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Thread: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
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24-06-2020, 21:09 #11
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24-06-2020, 21:18 #12
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Re: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
Thanks for the feedback. I have only launched the slugs from the drain pipe of my Mossberg 930. Reckon I'll push test the Lyman sub-calibre slugs through the half and three quarter chokes on my o/u. If they slide, I may man up enough to shoot them.
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24-06-2020, 21:46 #13
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Re: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
I have cast and shot the older Lyman Foster type slug and both Lee designs (7/8 and 1oz). No experience with the Lyman sabot type, but it looks like a good design to my eyes. Of the 2 Lee's, the 7/8oz version gives better accuracy from my guns.
The Lee moulds work well once smoked and broken in. What irks me is that the "plug" seems to loosen it's rivet after 1000 casts or so. I just drilled and tapped my plug and hold it in place with a cap screw.
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Re: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
Oddly enough I have found my Lee moulds to be by far the most forgiving of alloy. My Svarog and Lyman's stick horribly with harder alloys but my Lee slug, buckshot and bullet moulds seem indifferent.
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24-06-2020, 22:13 #18
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Re: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
This may be irrelevant but I smoke my moulds with pine 'fatwood' sticks.
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Re: Slug Molds. Lee7/8 vs Lyman
Many years ago I put a couple of slugs through my ¾ and full choke side by side sg with no ill effects to me or my sg. I know a couple of guys with interchangeable chokes, who played around between chokes to find the most accurate choke for their slugs.
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