Success with homemade - improvised 12-ga Slugs

[JBinMN]

31 grams = 478.403 grains. Just so ya knew. You were pretty close. LOL



I am enjoying following along with you as you do this project. The pictures are a very big help also.


I was telling a friend of mine about it just today. He thought it was quite innovative also.


Looking forward to seeing more as you go along! I really want to try this myself, sometime. Just for the fun of it. I am going to show this to my 2 sons & see if they would like to help.

Thanks again for sharing! & G'luck!

[Retumbo]

Good job. When I got into casting I came across this a few times iirc there are several videos on YouTube

Edit. We'll kl

[Y-man]

Yep! I saw this also, Retumbo... Maybe I simply 'ímproved' on several examples I had seen online as part of my research too. Thanks!

[finstr]

Y-man, I've seen your videos on YouTube shooting slugs. Impressive. I only have one question tho. What the heck did those Mercedes hubcaps ever do to you?! lol

[longbow]

That is a good looking slug!

[Y-man]

Well, the results for a second batch of tests are in, and we do HAVE A WINNER!

I finally got to go shoot the Number 15 Socket Slugs again, this time with properly set sights on my Mossberg 500 [Rifled Barrel] and the right kind of target.

For me: a shooting trip is a 600-mile round trip up north to the family farm. No ranges here!

Using a Bipod for stability, and shooting from a prone position: I was able to get 4 shots into a 4-inch circle grouping at 51 yards. [47 meters]

Second string of shots ended up being in a 9-inch circle grouping: I do believe it is because I got distracted: my phone rang [LOUD and STRIDENT!] just when I started shooting this string: and only stopped at the last shot. So I think I pulled a few shots.

I am glad though: consistently accurate slugs, easy to cast, solid lead [No cavities that can collapse or spread out…]

The Slugs:



Targets below.





This is the load:



My “mold”:



Recovered wads: see how intact some are?



Next steps: recover a few fired slugs when next I go to the "range"!

Thanks.

[bikerbeans]

Very good! Did the TV reception at your farm improve after you shot these groups?

BB

[longbow]

And here I sometimes wonder if it is worth driving to the range 45 minutes away just to test a few loads! 600 miles is quite a trip.

Looking good though so worth all your efforts.

Did you use a hard card under the slugs? If not, I am thinking a hard card wad or some felt or cork might help protect the wad petals at the base. Your accuracy is good but it would be worth experimenting with some sort of filler wad of maybe 3mm or so thick under the slug to see if wad condition improves.

It does look like you have a good load/slug there regardless. You must be pretty happy after all that hard work and so you should be.

Congratulations!

Longbow

[BNE]

Very Impressive work.

[victorfox]

Very nice Y-man!!!������ I've been following you since you started your posts at that firearm blog... Looks like your ingenuity and some help from that rifled barrel put you where you wanted.

And I repeat myself, can you find a CLASSIER GENTLEMAN than Y-man, who uses Mercedes hub caps for targets? ������ Great great work my brother!!!����������

[RMII]

This is awesome. Can't wait to try this. was in the garage looking a volunteer 15mm socket.

[Smoke4320]

Excellent work .. thanks for sharing .. and ingenious cap for the socket (slug tip maker)

[Plate plinker]

impressed I am.