12 ga 1oz slug help - The Firearms Forum

Tinman1986 · 01-01-2010, 02:13 PM

I have a Mossberg 12ga with a 24'' rifled barrel iron sights.
Shooting 2.75'' Win AA hulls, Win 209 primers, Clays powder @ 19.4 grs, using Win AA12 wads, 8-pt star crimp, Lee 1oz cast slugs #2 alloy Currently shooting @ 50yds and have almost a 10'' spread for a 5-shot group. (benchrest shooting)
Does anyone have any loads i can try to get it to at least a 5'' group? Any info would be great and be appreciated.

Travis

cakes · 01-01-2010, 09:05 PM

I cast the 1 oz slugs from clip on wheel weights. Using Unique I'm at about 6" at 50 yds with my fully rifled Mossberg. I didn't bother trying for anything better. That's more than sufficient for my needs. My personal experience with Lee slugs is that changing the wad makes more of a difference than changing the powder. I use Unique because I use it in everything and have a lot of it on the shelf.

Oh, and I always put a card stock disc between the slug and the wad.

Terry_P · 01-02-2010, 09:07 AM

The rifled BBL is meant to shoot saboted slugs and I'm not sure the white winchester wads will serve that purpose. I tried the BluForce sabots and the best I could get was about a foot at a 100 yards with a roll crimp so I scrapped it for now.

You might want to purchase a slug reloading manual.

http://www.ballisticproducts.com/products.asp?dept=71

cakes · 01-02-2010, 09:44 AM

I have four or five rifled barrel shotguns. My best results are with factory loaded rifled slugs, but the Lee slugs in a wad work just fine. And wads are so much cheaper than sabots. I can load a lee slug for just a few cents.

Tinman1986 · 01-02-2010, 02:05 PM

My thoughts too cause i got plenty of slugs and I want to get to maybe a 4'' group with 5 shots. Plus the factories are loaded so it hurts like hell after 15-20 rounds.

cakes: How many grains were you using in that load? I do not know how to do a roll crimp and most of my shells have a 8pt crimp anyway.

Thanks again

Tinman

01-01-2010, 02:13 PM	#1
Tinman1986 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5	12 ga 1oz slug help I have a Mossberg 12ga with a 24'' rifled barrel iron sights. Shooting 2.75'' Win AA hulls, Win 209 primers, Clays powder @ 19.4 grs, using Win AA12 wads, 8-pt star crimp, Lee 1oz cast slugs #2 alloy Currently shooting @ 50yds and have almost a 10'' spread for a 5-shot group. (benchrest shooting) Does anyone have any loads i can try to get it to at least a 5'' group? Any info would be great and be appreciated. Travis -->

01-02-2010, 09:07 AM	#3
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: 12 ga 1oz slug help The rifled BBL is meant to shoot saboted slugs and I'm not sure the white winchester wads will serve that purpose. I tried the BluForce sabots and the best I could get was about a foot at a 100 yards with a roll crimp so I scrapped it for now. You might want to purchase a slug reloading manual. http://www.ballisticproducts.com/products.asp?dept=71 __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

01-02-2010, 09:44 AM	#4
cakes V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northern Maine Posts: 230	Re: 12 ga 1oz slug help I have four or five rifled barrel shotguns. My best results are with factory loaded rifled slugs, but the Lee slugs in a wad work just fine. And wads are so much cheaper than sabots. I can load a lee slug for just a few cents. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, shoot, shoot again.

01-02-2010, 02:05 PM	#5
Tinman1986 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5	Re: 12 ga 1oz slug help My thoughts too cause i got plenty of slugs and I want to get to maybe a 4'' group with 5 shots. Plus the factories are loaded so it hurts like hell after 15-20 rounds. cakes: How many grains were you using in that load? I do not know how to do a roll crimp and most of my shells have a 8pt crimp anyway. Thanks again Tinman

01-01-2010, 09:05 PM	#2
cakes V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northern Maine Posts: 230	Re: 12 ga 1oz slug help I cast the 1 oz slugs from clip on wheel weights. Using Unique I'm at about 6" at 50 yds with my fully rifled Mossberg. I didn't bother trying for anything better. That's more than sufficient for my needs. My personal experience with Lee slugs is that changing the wad makes more of a difference than changing the powder. I use Unique because I use it in everything and have a lot of it on the shelf. Oh, and I always put a card stock disc between the slug and the wad. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, shoot, shoot again.