With the price of lead going nuts I have started collecting wheel weights and other lead items. The gun club has purchased a Litteton shot maker and I have access to it so that I can make shot. My shotgun activity will primarily be 3-Gun although I may thow in an occasional Dove or Quail hunt. I have yet to shoot a 3-gun match but have built an 1100 to compete with. So now...I am investigating the cheapest way to produce 12GA slug rounds. I see that both Lee and Lyman make Foster molds and Lyman makes a Sabot mold. I am going to shoot whatever I load out of a 20" Remington 1100 Special Field with a Briley Modified (blue) screw in choke that extends the barrel length about an inch. My questions are:
1 Which is better for a smooth bore barrel, the Foster or the Sabot?
2 How will a slug react when going thru the choke?
3 I am loading 7/8oz shot loads and have good results on the trap field (and it conserves lead), is a 7/8oz slug acceptable or should I go with the 1oz?
4 My shot loads are loaded with Clays, I would ideally like to be able to find a load using the same powder for slugs.
I would really appreciate some guidance here, I am an accomplished metalic reloader but am new to the scattergun stuff. I have a MEC Sizemaster and have had good success loading shot but I really don't want to waste time loading slugs if they are not going to be accurate enough to compete with in a 3-gun course of fire.
Thanks!
Mark
1 Which is better for a smooth bore barrel, the Foster or the Sabot?
2 How will a slug react when going thru the choke?
3 I am loading 7/8oz shot loads and have good results on the trap field (and it conserves lead), is a 7/8oz slug acceptable or should I go with the 1oz?
4 My shot loads are loaded with Clays, I would ideally like to be able to find a load using the same powder for slugs.
I would really appreciate some guidance here, I am an accomplished metalic reloader but am new to the scattergun stuff. I have a MEC Sizemaster and have had good success loading shot but I really don't want to waste time loading slugs if they are not going to be accurate enough to compete with in a 3-gun course of fire.
Thanks!
Mark