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Been posting about this on cast boolits because it's kind of a specialty forum, but I figured I would post it here too.
I'm going to start loading bore diameter 12 GA slugs for a rifled bore slug gun. Many others have done this before me but not recently from what I can see. The general idea is to use slower powders than a shotgun would normally use, to slowly push much heavier slugs than is normally able. I'm going to try out up to 800 grains including some roundballs, but I also intend to try out 1000+ grain slugs. I found a design from years ago and made a drawing from the photo of the mold and also added some tweaks.
Anyone here play around with this stuff? It's pretty much just for fun, since there is no dangerous game here in Oregon, maybe you could use it against a bear but a 1050 grain slug going 1100 fps is a little much for a black bear, lol.
I'm going to start loading bore diameter 12 GA slugs for a rifled bore slug gun. Many others have done this before me but not recently from what I can see. The general idea is to use slower powders than a shotgun would normally use, to slowly push much heavier slugs than is normally able. I'm going to try out up to 800 grains including some roundballs, but I also intend to try out 1000+ grain slugs. I found a design from years ago and made a drawing from the photo of the mold and also added some tweaks.
Anyone here play around with this stuff? It's pretty much just for fun, since there is no dangerous game here in Oregon, maybe you could use it against a bear but a 1050 grain slug going 1100 fps is a little much for a black bear, lol.