Lead slugs for getting measurments correctly..

[Changeling]

Somewhere I heard of guys using fishing sinkers instead of buying soft lead bullets to slug barrels/chambers/throats. Has anyone used them with no problems. What size would one use for 45 caliber?

[Snyd]

I Posted this on another forum just a couple weeks ago. You can't see it in the pic but the sinkers are "1/2 Size". Just make sure the ones you get are lead. I guess they do make some that aren't pure lead.

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I just slugged my Redhawk 45 Colt again and my Puma 454 levergun with a 20" barrell. I had used a round ball previously but I don't think it was quite big enough. I used an egg shaped sinker with the hole running lengthwise this time and it was perfect for these 45's. I oiled up the bore and hammered/tapped them through with a shotgun cleaning rod wrapped with tape every few inches. Here are a few pics.

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_01.jpg

Getting ready...
http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_02.jpg

Redhawk 4inch barrel 45 Colt. .451 bore

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_03.jpg

Puma 92 454 Casull 20 inch barrel .452 bore

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_04.jpg

[44man]

I Posted this on another forum just a couple weeks ago. You can't see it in the pic but the sinkers are "1/2 Size". Just make sure the ones you get are lead. I guess they do make some that aren't pure lead.

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I just slugged my Redhawk 45 Colt again and my Puma 454 levergun with a 20" barrell. I had used a round ball previously but I don't think it was quite big enough. I used an egg shaped sinker with the hole running lengthwise this time and it was perfect for these 45's. I oiled up the bore and hammered/tapped them through with a shotgun cleaning rod wrapped with tape every few inches. Here are a few pics.

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_01.jpg

Getting ready...
http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_02.jpg

Redhawk 4inch barrel 45 Colt. .451 bore

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_03.jpg

Puma 92 454 Casull 20 inch barrel .452 bore

http://homepage.mac.com/perryschneider/.Pictures/pics/boreSlug_04.jpg
Nice pictures. That is a great help to a beginner. :Fire:

[Changeling]

Thanks snyd, those really are some great pictures.

[Catshooter]

Excellent pics.

Changeling,

It doesn't matter what size the slub is as long as it's bigger than your bore to start with. You can use a .58 caliber slug for a .22, any excess is sheared off as you drive it into the bore.


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