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[bikerbeans]

Fully rifled NOS, fits beretta 12ga 301, 302, 303 autoloaders.

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[Outer Rondacker]

Nice. You where so excited you forgot to put it on the gun. I have never owned a rifled barrel. I like the looks of them sights. Its always been a bead and smooth bore for me. Humm off to gb I go. Thanks for sharing

[725]

You will love Hastings. they are great.

[SuperBlazingSabots]

Congratulations my friend for making a good decision of getting a rifled barrel. The fun starts now cooking newer loads,
Best regards,
Ajay Madan
Super Blazing Sabots

[longbow]

Yeah, I should probably break down and buy one as well. We'll see in a while how toy money is doing.

What do you plan on running through that one... bore size or wad slugs? Or both? Whatever works best is the probably answer there I guess. I know that's what I'd do.

Longbow

[Hogtamer]

Autoloader huh? Heh heh heh.

[bikerbeans]

Yeah, I should probably break down and buy one as well. We'll see in a while how toy money is doing.

What do you plan on running through that one... bore size or wad slugs? Or both? Whatever works best is the probably answer there I guess. I know that's what I'd do.

Longbow

LB,

Fullbore slugs, both hollow base and flat base. I also have 3D printed sabots to try with hornady 265g JFN bullets.

I must confess I already have a couple of rifled 12ga slug guns but this new barrel was too cheap to pass up.

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[bikerbeans]

Autoloader huh? Heh heh heh.

HT,

Yep. Do you know where I can get a drum magazine for a beretta 303?:bigsmyl2:

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[bikerbeans]

Nice. You where so excited you forgot to put it on the gun. I have never owned a rifled barrel. I like the looks of them sights. Its always been a bead and smooth bore for me. Humm off to gb I go. Thanks for sharing

Outer,

You mean I also have to buy another shotgun? You tell my wife for me, okay?

How close are you to Ballston Spa? I spent several years in the 70s working at the Navy nuclear facility in West Milton. I loved the Genny Cream Ale.

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[NyFirefighter357]

Get those sabot slugs worked out, I have two Marlin 512 Slug Masters to feed! Congrats

[bikerbeans]

1.3 oz heat treated FB HB slug over 40g of Blue Dot shot from a light autoloader without a recoil pad will leave a mark! Promising first range day, offhand 50 yard 4" group, with open sights. Probably not going to shoot groups from the bench, too much recoil, plus I ain't gonna take the bench hunting with me. Headed back to the range next week, will get pics.

NY57,

I've got a good load for the 512 but it is with a FB solid base 1.6 oz slug over 65g of SR 4759. I probably will not get to test the sabots in the 512 till summertime.

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[SuperBlazingSabots]

Greetings Brother Bikerbeans, you sure will notice when you fire the 512 with a FB solid base 1.6 oz slug over 65g of SR 4759.
**--** If I remember correctly we stopped around 60 gr and that too with 470 gr slug in sabot, was plenty fast.

Best regards,
Ajay Madan
Super Blazing Sabots

[centershot]

Outer,

You mean I also have to buy another shotgun? You tell my wife for me, okay?

How close are you to Ballston Spa? I spent several years in the 70s working at the Navy nuclear facility in West Milton. I loved the Genny Cream Ale.

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The Navy as a facility in West Milton? Why? For Pete's sake, it's a hundred miles from the ocean!!

[MusicMan]

Ever hear of China Lake California? No ocean around there either.

[bikerbeans]

The Navy as a facility in West Milton? Why? For Pete's sake, it's a hundred miles from the ocean!!

Training facility to teach sailors how to operate surface ship and submarine nuclear power plants. Navy figured if you removed sinking as an outcome of the training it would be safer. I was an instructor at the facility, none of my students worked at 3 Mile Island or Chernobol.:shock:

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[bikerbeans]

Greetings Brother Bikerbeans, you sure will notice when you fire the 512 with a FB solid base 1.6 oz slug over 65g of SR 4759.
**--** If I remember correctly we stopped around 60 gr and that too with 470 gr slug in sabot, was plenty fast.

Best regards,
Ajay Madan
Super Blazing Sabots

Ajay,

65g isn't a max load with that slug but it will get your attention. I launched 10 of them this morning and no weaver bite, but not from the bench.

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[SuperBlazingSabots]

Hello Bikerbeans did you get to chrono that load at 65 gr charge?

Best regards,
Ajay

[bikerbeans]

Ajay,

I have in the past, but don't trust my memory, but I remember 1,300 fps range.

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[jd9770]

Hastings has great barrels. I put then on older 1100’s so I can run a short barrel with chokes.

[bikerbeans]

No pics again, left the targets stapled to the OSB target stand. With my beretta and hastings barrel with open sights I put 3 slugs into a 5" at 100 yards. I was seated at the bench but had to improvise a rest, as the beretta wouldn't fit the rifle rest I brought. I used a splat target and needed a scope to see the bullet holes, which tells alot about my eye sight. At 50 yards I can shoot the same size group standing offhand so I think this shotgun is ready to hunt.

The load is a 1 5/16 oz turbo HB FB heat treated slug, 40g Blue Dot, 12s3 wad w/o petals, (1) 3/16" nitro card in a 2 3/4 win estate hull with a roll crimp. I compress the load with approx 50 lbs of force immediately before roll crimping.

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[longbow]

That'a nice accuracy out to 100 yards.

Have you tried a hard card wad column? For my smoothbore I find I do better with a plastic gas seal then hard card wad(s) topped with a nitro card wad then slug. Works better for me that using a cushion leg for both round balls and slugs. But then I'm not shooting 5" groups at 100 yards either!

Longbow

[bikerbeans]

LB,

Yes, I worked up a load several years ago with this same slug and powder using a x12x and 4 or 5 0.125" hard cards. I put one deer in the freezer with the load. I was shooting a h&r tracker II, rifled barrel, with a scope and the accuracy was 2 to 3 inches at 100 yards. The recoil was insane, very light gun!

I am using the 12s3 wad because I only have a couple dozen hard cards. Also I know the HB on this slug will not collapse. I found a few of the wads on the ground and the we're not in that bad of shape. Just trying to get by with the components I have on hand. Kinda silly though, just bought a new barrel and slug mold but i will not splurge on hard cards and gas seals.:|

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[Hogtamer]

Whoohee! Heap much killin medicine Kemosabe!

[finstr]

It's really too bad that Hastings went bankrupt years ago. I have a rifled barrel for my Rem 1100 and it's taken a lot of deer since '94.
When Hastings went under they had developed a 3-1/2" 20gauge slug that made more power than a 45-70. They took a NEF/HR single shot heavy barrel and cut it to 19" so the Congo recoil didn't affect accuracy and were shooting bison with it. I was trying to track one down just before they closed up shop.
What a shame.