Thread: Slugging

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

depends on who made it...wont matter a hoot for your intended purpose..... we slugged my .45/70 barrel before chambering it....gunsmith told me "its too tight" not sure which hole he had his finger stuck in but it wasnt my barrel.... the cast projectile slid through pretty easily with a wooden dowel tapped LIGHTLY with a small tack hammer. we could clearly see rifling marks and got measurements off slug that told us she was all good.
why dont you just use a projectile?????

If it slides through too easily, there’s a chance that the bullet was too small, and although shows rifling, will not show the true groove diameter.

Originally Posted by tanqueray

If it slides through too easily, there’s a chance that the bullet was too small, and although shows rifling, will not show the true groove diameter.

the barrel was made by a fine gentleman and its diamentions are sound....the projectiles were made by another fine gentleman and the diamentions of them too are sound...the combination of the two with a little home rolled black powder made by a not so gentle man is simply awesome fun to play around with ..... the proof of the pudding is in the shooting,so far everything Ive seen leads me to believe the combination is a winner.