Scott
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.
dsh1106: I finally made it out to the range this morning Scott. I fired four of the swaged slugs you sent. The charge went like this. 2 3/4 Federal Gold Medal hull, Fed 209 primer, 20.1gr. International (room to go up here) 12S3 Fed wad with a .125 nitro card in the wad and the slug filled with hot glue. These were fired from a Stevens single shot break barrel with a Carlson's rifled choke. They went 5 1/2 inches center to center at forty yards. They were stable and cut a nice clean hole in the target complete with the rifling cuts around their edges. I believe they will shoot better with a better shotgun. I just got my MKA 1919 Match in and test fired it this morning with factory shells, both shot and slugs. (That gun will cycle FAST) The gun has a picatiny rail and box magazine. I'll put a Vortex Strike Fire on it and when I get it sighted I'll try the others and see if the group tightens. I got the C&H bushings in todays mail and 15 of the 19 will work in the press so that's a plus. Thanks for the help guys. Gp
Scott
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.
Scott: I bought the MKA from Bud's. I didn't go the extra $40 for the fancy hand guards the base model has a nice long single rail on top. I'm not a fan of hanging extra Tacticool B.S. off every available side of a firearm. The first rendition of these had a very poor rep. but with just a few rounds fired so far I'm happy with it. Not that it's needed, but it cycles even faster than my Berretta 391 Urika. Wish I could find a rifled barrel for the 391. I love that shotgun. Gp Edit: I should have mentioned that the AR style carry handle sight and the front sight (fake gas block) are plastic and both remove very easily leaving just a long top rail.
Last edited by gpidaho; 07-27-2018 at 09:08 PM.
I plan on running these through two different rifled slug guns through 4 different wads. Or should I stay with a smoothbore?
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I'd like to see what happens out of both.
BT, if you need more of them let me know and I'll get some made up and sent out to you.
Scott
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Scott
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.
I plan on making one last trip to the range before bow season starts, prolly next Friday.
I have made myself a sizer die for the Lyman Foster Slug from surplus reloading items. I use a Lee Factory Crimp Die body for the first size and thereafter I use a body of a Lee Ram Prime which were cut to size. The system size the slug to fit perfectly in the shot cup. The push rod is from the Lee Ram Prime. I have used RCBS Case Lube II before pushing the slug through the sizer die. The slug and cup on the left side is not sized. The one on the right is sized and fits perfectly in the cup. Accuracy is reasonable at 50 meters.
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 |