Let me know what you guys think of using these shells. However the most accurate slug is a good old fashioned round ball paper patched and sat on the upturned base of a plastic wad fired from a cylinder bore. Bolo rounds look really wicked and we can image how. Some tumbled but most were straight through and through. Brenneke rifled slugs still use felt and fiber wads, and are suitable for use in smooth or rifled shotgun barrels. In this video of 3 parts you are shown how to make a shot gun out of simple paper. Jun 11, 20 brown bears grizzly have a much thicker skull than a black bear, they as well as polar bears could deflect most shotgun slugs. Patched the daylights outta em with paper towels from work, and used a goodly amount of more paper wadding. Beat garden slugs with sandpaper protect your garden from slugs by edging your raised beds with rough silicon carbide sheets. Lethal downrange energy is combined with stunning accuracy even in smoothbores. Slugs are designed for hunting large game, selfdefense, and other uses. I was just wondering if it would be a good or bad idea to use these. Brennekes black magic and gold slugs are, like the remington buckhammer, fullbore slugs with attached plastic wads but no sabot sleeves.
The target was roughly the size of a whitetail deers kill zone, and i had no trouble clobbering it. The synthesis of classic and modern metal processing techniques is very suitable for making nonconventional slugs of materials and shapes previously unseen in the hunting ammunition industry. Before shotgun shells that were made from plastic were introduced in 1960, paper had been the most popular material for making shotgun shells. Take 2 sheets of rectangular paper and roll them separately lengthwise. How does the accuracy of a modern shotgun firing slugs. Sabot slugs come in a packing, wad or case made of paper, plastic or other materials to help give the slug spin. The gun is a lanber ou, 21 inch barrels both rifled. A standard chamber can usually be made to shoot paper patched ammo fairly well, but the loading procedure requires that you adhere to some very narrow guidelines to make it work. Brenneke usa magnum ammunition 410 bore 3 14 oz silver rifled slu. I just came across a box of old shotgun shells and they are in almost brand new shape. How to load a black powder cartridge for a brown bess or. They are extremely versatile, efficient, and enjoyable guns. The two slugs youll hear about are sabot and rifled. Those soft lead slugs have a tendency to flatten out and glance off thick bones at steep angles.
It is common on agricultural land and can do serious damage to crops. Most shotgun slugs are designed to be fired through a cylinder bore or. It will only accept paper patched ammunition, a grease grooved round will not chamber. The slug itself has spiraled grooves the rifling that enable the slug to spin as it exits the barrel. Here is some vintage 12 gauge ammo i found the other day. I lined up the bead in the center of the rib and could hit a paper plate consistently at 6070 yds. Im looking for one load that will shoot both barrels together at about 75 to 100 yards. The best load your own that i have used is, hands down, the bpi thug slug. Brenneke usa magnum ammunition 20 gauge 3 1 oz silver rifled slug. The megamite is especially useful for large bore calibers from. Nonexplosive slugs are also used for crowd control. Its underside is orange and it has orange body mucus. Brown bears and slugs page 6 alaska outdoors forums. At the 2017 shot show range day, i got to fire a few rounds of brownings new ammo.
Awesome vintage paper 12 gauge shotgun slugs youtube. But yes, a good shotgun slug for defense against bears works well and my mossberg marine 12, with ghost ring sights and brenneke 12 gauge magnum slugs is what id use and a handgun as backup cause i just feel naked without one in the woods. Is a 12 gauge shotgun slug capable of penetrating a bear. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
The shotgunslug combination provides a legal, if shorter range alternative. Not only are they effective, but theyre cheap and hardy too. Buffalo hunters used this type of bullet to hunt millions of buffalos. Of which to that it only takes once for things to go very bad. The all new 20ga schrifle neotec copper 365 grains at 1800fps will be stable thru all known 20 gauge twist rates. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. May 03, 20 watch 3d printed shotgun slugs blow away their targets now a hobbyist from tennessee has created 3d printed shotgun slugs. Muskets got a reputation for inaccuracy for the following reasons imho. Here is an easy method for creating accurate militarystyle cartridge for a brown bess or. Half dollar size expansion, 82% weight retention, flatter. Or, the art of shooting flying, a poem written in 1727, a.
Always in the forefront of deer slug technology, we redesigned our 12gauge slugger rifled slug for a 25% improvement in accuracy. Lee key drive slugs in my muzzle loading double the. Then got a really cheap supply of 70 caliber lead balls and never looked back. Feb, 20 this is the confederate made bullet to be used in 12 guage shotguns that were brought to muster by many confederate recruits. New browning bxs polymertipped copper shotgun slugs. Most impressive was the bxs 12 gauge shotgun slug because i hit a fairly small steel target with it at 200 yards. The d dupleks slug ammunition production process consists of many stages, from slug body lathemachining and thermal treatment to their encasing in plastics. Paper patched bullets a blast from the past sporting. A rifled slug, however, looks more like a regular shotgun shell. You have to roll your own but with the price of slugs its a. How to make a paper shotgun papercraft wonderhowto. I say most because there are some modern sabot slugs that have much better penetration through bone.
Here, the versatility of the shotgun is evident, because every shot is essentially a custom handloaded one, the only difference being that it is done in the barrel, not in a shotgun shell. The 1 38ounce brenneke versions are specially coated to reduce leading in the bore and offer 1,5001,700 fps muzzle velocities in the 2 34. The d dupleks slug ammunition production process consists of many stages, from slug body lathemachining and thermal treatment to their. Loading your slug shells is, perhaps, the easiest form of reloading known to man. Shooting shotgun slugs in a smoothbore musket nesslers. Saboted slugs are undersized and fit into a plastic cup that falls off once the bullet has left the muzzle of the rifle. Jan, 2015 before shotgun shells that were made from plastic were introduced in 1960, paper had been the most popular material for making shotgun shells. Sep 12, 2019 having fired both about the same but thats me. Paper patch bullets were once the most popular type of bullets in the 1800s. To do its job, a projectile must both make contact with the target and hit the target in a critical spot. The tarhunt neotec copper slug is a premium full performance, bore size slug, and is on track to be largest diameter, heaviest, fastest, full expanding of all the copper slugs in the industry.
One reason hunters use slugs is to hunt deer in states that ban the use of rifles andor buckshot ammo. The lightfield commander ids plus was designed as a high velocity, extremely stable, extended range sabot slug for use in modern rifled barrel shotguns. Three inch chambers with 1 14 inch forcing cones, open sights. The newest addition to that line is the 12 gauge extreme performance selfdefense round. Both require a great deal of luck to hit where i aim. The load im using lyman sabot slug is federal top gun shells, aa12 wad and 29 grains universal. Winchester vintage hunting shell boxes for sale ebay. Yes, a rifled barrel is needed for true precision, but we all know a smooth bore shotgun combined with slugs is going to be able to hit a paper plate 9 times out of 10 at 100 yards. The first effective modern shotgun slug was introduced by wilhelm brenneke in 1898, and his design remains in use today. Depending upon your load and your hull length, you may also want a card stack under the wad.
Singleunit wadslug construction for fast, easy loading. Paper patched bullets are made by winding a piece of paper, usually twice, around a lead bullet. The shot cups fit the slugs very snugly and the slugs protrude just enough to ensure a perfect star crimp no need or desire for a roll crimp. He is right next door from the stones river battlefield. Get the best deals on winchester vintage hunting shell boxes when you shop the largest online selection at.
With a wider stream, a shotgun is like using a can. Jul 08, 2012 here is some vintage 12 gauge ammo i found the other day. Exotic rounds like these often have a largerthanlife reputation based on how they look. Their 2 34 12 gauge slug weighs 1 14 ounce, and their 3 magnum 20 gauge slug weighs a full 1 ounce. However, the lead bullets i make for patching are designed to fit the diameter of the bore, not the groove, which means the paper patch is at least partly cut. Paper patched or lubricated lead bullets can be swaged in two basic styles, the swc shoulder style shown here, and the smooth ogive style shown below. I was using an old lee 12 gauge 1oz slug mold to cast some projos for my brown bess. Nearly all slugs are sabots and require a rifled shotgun barrel or rifled choke. Dangerous game slugs are the best performing slug for almost every shotgun and barrel combination.
The shotgun slug combination provides a legal, if shorter range alternative. There can be a substantial difference where a double shotgun will place slugs of different brands or types and unless you have sights and on paper you are just fooling. Common keeled slug tandonia budapestensis this is the most common of the keeled slugs. There are at least 20 states that have restrictions of this kind. Select a make 1911 2011 accuii accumag accuracy international aero agnstadt arms ak47 ak74 akm american defense mfg american tactical imports amt anschutz apf ar. Rio 12 gauge ammunition rsl12 234 118oz star slug 1410fps 250 rounds free shipping with buyers club. I can get both on silhouette paper at 25 yards in a pieplate size group. One third the wellturned shot superior must arise, and overcome the nitrous dust, which, dryd and seasond in the ovens heat, has stood in closemouthed jarr the dampless.
Load development for the shotgun is, overall, easier than for a rifle shooting a patched ball, but attention to some principles will yield better results. A projectile machined out of solid brass, upon entering a soft target it breaks into 6 segments to create a devastating set of wound. The firearm was a browning maxus semiautomatic 12 gauge shotgun with a 22. Shotgun slugs for handloading ballistic products inc. The reason why paper shotgun shells were so popular is because they were much cheaper and a lot easier to make than an allbrass shot gun shell. The press head is threaded for 112 by 12 thread per inch, and the ram is threaded for 1inch by 12 tpi. The body is brown in colour, striped lengthwise and covered in tiny gold spots. Note that the perfect wad for these 1oz slugs is the ballistic products pt1205. When they were made commercially this was done by hand, usually involving female fingers.
I picked this one up today from larry hicklen in murfreesboro. Best factory slug that i have used is the brenneke black magic. Watch 3d printed shotgun slugs blow away their targets wired. The northwest trade gun, fusil, fowling piece, musket, or shotgun, whether flintlock or percussion, have certain things in common. Bullets can be swaged as round balls, smooth sided for dry film dip or spray lube, hollow or cup base, heel or flat base. A modern shotgun slug is a heavy projectile made of lead, copper, or other material and fired from a shotgun.
Mar 23, 2017 even nongun people have heard about bolo rounds. Flea market ammo score collecting paper shotgun shells duration. There are two different designs of shotgun slugs, saboted and rifled. Still have some that i need to shoot at something sometime. A smoothbore gun can be used to take every type of game or fowl. Then he sent them to his friend, who took the slugs and blasted away. It is relatively small reaching around 6cm at maturity. Watch 3d printed shotgun slugs blow away their targets now a hobbyist from tennessee has created 3d printed shotgun slugs. Beat garden slugs with sandpaper mother earth news.
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