Thread: Subsonic 12g Slugs?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

suppressors not allowed for game bird shooting.
you could get chamber insert off trademe and rum .45 long colt through your .12ga if accuracy was enough they would/could be better bet as far less energy. having shot a few bailed pigs with the .12ga using all sorts of loads over the years myself.buck shot just sucked,birdshot is fine at 5 yards or less as it still goes in through skin and bone in a ball but wont come out again,solids work fine but you need to fine out what works best in your gun as they all differnt. the lyman slugs you can buy dirt cheap off trademe would work ok just tip pellets out of a clay target type load ,slip slug in and reclose up crimp as best you can. and yes you can get pass through with solids also wicked riccocette with any thing running slow,Ive seen this first hand with .12ga inside a woolshed shooting a big ram,had slug bounce all around the walls before comeing to rest beside my foot!!!!!!

Bit like a DIY squash game eh mickey-bet that left a skid mark on ya grots. im sittin here thinking of a 12g suppressor and think stove chimney dimensions.Although in saying this IIRC i did read somewhere of a 12g subsonic load developed allegedly for American special forces use ,but that was quite some time ago.