Would you buy shotgun slugs for reloading?
- Thread starter Canuck223
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I think casting your own is the way to go. I have a bunch of melted wheel weights in 3lb ingots ready to go - just need to buy the mold - BTW know anyone with a good 12 ga slug mold they want to part with?
You end up saving a pile of $ on slug and shipping costs.
Now, just to buy that mold and a cheap shotshell reloader. More #@**ing $$$!
You end up saving a pile of $ on slug and shipping costs.
Now, just to buy that mold and a cheap shotshell reloader.
More #@**ing $$$!WWIII said:I think casting your own is the way to go. I have a bunch of melted wheel weights in 3lb ingots ready to go - just need to buy the mold - BTW know anyone with a good 12 ga slug mold they want to part with?
You end up saving a pile of $ on slug and shipping costs.
Now, just to buy that mold and a cheap shotshell reloader.
And there you have it. For the cost of factory ammo, I can't be bothered loading for birdshot, but slugs...............
The cost of a cheap press isn't so bad, but when you add the cost and time of the lead pot and molds, it begins to fade.
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- Surrey, BC
It depends on the type of slug. These guys have some pretty wicked looking slugs for sale (they look like brenneke style slugs, with the plastic wad attached to the base); Ballistic Products Inc, Slug Loading Components. I plan on trying out some of their "dangerous game" and "thunderbolt" slugs in some reloads, as well as the AQ badminton birdie lookin' ones. Maybe a few roundballs for a baseline, as well So much fun!
What I'd REALLY be interested in is a mold for slugs like the dangerous game slugs they advertise, or any mold for any brenneke type slug for that matter. Maybe not the most realistic wish, but a guy can dream, can't he? Realistically, yes I would probably buy slugs if they were cheap and available in large volumes like cast lead bullets.
So much fun!What I'd REALLY be interested in is a mold for slugs like the dangerous game slugs they advertise, or any mold for any brenneke type slug for that matter. Maybe not the most realistic wish, but a guy can dream, can't he? Realistically, yes I would probably buy slugs if they were cheap and available in large volumes like cast lead bullets.
