does anyone have information on where to get a custom 10 ga slug mold made Looking for ideas and info for flat nose large meplat full bore 10 ga slug design any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated

argolee504

Have you checked with NEI?

George

Run your question through the cast bullet forum. The answer is there!

www.neihandtools.com

This one is not an FN, but it will be as soon as it bumps into something substantial at speed:



.774"/1080-grain is pretty nice for off-the-shelf.

Or design your own and get Steve Brooks to make your mould.

http://brooksmoulds.com/


Here is how "The Darwin Slug" got started. It is a natural selector on both ends of the 12Ga From Hell:

OOPS!

Brooks iron-block moulds only go up to 0.750" diameter boolits.

NEI aluminum block mould FN design of your own?

accurate molds

I don't cast, but my buddy casts my 44 bootlits and my 54 cal muzzleloader slugs.

He swears by there molds.

Great guy to deal with, shoot him an email he is very quick to respond

http://www.accuratemolds.com

Matt

http://www.accuratemolds.com/b...bullet=73-900S-D.png

Biggest at www.accuratemolds.com is 12 gauge.

Aluminum blocks there only go up to .740" bullet diameter.

1.002" diameter and 2150-grain slug at NEI Handtools:

I have an NEI for my 10 bore double paradox rifle.

960gr, round Flat Nose.

It make nice round bullets.

Rich

John Millar made a couple of 10 bore molds for me. One .805, 925, the other .777 with two nose pins for solid and hollow point.

could you post pictures of the slugs. I was thinking of a large flat nose. I dont know alot about slug design so any ideas would be appreciated

Federal loads a 1 3/4 oz. (766 grains) hollow point slug in 10 ga. 3 1/2 in. Mag. Not sure who makes their slugs.

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Federal loads a 1 3/4 oz. (766 grains) hollow point slug in 10 ga. 3 1/2 in. Mag. Not sure who makes their slugs.

Yep, it is a Foster-type slug with a shallow hollow on the nose.

If you have a smooth bore ten like mine you'll
need a hollowbase slug like the ones Fed loads.
There are molds for that, that makes slugs about
900gr. I have big bunch slugs that way I got off
of internet, but don't know what mold was used.
They work in my ten and with the base hollow,
I bump them up to fit tight in the .795" ID
wadcup for my 8ga in the falling block.Ed

If the Darwin slug was made in 10 ga what would the weight be and at what velosity could it be driven with black powder

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Originally posted by argolee:
If the Darwin slug was made in 10 ga what would the weight be and at what velosity could it be driven with black powder

Argolee,
If you just scaled up a .729" diameter Darwin that is 1.375" long, and of weight 1471 grains in pure lead?

First can anyone agree on the 10 gauge rifle slug diameter?
IIRC the .775 Express Rigby double rifle used a .775" groove, and supposed to be a 10-bore rifle.

Let's just use .775-caliber:

Scale up the Darwin to .775" diameter and 1.462" length and you get about 1766-grain weight.
Keep the length down to 1.375" and you get about 1662-grain weight.

That is just an approximation.

My Darwin slugs were just for fun.
1400 fps in a 3.5" plastic case and 1800 fps in a 3.85" 12GaFH brass RMC case was about all I could stand.