20 gauge slug reloading
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Lyman makes a mould to cast 20 and 12 ga slugs. Loaded inside a regular shot wad. Load recipes are in Lyman #5. They work excellent past 100 m.
Reloading slugs is cheaper than loading shot loads. The wads are usually found 20 to 30 feet from the muzzle. Cast iron pot over a propane burner. Ladle and mould. Cast like any other bullet. You have to insert and remove a plug every time to form the hollow base. Lyman has a cast bullet manual that explains it well. Factory sabots are pricey,reloaded sabot slugs are econmcal to shoot 50 in a setting. Should be something on U tube about Lyman sabot slugs.
You can make excellent cheap (real cheap) wax slugs by buying the cheapest target loads you can find. These provide excellent practice to about 25 yards.
A wax slug is the full charge of lead pellets with melted wax, to hold it all together as a cylinder. It hits as a solid, then blows apart. They make nice round holes in the target.
The other thing you can do is use the drill bit in the video to remove the crimp. Then dump the shot and stick in a slug. I buy slugs at the gun show.
A wax slug is the full charge of lead pellets with melted wax, to hold it all together as a cylinder. It hits as a solid, then blows apart. They make nice round holes in the target.
The other thing you can do is use the drill bit in the video to remove the crimp. Then dump the shot and stick in a slug. I buy slugs at the gun show.
The loaded wax slug round looks like this. It will cycle through a pump just fine, and it quite accurate to at least 25 yards. Good enough for plinking and practice.
If you cut the round open, this is what the slug looks like. The original shot with the air space replaced with wax, holding it all together. I use parrifin wax sold at the store for canning. I add one wax crayon for colouring.
This is a close up of the wax slug. It stays together until impact.
If you cut the round open, this is what the slug looks like. The original shot with the air space replaced with wax, holding it all together. I use parrifin wax sold at the store for canning. I add one wax crayon for colouring.
This is a close up of the wax slug. It stays together until impact.
