Slugs

nemesiss45 · May 12, 2016, 09:29 PM

I picked up a lee 1 oz slug mold last week to fill an excess of hulls I have lying around. having never cast for a shotgun, I wanted to ask what type of alloy I should use?

Chainsaw. · May 12, 2016, 10:58 PM

Zero experience talking but I believe typically slugs are pure or real close to pure.

Pahoo · May 13, 2016, 01:58 PM

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Zero experience talking but I believe typically slugs are pure or real close to pure.

This has been my experience and I have tested them, to make a comparison. When I range-mine and find slugs or what's left of them, I devote these to running lead for M/L's. ......

Be Safe !!!

FrankenMauser · May 13, 2016, 02:30 PM

Slugs are generally cast with pure lead. If you need better fill-out, add 2% tin, or so.

You can, of course, cast them with whatever alloy you want. But once you get a larger enough chunk of lead hitting a target, the hardness doesn't matter much. It still puts a major hurtin' on the target, penetrates well, and the slugs usually hold together well on anything but super-hard targets (blocks of concrete, thick steel plates, etc.).

nemesiss45 · May 15, 2016, 04:00 AM

great, thanks. I'll cast some up as soon as I get a free dry afternoon

May 12, 2016, 09:29 PM	#1
nemesiss45 Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2014 Posts: 526	Slugs I picked up a lee 1 oz slug mold last week to fill an excess of hulls I have lying around. having never cast for a shotgun, I wanted to ask what type of alloy I should use?

May 13, 2016, 02:30 PM	#4
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Slugs are generally cast with pure lead. If you need better fill-out, add 2% tin, or so. You can, of course, cast them with whatever alloy you want. But once you get a larger enough chunk of lead hitting a target, the hardness doesn't matter much. It still puts a major hurtin' on the target, penetrates well, and the slugs usually hold together well on anything but super-hard targets (blocks of concrete, thick steel plates, etc.). __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

May 12, 2016, 10:58 PM	#2
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Zero experience talking but I believe typically slugs are pure or real close to pure.

May 15, 2016, 04:00 AM	#5
nemesiss45 Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2014 Posts: 526	great, thanks. I'll cast some up as soon as I get a free dry afternoon