Lord Geordie Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Not this one? http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Rio_Shotgun.jpg Or the Breneke slugs had a red base. Edited March 5, 2013 by Lord Geordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Nope, not that one. I have one but no means of photographing it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just curious who would use slugs on a regular basis and is it really worth loading them yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Practical shotgun shooters use slugs. I would assume reloading your own would be cheaper. Look at how much it costs for 42g BB carts :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Do they have to use slugs in the rules? Or can they just use cheap clay carts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just curious who would use slugs on a regular basis and is it really worth loading them yourself? Practical Shotgun enthusiasts. Just Cartridges list them as £666/1000, (£21.25 for 25) Loading your own would pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just curious who would use slugs on a regular basis and is it really worth loading them yourself? I know guys who travel for Boar and they have them on ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 slugs basicly are like printing money, you can almost recoup the reloader cost in under 1000 shells. siarm have wadded slugs available. i will recomend, 1oz and 1,1/8oz slugs with vectan A0 powder, there are load data available and its great speed and average pressures. you can put them in 65mm cases or so. @FC. if you are loading slug, try these... http://www.siarm.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_20_164_60&products_id=1786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I agree and ask the mods to delete all of this! fc long time no see ( so to speak) i used to have foster and brenneke slugs the fosters were ok for target work and shooting wheel barrows but the brennekie were awsome very acurate from my semi with no sights on a five inch group or smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marki Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I agree and ask the mods to delete all of this! Unfortunately there are hundreds of videos on You Tube of idiot Americans cutting open cartridges and filling them with just about anything ranging from playdoh to live .22LR. I actually saw one video where they wedged a large calibre bullet into a cartridge . Would you prefer the educated and practical approach of this forum or the American way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I know guys who travel for Boar and they have them on ticket i had them for deer on my ticket when i was in scotland. very good they are too Unfortunately there are hundreds of videos on You Tube of idiot Americans cutting open cartridges and filling them with just about anything ranging from playdoh to live .22LR. I actually saw one video where they wedged a large calibre bullet into a cartridge . Would you prefer the educated and practical approach of this forum or the American way? i think this should be advised and openly encouraged. any one stupid enugh to try it we dont want in the gene pool any how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr smith Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Do they have to use slugs in the rules? Or can they just use cheap clay carts? For the most part they do,slug and buckshot only account for a small part of the ammo used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Ozzy - First of all let me say that this is merely a generalisation and not pointed at anyone in particular. Before you or anyone else start reloading "Single Slug Cartridges" for a 12 bore I believe (But I am sure that I will get quickly corrected if I am wrong) that you have to have "Single Slug" on your FAC Ammunition section. I used to have a section 1 semi auto that was conditioned for PSG use and had "Single Slug for PSG use" listed on the Ammunition conditions on my FAC. I had a LEE Single Slug Mould which made 28g slugs - It cost around £25 including P&P as I recall. I found that I could fit these "slugs" into some plastic wad cartridges which gave a snug fit without the need for candle wax or anything else to hold them in place. One of the problems I found was that some plastic wads had small ridges inside the wads which would not allow the slug to be inserted without swelling up the wad and sometimes cartridge - Very dangerous! I never tried them with fibre wad cartridges so I can not comment on that! I used a fair few of these "Home Loaded" single slug cartridges and found them to be quite accurate and very powerful - I could regularly hit a standard clay with them at 70 yards and they would go straight through a 45 gallon drum filled with waste oil at 50 yards and embed themselves into a rock face behind the drum! Another thing to be aware of is that you should not really be thinking of putting them through anything more than a half choke - You need to be sure that the slug and the wad will clear the complete barrel without obstruction or the consequences could be disasterous and possibly fatal! I have to say that I would not use this method of reloading single slug cartridges again purely on safety issues as I do not have enough knowledge of reloading and the pressures involved and that I gave the slug mould away to someone who shoots wild boar abroad. If it were me I would want to think very carefully about reloading single slug cartridges for others to use, however it really is your call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Do they have to use slugs in the rules? Or can they just use cheap clay carts? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Do they have to use slugs in the rules? Or can they just use cheap clay carts? Sorry but it has to be said - Before shooting (in any discipline) you MUST know the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Ozzy - First of all let me say that this is merely a generalisation and not pointed at anyone in particular. Before you or anyone else start reloading "Single Slug Cartridges" for a 12 bore I believe (But I am sure that I will get quickly corrected if I am wrong) that you have to have "Single Slug" on your FAC Ammunition section. I used to have a section 1 semi auto that was conditioned for PSG use and had "Single Slug for PSG use" listed on the Ammunition conditions on my FAC. I had a LEE Single Slug Mould which made 28g slugs - It cost around £25 including P&P as I recall. I found that I could fit these "slugs" into some plastic wad cartridges which gave a snug fit without the need for candle wax or anything else to hold them in place. One of the problems I found was that some plastic wads had small ridges inside the wads which would not allow the slug to be inserted without swelling up the wad and sometimes cartridge - Very dangerous! I never tried them with fibre wad cartridges so I can not comment on that! I used a fair few of these "Home Loaded" single slug cartridges and found them to be quite accurate and very powerful - I could regularly hit a standard clay with them at 70 yards and they would go straight through a 45 gallon drum filled with waste oil at 50 yards and embed themselves into a rock face behind the drum! Another thing to be aware of is that you should not really be thinking of putting them through anything more than a half choke - You need to be sure that the slug and the wad will clear the complete barrel without obstruction or the consequences could be disasterous and possibly fatal! I have to say that I would not use this method of reloading single slug cartridges again purely on safety issues as I do not have enough knowledge of reloading and the pressures involved and that I gave the slug mould away to someone who shoots wild boar abroad. If it were me I would want to think very carefully about reloading single slug cartridges for others to use, however it really is your call! Crikey, I shouldn't admit to letting waste oil pump out them holes into the ground. Have you seen the fanatical consequences if caught? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 (edited) Do they have to use slugs in the rules? Or can they just use cheap clay carts? Slugs (and 9 ball buckshot) are used on cardboard targets which have to be patched after each time they're shot. Patching out 6-20 targets with either massive slug holes, or 9 buckshot holes in each is bad enough, i wouldn't fancy patching them (if there was anything left) after it had been hit with 3-400 #6!! N.B. Birdshot cartridges are used with steel knock-over plates or static clays Edited March 6, 2013 by Breastman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Ok just asking, never seen/shot practical sg before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPER Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Saw somewhere the other day about a .380 slug with plastic wad fired from a .410. Wonder how good they would be for close range foxes? What's the rules on getting single slug on your SGC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Saw somewhere the other day about a .380 slug with plastic wad fired from a .410. Wonder how good they would be for close range foxes? What's the rules on getting single slug on your SGC? You CAN'T! To use solid slugs you would need a correctly annotated FAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPER Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 That's what I mean. What's the criteria for getting it on your ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Apply for an FAC and request the use of .410" solid slugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPER Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Are they less harsh with solid slugs as they are with rifles or do they still want to clear the ground first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwizard Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Apply for an FAC and request the use of .410" solid slugs. And if your going to get a f.a.c . anyway you might as well apply for a rifle for fox and do it properly , slug can be very inaccurate compared to a good rifle and would have a more limited range anyway . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Are they less harsh with solid slugs as they are with rifles or do they still want to clear the ground first? It's easier to get a rifle granted than slugs. I have slugs on ticket for deer. However, I don't know if they want to clear the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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