Well I've started again

[Blammer]

I've started back testing my 20ga slug gun.

I received a new sizing die from fishawk so I can size some slugs to fit nicely into my shotcups. It works beautifully! Before my boolits were either undersized, not good, or oversized, wouldn't fit. Not anymore!

I also learned a few things in the mean time. Specifically, that the wad column under the slug needs to be hard!

Here is one of my more successful 3 shot groups. Yes it's only 25 yds, but it's a start. If it won't group at 25 yds, there is no hope farther out.

[Blammer]

With results like these I load up 3 more rounds and give them a second try. One group does not really count, I try to get several groups the same size, the more the better.

[garandsrus]

Blammer,

Which slug are you using?

Thanks,
John

[Blammer]

I'll try to get pics up soon, camera battery died.

[725]

That a one inch grid on the target?

[Blammer]

Here is a pic of the 58 cal Minnie sized to .570 and the corresponding wad that has been fired out of the gun.



Each square on the grid is 1/2 an inch, so a cube of 4 is a 1" square.

[Blammer]

Here is a pic of the sized .600 RB's to .570.

the bottom has a bit of a flat on it, which is good IMO.

[2Tite]

After I picked up the checks yesterday I got bored. Rainy day, early spring, you know. Anyhow, I now have a Lee, double cavity mold that casts the 54 cal REAL muzzleloader bullet on one end and a .570, 440 gr, flat base truncated nose slug on the other. It's actually .5695ish. So I missed it by half a hair. I ran about 30 of em and it casts pretty well. It's yours if you want it............JB

[Blammer]

Oh yea!

Thanks!

[turbo1889]

That 20ga. slug gun of yours a rifled barrel? You want some of my hammer head 1-oz. full bore solids to try out of it?

[Blammer]

Yes it is fully rifled.

and yes I would LOVE some samples to try!

Is it a mould?

[turbo1889]

Yes, it's a custom cut mold 0.625" diameter with WW alloy slightly smaller with pure lead. Drops just a hair over an ounce with WW and closer to 1-1/16oz. with pure lead. I'll do you up two batches of 25 one out of WW and the other out of pure lead. How do you want them lubed? Lee Alox, Lee Alox & Rolled in Talic Powder, Johnson Paste Wax, or Turtle Car Wax?

PM me your shipping info.

[Blammer]

Wow! thank you a bunch!

PM incoming!

[Blammer]

How do they shoot for you?

What is your load combo?

[Blammer]

Ok here is some more info.

I recently had a local cast boolit forum member (2tite is his handle) graceously gift me with a mould!

This was totally unexpected and greatly appreciated! He took a 54 cal Lee REAL mould, 2C and made one cavity a .570 dia boolit while leaving the original Lee REAL nose.

They wt 440gr. I cast up some and then loaded and shot some. Here are the results and details.



I then ran them through a sizer that fishhawk made for me to true them up at .570 dia.

The boolits dropped at .5705 and were maybe 1/2 thous out on one spot so the sizer trued them nicely. Thanks steve!

I then loaded them in a Fed Hull, W209 Primer, SR 4756 22gr, one Obturator gas seal, 4 1/8 nitro cards, the shot cup that was trimmed off from a 'trap commander' wad and the bullet inside, and then star crimped.

Here are 2 shots at 25 yds!

[garandsrus]

Blammer,

Have you shot any more of the new slugs? They look like they would work well out of a slug gun.

Was the target still at 25 yds?

John

[Blammer]

garandsrus, new slugs, as in factory stuff? no, I can't really affort $12 for 5 shots.

[725]

This looks like a great project to dulicate. Please keep the post going with additional results. How do they group at other ranges?

[shotman]

your 20ga rifled barrel is 1 in 24 twist that is fast for a round ball that dont get much to stableize it. dont use the crimp. cut top off shell about 1/8 in longer than load. and drip some bee wax around top of ball/slug. That does 2 things no crimp and can reused hull 10 times and you get a lubed ball/ slug going down barrel. if this post these are mine If you use a magaizine the shell will ride the one in front , if single or ou dont matter if ball is above case.

[Blammer]

as soon as I get to a real range I'll shoot more an post results.