Thread: 12ga shotgun slugs

Greetings All,
If hurling large chunks of lead through the air is the object, why not just buy a 45-70. Hodgdon has data with cast lead down to 700 fps with Trailboss (485 grain cast LFP with 8 grains of TB check this for yourself). This would be less dangerous than using untested shot gun slug loads which may leave the odd slug in the bore. Things get a lot worse if it is fired again without clearing the obstruction. The late Wallace Labisky, I think, suggested that safely developing slug loads without pressure testing equipment was highly risky at best.
Regards Grandpamac.