38 grains of Blue Dot and Lee 7/8 oz slug

[Adam604]

Hi Folks,

Adam604

I've been doing a bit more research and reloading of 12 gauge slugs:


Federal Hull
Winchester W209 Primer
38 grains Blue Dot
Federal 12S4 wad (Brown)
1/8 inch Hard wad
1.9 cc COW ( LEE Scoop)
Lee 7/8 oz Key Drive Slug (~370 grains)


Loaded in a Lee Load ALL 1 press

I modified my lee press a bit... I added a shim tube inside of the 7/8 oz shot bushing to drop 38 grains of Blue Dot, (trial and error it took me about 8 tries to get it to work)

I loaded 50 rounds and it took about an hour after modifying my press

What I was testing was the performance of the 38 Grain load of Blue Dot

The day was pretty wet, raining pretty hard on and off while shooting a bit windy too

I'm using a Mossberg 500 with cylinder bore barrel with a Browning Rifled screw in choke.


I really liked the results at 38 grains of Blue Dot

Pictures show the results...

[Adam604]

Here are the photos.

I was really having a hard time with the rest I was using, it's too short to hold my shotgun well and the sandbag I was using kept slipping under fire. I think also I need to work on my grip as I am stringing shots left / right