I braved the +2c rain and sleet today to try out the new slug loads and see what kind of groups I get. So I loaded up some shells with 700x and used a few tricks I learned from Longbow and Ajay. The Claybuster wads had nicks in the gas seal molded from the factory so I put a little wrap of paper around those. That did the trick in sealing them and stopping the blown seal
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Blue Magics for the foster slugs and Fed GM for the finstr sabots
Went out to the pit and set up. Looking for minute of crow at 50yds.
The hardware; Rem 1100 with Hastings Paradox rifled barrel. Custom camo by me. I used a nylon strap to remotely pull the trigger while I hid behind the truck in case parts flew LOL. I'm a chicken- sue me.
I couldn't set my chronograph up due to the rain so I've no idea of the speed.
Anyway since the first couple shots didn't sound too bad and ejected decently I braved the other two shots by shouldering the gun.
Not exactly a great group. Will work on these.
The next up is the finstr sabot slugs.
The slugs looked to fly straight and not key hole. Not a great group either. But workable maybe. I could only find 2 of the aluminum sabot halves even though I looked for a long time. I wanted to see if the slug carried them thru the target. I could only find 2 of the 50cal slugs in the bank.