I picked up a slug mold the lyman 525 pellet style mold (this mold has been around for quite some time). The slug is designed to be used with basic shotgun loading components specifically Winchesters AA wads and hulls. After doing some extensive research on cast shotgun slugs. The reviews on this particular slug were good overall but not without its challenges, The biggest challenge was locating the win. AA components since they were discontinued nearly a decade ago, but there are some substitutes that have been proven to work just as effectively. Fortunately for me I had some of the extinct wads and hulls from my old duck hunting days so I was off to a good start.
Some people reported that the hollow base was better if filled , to prevent the wad from driving into the back of the slug. Some were filling the slug with hot glue , epoxy even caulking I opted to fill it with paraffin wax. This was a relatively easy operation , I just melted some shaved wax pieces in a spoon over a burning candle then poured the molten wax into the base and cut of the excess with a utility knife.
The only other challenge was to find the optimum powder for the prescribed loads and everyone knows what difficulties lie with finding powders today.
Anyway I still had some old magnum shotgun powder at my disposal that had similar characteristics as the recommended powder. I started with a lesser charge to err on the side of caution, I chronographed the load and got speeds of approx. 1300 fps. well within the recommended loads. I only tried the one combo but plan on bumping the charge up slightly to see if things change.
I was pleased with the results of this venture and don't know if I could improve much. The B.C. on this bullet isn't good more like a flying brick but the knock down will be awesome , it'll be more that sufficient at 100 yds and I may stretch it to 150.
I was using a savage 210 slug gun with a rifled barrel.
Here are couple of pics of the slug and the results at 100 yds.
Some people reported that the hollow base was better if filled , to prevent the wad from driving into the back of the slug. Some were filling the slug with hot glue , epoxy even caulking I opted to fill it with paraffin wax. This was a relatively easy operation , I just melted some shaved wax pieces in a spoon over a burning candle then poured the molten wax into the base and cut of the excess with a utility knife.
The only other challenge was to find the optimum powder for the prescribed loads and everyone knows what difficulties lie with finding powders today.
Anyway I still had some old magnum shotgun powder at my disposal that had similar characteristics as the recommended powder. I started with a lesser charge to err on the side of caution, I chronographed the load and got speeds of approx. 1300 fps. well within the recommended loads. I only tried the one combo but plan on bumping the charge up slightly to see if things change.
I was pleased with the results of this venture and don't know if I could improve much. The B.C. on this bullet isn't good more like a flying brick but the knock down will be awesome , it'll be more that sufficient at 100 yds and I may stretch it to 150.
I was using a savage 210 slug gun with a rifled barrel.
Here are couple of pics of the slug and the results at 100 yds.
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