nemesiss45
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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?
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FrankenMauser
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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.).
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
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great, thanks. I'll cast some up as soon as I get a free dry afternoon