Thread: slugs

Originally Posted by scottrods

Place I shoot has some pig rooting starting. The cocky says I'm way down the priority list to hunt them, but if I flush one when rabbitting with the shottie he says I can have a go. But we have to split the catch.

I'm using modified screw in choke in my 12g. What (if any) slug should I keep on my ammo belt, just in case

If you have someone to load them for you then you can have some of these...they are about 18 mm in diameter and the skirt flairs out to match your barrel and tightens up going through the choke. The round on the left is one of those pissy shop bought jobs...sorry the photo is not the best but this hut I live in is not the best for lighting

Iv never shot much with a shot gun really, but years ago a mate and i made a mould out of those All Black 20cent pieces you used to get at the service station with 20 bucks(nearly a full tank LOL)

It was as near as we could get to a round ball that would fit out the choke with the wad around it.

From memory we used 1.5x the usual powder charge(just boys who didnt know any better)

We shot all sorts of shit with this,44gallon drums corrugated iron D6 grousers etc but the only time I remember using them on game was on a mob of goats at short range.
It wasnt pretty I vividly remember shooting one goat threw the shoulders the ball bouncing of a flat slaty rock behind like a pool ball on a table and taking another above threw the guts and hind quarters.
We stopped playing with them after that.

Ive made my own lead slugs, measured my choke dia and made up my own mold drilled in wood and then just cut the star crimp off, drop the shot out and a few drips of hot glue or candle wax to hold the slug in place.
If you really want to get technical you can hollow point and crease them

Originally Posted by Spook

If you have someone to load them for you then you can have some of these...they are about 18 mm in diameter and the skirt flairs out to match your barrel and tightens up going through the choke. The round on the left is one of those pissy shop bought jobs...sorry the photo is not the best but this hut I live in is not the best for lighting
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basically the minnie ball approach. Nice.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Hey, if the farmer wants to split the catch, if I was you, I would bring it in gutted and leave him the whole thing if your trying to build a repor. If he insists you take some say, your pig, I will take some of the next one. Thus, plantin the seed of there being a next one. Get yourself up that list!

you're on to it.