pro242

I have allways had a facination for ball and slug loads for 12 gauge. I recently bought a H&R single barrel rifle 12 gauge for next to nothing. I have tried factory slugs through it without obtaining the accuracy I would like. I then used some cast balls on top of a plastic wad with the petals cut off. With a large dose of Blue Dot powder I got 5" groups at 50 yards. I was hoping for better. I then loaded a 720 grain Fosbury style slug (From a mould made by Cast Bullet Engineering, Sydney Australia). I used fired winchester plastic cases, I cut the crimp off, loaded some Blue Dot with a plastic wad on top with the petals cut off and then seated the slug on top of the wad. (The slug was lubed with Alox) I then used a rolled crimp to put it all together. The little H&R weighs just on six pound, so touching this load off at 1050fps was interesting as you really need to hold the forend very very firmly. 2 1/2" groups at 50 yards. I would not use this load or slug in a smooth bore shotgun. I just wonder how you would go using a slighly smaller ball with a patch on it. Being patched to the righ size would make a good seal and there would be no leading of the bore. You did not say if you were using a smooth bore or rifled.

Wayne