Reloading Shotgun Slugs
03-12-2005, 03:06 AM
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Reloading Shotgun Slugs
I seen this website, www.slugsrus.com. Would it be worth the time to try to load your own slugs?
03-12-2005, 03:47 AM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
I tried it, I gave up shortly after the only way to save money at it is if you cast your own slugs, but consistancy sucks so i gave up.
03-13-2005, 05:48 AM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
ORIGINAL: rob1
I seen this website, www.slugsrus.com. Would it be worth the time to try to load your own slugs?
I seen this website, www.slugsrus.com. Would it be worth the time to try to load your own slugs?
I do it for a hobby & have fun with it I do use them to down my deer
every year but as said earlier big $
03-14-2005, 02:24 PM
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03-16-2005, 08:17 PM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
My only use for slugs would be in a 20ga, as an opportunist shot at a hog while squirrel and /or rabbit hunting with my Savage .22rf/20ga.
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
03-19-2005, 08:03 PM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
ORIGINAL: drink
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
03-26-2005, 05:31 AM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
10ga.,
Don't do it.
I don't know where some of these guys get there ideas from but if you want to live & keep ll your body parts don't do what these guys are.
They have reloading data for slugs.
Don't do it.
I don't know where some of these guys get there ideas from but if you want to live & keep ll your body parts don't do what these guys are.
They have reloading data for slugs.
03-26-2005, 05:36 AM
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RE: Reloading Shotgun Slugs
ORIGINAL: drinks
My only use for slugs would be in a 20ga, as an opportunist shot at a hog while squirrel and /or rabbit hunting with my Savage .22rf/20ga.
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
My only use for slugs would be in a 20ga, as an opportunist shot at a hog while squirrel and /or rabbit hunting with my Savage .22rf/20ga.
I have a Lee .575 min'ie mold, 430gr, just cut the crimp off a 1oz field load, dump the shot, drop the slug in the sleeve, make a card wad and use a partial star crimp.
Does it on the cheap. 1300fps.
Don [8D]
This is the most dangerous thing I have ever seen posted on this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They have data for these slugs & what you are doing is death waiting to happen.
A load of shot can compress a slug will not.
You are getting barrel pressures that you have no idea what are.
