I shouldnt be tempted but: 10ga semi...and slugs?

[hubel458]

For those who buy slugs you can put 69 cal Minie bullets in a 10ga VP100

wad that BPI has. Dixie Gunworks has 69 cal Minies. they are 730gr and with

105gr of 4759 will really get your attention in decent barrel 10 ga.

If light barrel use 95 gr. In bull barrel NEF 10 ga we use huge loads of RE17

about 160gr. Ed.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

Zinc would be bore safe though a full bore zinc slug would certainly not be choke safe unless it had fairly narrow ribs Brenkeke like.

It depends what you mean by choke safe. The chances of actually bursting the barrel at the choke are low, and the chances of doing damage to yourself or even an innocent bystander even lower. It won't produce a classic ring-bulge, because the obstructing slug will have moved on by the time the gases have built up as a pressure wave. But especially in an old barrel, it could expand and perhaps even crack the choke. I don't believe this is likely with even a close-fitting plastic shot-cup wad.

Most modern shotgun barrels are pretty true to the standard diameter, and are likely to have it stamped on them in inches or millimetres, rather than the less intelligible 10, 10/1, 10/2, 11 system. But it was quite common for early breech-loader barrels to be tight, and this is the one which is liable to be dangerous - not just a little, but very - with an oversize zinc slug. In this case the collision of zinc and steel will occur in the forcing cone, just where the front of the chamber is a weakness and pressure is at is highest.

[bikerbeans]

For those who buy slugs you can put 69 cal Minie bullets in a 10ga VP100

wad that BPI has. Dixie Gunworks has 69 cal Minies. they are 730gr and with

105gr of 4759 will really get your attention in decent barrel 10 ga.

If light barrel use 95 gr. In bull barrel NEF 10 ga we use huge loads of RE17

about 160gr. Ed.

Ed,

95g of 4759 and a 740g HB fullbore slug got my attention in a 10ga heavy barrel H&R single shot.

BB

[cpileri]

OK, I finally went back to the sale thread, and...






Well, its been sold. One less temptation.

Although I am sure you guys will find one to tempt me with anew, someday!

[facetious]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVy3GEotwBA

you could get one of these to shoot slugs.