Originally Posted by
W.R.Buchanan
Vettepilot:C3,4,5,6,7 or 8? The problem you've got is with your specific slugs which aren't very thick at the base.
With the Svarog Paradox Slugs and many others in their line, the base of the slug is fairly heavy, and mine are easily an 1/8" thick and they aren't going to break shoving a plastic wad into them.
Yours appear to be the Italian designed "Fire Hydrant" design (Svarog)which has a thinner skirt.
My mould came with 3 different mould base pins. One had a hollow spigot in it that was to be used for the Wads we are talking about. I stopped using that one almost immediately as it was nearly impossible to get a perfectly filled out slug, and also the wads didn't seat very well.
The next one had a radiused/tapered cavity and filled out perfectly and had a small hole in the center of the heads so you could screw a BW12 wad onto it. I drilled these out on the lathe so the holes were concentric. I also pilot drilled the wads so they were concentric as well. This version worked the best and the wads were commonly available at BPI.
The last one had a Short tapered rear cavity and weighed 620gr. I made a few but never loaded them.
All these slugs dropped at .727OD with Wheel Weights,(same mould different cavity pins) and PC'ing them brings them right up to Rifled Bore Dia.
From the right, these slugs weigh 578, 667 and 620 gr. most of the ones I have in storage are the 667 version with the screw on wad. They should perform the best.
I sold the mould as I didn't need it any more and had enough already made to outlast me.
Randy