That looks pretty darn good for a 100 yard group, well done. I hope I'll have the same success.
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That accuracy is outstanding. Between this and Uncle Dino, some of the best non-factory accuracy I have seen.
Great to see
I'm hoping my H.H. Slug mould and SPW wads arrive soon. Mind you with this great Canadian -30 deg Celsius weather we've been having, it's still a bit too cold in the garage to cast.
Uncle D's is by the far the most accurate from scratch. Without those SPW wads, we'd be screwed.
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Kinda pricey, but amazingly accurate.
Might have to do a few here and there, but certainly won't be the one I let friends blast away in the back yard with.
Here's a question. All the data that S.R.U. uses SR4756 of which I have none and doesn't look like any will making it to Canada in the near future. LGS staff had said it's been really hard to get in the last few years or longer.
What I do have is; 800x, HS6, Titegroup and a wee bit of Greendot.
The question is which one would be most ideal?
Thanks in advance
800x is my favorite for this load. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e78151c85a.jpg
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How would it be with 2 3/4" (Rio hulls) I wonder.
My parcel from SRU arrived :p
I'll get out to the garage today and cast some slugs up.
Blood Trail,
Any reason HS6 should or shouldn't be used? Do you recommend a safe starting Load?
TIA
i got to the range it was in the 80s windy just wanted to see how slugs shot ill have to find a good rest and settle in to really test groups
40 grains of blue dot picture side ways bullets went high. They got a good pop not too bad. 50 yards notice Unburned powder in barrel I used a Hand R ultra sluger
36 grains herco had a wider group than blue dot . Less kick, seemed not as fast 50 yards (target sideways)
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here's 36 grs of Herco from my USH.
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40 grs of BD from my 835.
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40 grs of BD from my USH.
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Back when I was loading these, they didn't have data for Longshot, so I ventured out. Had good results, emailed them back with my results, and they pressure tested my load and added it to their published data. This group was from both my 835 and USH. 33 grs of Longshot @ 1450 fps.
I put in my first order with Slugs R Us today, Hammerheads in both 12 and 20ga. and extra wads of each so I could try 44 and 50 cal. lead bullets in the sabots. Was somewhat surprised that they charged over $20 shipping and was feeling a little roughed up over it but I wanted to try their products so I went ahead with the order. Then this evening I got a notice from PayPal that my account had been refunded $10 for a better shipping rate. I feel better about them now and all's well. Gp
Just so you are aware, their sabots really only work with their hammerhead slugs. I tried a few different 50 caliber bullets, and all blew trough the bottom of the sabot. Unless something has changed, 44 cal will not work.
MSM: Thanks for the warning. If the wads don't work out as sabots I'll just add them to my ever expanding collection on the shelf. If I like the hammerheads I'll most likely buy the mould. Gp
It’s true, every .50 projectile I ran through them blew the base. Maybe you can try a faster burning powder.
I loved these so much, I bought the 12 and 20 ga mold.
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I wandered on to the Sabot Technologies website while Googling sabots last week and I'm sitting here with Hammerheads, finished components (40 slugs/wads), mold, and sabots. This seems like the best bet yet. Someone mentioned breakeven point for the mold vs. the finished components; 193 shots, that being if you are not buying your lead.
It is definately a good, tight fit in the muzzle of my Marlin 512. This far as I want to push it.
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I'll bet those mic pretty large so they fit about anything and just squeeze down being plastic.
I'll also bet they shoot well for you. They have a reputation for good accuracy.
Did you get the mould or just order slugs to try?
Longbow
That oughta do you for a while! At least once you get to casting. Accumulated recoil form 600 rounds will be substantial! Go easy.
Same problem with those Russian slug moulds that more or less copy Gualandi DGS slugs, Dixie Tusker and Paradox slugs but with attached wads. The slugs look great and the moulds are said to be quite good but if a guy can't get the special wads he's kinda out of luck!
I think the same thing happened with some sabots for rifle and handgun boolits to be used in shotguns. They came on the scene then disappeared. I'd think it is a limited market.
That's where a full bore slug or wad slug for standard trap wads and a rifled barrel seem like the best idea.
Longbow
Well the thing with the Russian tail wads is to find a importer to import the wads from Italy. That's it. They will sell them to what ever importer that has the right paper work in place. Ballistic Products already imports them to the USA but they will not sell them to us because they want to sell us their slugs. So we need a workaround. And I may have one. I just have to talk to the guy. I just need to find time to get a hold of him.
I've been thinking I might cut down a couple of my Hammerhead slug sabots a bit and try firing some .735 round balls perched on top of them. Hoping this might help keeping the ball centered as the sabots are a lot more ridged than trap style wads. Not much lost trying just to see. Gp
I tried 0.735" RB's on Winchester wads with petals cut off (cushion leg only) with poor results. Same with plastic gas seal, hard card wads then fiber wad under the ball... thinking the fiber wad would form fit. Poor results again.
Went to plastic gas seal, hard card wads and nitro card wad under the ball and that did it!
Longbow
This is was I use to center roundballs in the hull.
https://www.ballisticproducts.com/HB...tinfo/072HB12/
Those would do it too! I tried to order some from the Canadian BPI distributor but he couldn't figure out what they were!?! I cave him the part number from the BPI site but he was still unsure of what they were. I'm guessing he had never had a request for them before but still... a quick look at the BPI site would tell the tale. I'll be trying again with my next order.
Yeah I spoke with him at a gun show, even showed him the things in the catalog and he wasn't familiar with them Longbow. Not a big seller I guess. lol
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Well, I'll try again on my next order which should be soon. I am running low on supplies!
I use these to center RB’s too.
https://www.ballisticproducts.com/mo...uctinfo/02012/
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With round balls coming up next on my shotgun reloading schedule, I could use this 20 gauge seal to support a Lee .69" ball inside the cup of a 12 gauge pressure wad?
https://www.ballisticproducts.com/images/02020txt.jpg