Multi-Hull from BPI and they hold up real good considering I cut then down to .444 Marlin and shooting at near rifle pressures. At a gun show I picked up a bag of once fired old style AA's...
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    With the barrel you have I would stick with Blue...

    With the barrel you have I would stick with Blue Dot because the barrel is too thin to use with real slow burn rifle powders. I have used IMR 4064 in my .410 slug gun but it has a real heavy barrel,...
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    No sabot of any kind, this is a full bore slug...

    No sabot of any kind, this is a full bore slug that rides on the copper flares. You could say it has a waist like the 525 Lyman that the front and back band that presses the sabot to the rifling. Yes...
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    Hi john in wi I did mine a little different...

    Hi john in wi
    I did mine a little different after watching that vid. 5/8 makes an awfull heavy slug so I used 1/2" pipe. I used a flaring tool and flared both ends to .730 after annealing the pipe....
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    My plastic one worked for a few hundred rounds...

    My plastic one worked for a few hundred rounds and now it plugs up with plastic.
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    I don't know about pressure, but velocity wise I...

    I don't know about pressure, but velocity wise I loaded idenical 525 Lyman slugs except the crimps. I chronyed both loads and the star crimp was about 15fps faster than the roll crimp.
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    I should have said in a rifled barrel shooting...

    I should have said in a rifled barrel shooting slugs. In my USH five rounds and you could pull long black stringes of plastic out using soft wads.
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    I read someware that Claybuster wads were made...

    I read someware that Claybuster wads were made out of recycled plastic- like milk jugs and such and they are soft and can plastic foul the barrel. Some of the other companys use pristeen new plastic...
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    hubel458 I have two 12ga. slug guns with...

    hubel458
    I have two 12ga. slug guns with Hastings barrels that are .840 at the muzzel. Can I load 90grs. of 4227, 4759, or RL17 with these barrels?
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    josephg I'm not trying to bash those guns after...

    josephg I'm not trying to bash those guns after all I have a USH and mabe the 220 has been corrected by now. You will like loading slugs of any kind. I'm working on a single shot break open rifled...
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    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/roundwp/4-...

    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/roundwp/4-1-10OakHaborclub002.jpg The lower right 3 shot group is the old grey sabot loaded with a 420gr. hard cast bullet of .510. Using a 24" Hastings barrel...
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    The USH & 220 are accurate but won't make good...

    The USH & 220 are accurate but won't make good hunting guns because they have been known for FTF's. My USH has had several FTF's and is too dang heavy to carry. I've heard on different forums of the...
  14. You could try putting the hull upside down on a...

    You could try putting the hull upside down on a wooden dowel or peice of round bar stock. Then using a small ball bearing thats just a little bigger than the primer hole and give it a whack. It...
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    I agree on not using the teflon. The powder...

    I agree on not using the teflon. The powder dosn't burn the patch off the slug if it's in a sabot. What I have done is patch the sabot then the slug is free to the target. I used masking tape to rap...
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    We all know you can also get fliers with sabots...

    We all know you can also get fliers with sabots but .705 to .730 seems like alot of patch. If you do patch don't worry about the crimp, don't crimp at all. On my full bore slugs I just seat the slug...
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    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/roundwp/ww...

    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/roundwp/wwrwads-525lyman002.jpgI would suggest not to use a forster slug in a wad cup or did you mean a 525 Lyman? I like to see wads look like this after...
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    Turbo I'm using a new CVA Elite Stalker break...

    Turbo
    I'm using a new CVA Elite Stalker break open 24" heavy barrel, 1/20 twist in .444M. It took me about 10min. to convert it to a .410 rifled slug gun. The only thing done to the gun is ream it...
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    Thats what I wanted to know- plastic 20k. I have...

    Thats what I wanted to know- plastic 20k. I have made a .410 slug gun out of a .444 Marlin single shot rifle that I know is good for at least 42k. I'm using a slow burn rifle powder at 60% of .444m...
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    Hulls and pressure

    How much more pressure will a brass hull withstand over a plastic hull?
    Thanks
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    Hi VDO Another way is melt it down and cast...

    Hi VDO
    Another way is melt it down and cast Lyman 525's with it. My slug guns will group 3" or less at 100yds. using different hand loads. With the same guns I couldn't keep the 7/8 Lee on a 1'x1'...
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    It was fired in a 10ga.

    It was fired in a 10ga.
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    I hope the 1oz does because the 7/8 didn't.

    I hope the 1oz does because the 7/8 didn't.
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    First I always used a good dog, he points you...

    First I always used a good dog, he points you walk up say pull and it's just like shooting trap. Birds aren't hard to kill so I just use a 1 1/8 oz trap load of 7 1/2 shot.
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    Try knurling the slugs by rolling on file and you...

    Try knurling the slugs by rolling on file and you should gain a few thousands. I did this and they also grabbed the sabot better for accuracy.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check