Slug loads

[alemax]

Has anyone any data on 12gauge slug loads and where is the best place for purchasing shotshell reloading components here in Sweden?

[Peter Bengtsson]

The best is too ask "Geer"!

//Peter Bengtsson

[OIH]

You can get shotgun reloading components, slugs included, from http://www.midway.se. LEE has an inexepensive press for shotgun reloading ( around 700 SEK, all included). LEE also makes a mold for a foster type slug. Or you could do it the easy way; replace the shot in a trap or skeet shell with a .690 lead ball (Assume you have a 12 Gauge) that weighs approximately the same as the original shot. Not what I would have for wild boar duty, but it's allright for informal target practis and plinking.

Mvh,
Øivind

OIH

[Karl]

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replace the shot in a trap or skeet shell with a .690 lead ball (Assume you have a 12 Gauge) that weighs approximately the same as the original shot. Not what I would have for wild boar duty, but it's allright for informal target practis and plinking.
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Det fanns tidigare en tråd som handlade om detta och jag har letat som tusan efter den. Kan någon hjälpa mig finna den eller tillhör den det som har blivit "bortarkiverat"? mvh Karl

[OIH]

Kan det være dette? Handler rett nok om kaliber 20, men ellers ser det ut som om en del gamle temaer er borte, kaskje for å få opp hastigheten på sida igjen?

http://www.robsoft.nu/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7924

- Øivind

OIH

[Evan 2 Bucks]

What kind of slugs alemax? ie Brenneke, Ball, Lyman, etc.

[alemax]

I have a Lyman sabot slug mold which I have never used and I was also concidering buying the lee foster type mold.The ball conversion of a bird shot cartridge sound interesting , but what sort of barrel presure does it produce?
Alemax....

[OIH]

Pressure should be on the safe side as long as you use trap or skeet ammo since these are low pressure to begin with. A ball should also represent less friction than a more cylinderlike projectile. Great thing about balls is that if they start to tumble, it doesn't matter, but if you shoot them through a rifled shotgun barrel they might not grip the rifling as keenly.

You can also buy a drillbit that makes a roll crimp (Midway got a rather expensive one in metal, mine is made from plastic and cost less than half.. http://www.midwaynorge.com/norge/eprodu ... mID=730142).

Just cut away the star crimp on your shellcase and use the drillbit to make a nice roll crimp. Also makes it easier to know which shells are slugshells and which ones are ordinary shells since the markings are the same (unless you mark them with a filt tip pen yourself.). If you use a drillstand (don't know if that's the proper word for it), you can get a very uniform crimp on the shells by crimping them all to the same "height", assuming you've cut all the shells to the same length.

NB! Don't remove the shotshell cup, it works great as a gass seal, without it the powder gas willl just fart past the ball, and the ball will get a very modest velocity.

Of course, this isn't foolproof, you need to try it out, and maybe testfire a round or two from a distance with a remote control (i.e tie your gun to something and release the trigger with a string.)

As with any reloading; be careful. Dont crimp more than it takes to keep the ball in place, and don't substitute the powder for anything.

Mvh,
Øivind


OIH