Making .410 slugs from wheel weights.....

[msta999]

These are the sabot looking slugs, I am using the "Sabot Slug bullet mold .410 GA (10.4 mm) Lyman style, reloading, AS-company" off E-bay and they look good. They seem to run about 123 grain, I am not sure they will fit in a wad, they seem to be a little big, I'll have to measure one tomorrow. Anyone have any experience with these slugs?

[msta999]

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not perfect, but this is one of them.

[msta999]

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This is the mold

[turtlezx]

think there a full 408 or 410 dia so wouldnt want inside a wad would be over size
other members have bought this mold they should chime in with details for you

[Brassmonkey]

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/mobile/Stump-410-cupless-wad-250_bag/productinfo/0724105/

I bought these for the slugs I have yet to cast.

[AndyC]

I have that .410 Svarog mold. Here's how I pack my cases, but I'm using .444 Marlin brass:

https://i.imgur.com/JyMw7Ix.jpg

I'm using a SxS Yildiz (and I suspect the right barrel isn't true to POA), but here are some results on steel from roughly 20 yards away:

https://i.imgur.com/y538DPP.jpg

They do hit hard (18.5 gr L'il Gun propellant so far is safe in my shotgun) - they really put some welts into the steel:

https://i.imgur.com/WxtujOv.jpg

[cwlongshot]

I thought about this mold too... But just dont shoot them enough. BUT. I discovered a 145g LEE swc for the 10mm attached upside down to a Bal Prods stump wad shoots MIGHTY WELL!!

CW

[AndyC]

Some velocity numbers I took yestiddy:

https://i.imgur.com/WKdppLR.jpg

The double-ball mentioned is the .390 Lee round ball (CWLongshot above encouraged me to try this), and the glue/Grex is just me testing the Svarog slug with the hollow-base filled with either hot-glue or Grex granules to see if it improved accuracy.

[cwlongshot]

Thats impressive Andy!!!

[AndyC]

Thanks, Matey - still early days and I'm not yet happy with the accuracy but I will be going tighter with the chokes...

[cwlongshot]

I need to revisit these.

I was out of the stump wads but grabbed more last week.

CW