Blue Dot 12ga Sabot Slug Load

[Lee S. Forsberg]

Trying to load some Lyman Sabot Slugs with Blue Dot and Roll Crimp. The wad called for in the Lyman manual is to short for a good roll crimp so I replaced it with an eight petal Wind Jammer wad because the legs are longer. Reduced the power charge from 44gr of Blue Dot to 40gr. In a Fiocchi plastic high base hull. Roll crimped to a length 2.5" with a plastic over-shot disc over the slug. Makes a good looking shell.

Does anyone have any experience with this load or one like it?

[rancher1913]

watch the roll crimp on the laymans, the book shows fold crimp only. you might get a presure spike so start with a minimum charge. I've done unique and red dot roll crimp with the layman but only with the light end of the load table and they seemed to be a pretty good punch so never went to a higher load. longshot would give you close to the same as blue dot but would not be as much volume so you could fit everything in the hull.

[Hogtamer]

Prolly rip the petals off on ignition as they are not as tough as the hull.

[bikerbeans]

My experience is with all other factors being equal, a fold crimp will generate more pressure (velocity) than a roll crimp.

BB