finstr
04-05-2018, 02:40 PM
I’m sort of working on a couple of things at the same time here.
A little while ago I modified an old Lee mold that I had no use for and thought I’d give making sabot slugs a try. Then I shelved the project when my health deteriorated. So now I’ve picked it up again in conjunction with the foster slug project.
217672
It’s a .50 cal slug and I made some aluminum bushings to bring the size up enough to fit inside a regular shot cup.
217673
I split the bushing in half so it’ll depart the slug in flight.
217674
It pushes into the Hastings barrel with only light pressure. Consequently the Winchester Partition and the lightfield sabot both require more pressure than I can exert to get them to go in.
217675
These both weigh within 1 grain of each other at 499 and 500gr respectively
The finstr slug is sitting on a 1/8” 20g fibre card
217676
The partition slug is loaded to 1785fps with what looks like Alliant Steel powder. But I can’t be certain.
A little while ago I modified an old Lee mold that I had no use for and thought I’d give making sabot slugs a try. Then I shelved the project when my health deteriorated. So now I’ve picked it up again in conjunction with the foster slug project.
217672
It’s a .50 cal slug and I made some aluminum bushings to bring the size up enough to fit inside a regular shot cup.
217673
I split the bushing in half so it’ll depart the slug in flight.
217674
It pushes into the Hastings barrel with only light pressure. Consequently the Winchester Partition and the lightfield sabot both require more pressure than I can exert to get them to go in.
217675
These both weigh within 1 grain of each other at 499 and 500gr respectively
The finstr slug is sitting on a 1/8” 20g fibre card
217676
The partition slug is loaded to 1785fps with what looks like Alliant Steel powder. But I can’t be certain.