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I did a check for you and all I found was foster type slugs by Lee and Lyman and Rapine. I did not see any rifled slugs out there. If your shotgun has choke tubes you could consider a rifled choke tube and use foster slugs. At shorter distances I have seen foster type slugs shoot great in smooth bores so that may be your only option depending on what shotgun you own. Jim
 
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Are their any recommendations for molds for making cast shotgun slugs? I was after the slugs with the rifling built into the sides to use in my smooth bore.Any recommendations?
 
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The rifling onthe side of a slug is put there with a die. It is not cast on. The ribs do help the slug pass a choke. They do not add much to accuracy. They fly point foreward only because they are behaving like a badmittin birdie. Spin aquired in flight has nothing to do with it. For a smoothbore gun with little or no choke I would experiment with balls. I have made and used pumpkin ball loads with good accuracy. I loaded them in shotcups. Real fun to shoot over water and watch them skip like a stone. Be real carefull with that! The Lee moud makes a thing that looks like a giant airgun pellet that goes in a normal shotcup and crimps like a normal shell. That one intrigues me. If you are going to play around with slugs I would suggest a rifled barrel.
 
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The Lyman hourglass slug is the one we get the best reports on. It fits inside a shotcup that acts as a sabot. I've had very little success with the others.
 
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I wanted to use them for hunting pigs. I dont have a shotgun with removable chokes yet ,but will think about a rifled choke later on. I have used the factory slugs which have the rifled ribs on the outside. And yes ,they did seem to be like a badminton design. Its this sort of thing that I was after ,just for close up hunting. I havent used or seen the "hour glass"shaped ones yet.
I will look through some of the mold manufactures websites to see if there are any molds to make the badminton shaped ones.(Sorry I dont know the proper names)
 
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