Reloading 20 gauge slugs
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| Equipment, I used the pipe-wrench as my "hull vise" while spinning the roll crimps. Who said you would never use that Algebra book again? |
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| Selected data from Ballistic Products. |
Notes: Longshot powder and the DGS slugs do not compress. There is no need to smash them down with a press. Seat the DGS and then roll-crimp. The tool will stop when it encounters the slug. Let it run about one more second and then call it a wrap.
The powder measure was set to drop 23.5 grains of Longshot which BPI's Slug Loading and Field Applications handbook considers safe for DGS slugs in both Cheddite and Federal (paper base) hulls and a roll-crimp.
The extended variable cost for five rounds (which is the quantity that slugs are usually sold in) is about $4.75 (Fifty cents for the primers, $3.60 for the projectiles and sixty-seven cents for the powder. I assumed once-fired Federal hulls). The going freight, if you can find them, for Foster rifled slugs is between $8 and $10.
The biggest factor is "...if you can find them...". Availability for 20 gauge slugs has been spotty in Michigan the last few years.
Excellent light duty project choice!
ReplyDeleteEaton County now has an extended antlerless season until January 12, 2025. Having one of these in the chamber while hunting squirrels makes sense from the standpoint of being able to put some venison into the freezer if you jump a deer or if you are sitting beneath a tree waiting for the squirrels to start moving and a doe comes wandering through.
DeleteIt helps if your barrel has a cylinder choke and rifle sights.
Why are 28 ga slug loads almost non-existent?
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