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• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 05/21/2012 at 1:33AM
  Working more with 58cal lead slugs in 12ga sabot we wantto get built. We shot a few for checking
  penetration,with 440gr slugs at 2200 plus fps. Shooting into popple.In picture the 6x6 on the left pene...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 05/05/2012 at 11:20PM
  I think we found good overall sabot design that willbe the easiest to get made, easiest to get sealsand
  whatever wads needed... Keeping design simple.It is same simple design as the ones pictured abov...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 04/18/2012 at 4:33AM
  Some info we have found out about the operation of discarding sabots.In first picture you see thin white
  line between the strong powder and the sabot. It is the white fiber cushion wad pressed flat. I...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 04/05/2012 at 11:55PM
  Here are a couple high speed, stop frame photos, showing how welland even these sabots we want to get
  made, open up. The petals being thinner with 58 cal bullets or slugs, opens easy.The slots between...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 03/25/2012 at 2:42AM
  The sabots we are working with, take at least 15 different58cal cast slugs for good fit, with the OD
  measurement ofsabot at .733" with all of them in. There are 5 Dixie Gunworks MZ slugs, 6 slugs from...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 03/10/2012 at 12:24AM
  Some possibilities with the 12ga sabots we have beenlooking at. We may have possible leads on companies
  thatcan make sabots, that have most of equipment to do so.If they work out ok, the startup cost ...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 02/25/2012 at 5:39AM
  Some more 12ga sabot work. The sabots in first picture arelike ones we want to get made for
  reloading.They have 440gr Dixie Gunworks muzzleloading minie slug. I related earlier that 3 shots with
  these...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 02/22/2012 at 3:58AM
  Another 12ga sabot idea, first picture is a 570 gr USS slug,with Powder Cup seal from BPI, locked to USS
  discarding sabotsection. This shortens column so that we can get more of theslower powders in w...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 02/13/2012 at 1:38AM
  Here is some more older cartridges and ideas.First is a fellows collection of older brass cases.They look
  like Berdan primed. Run from36ga to 12ga, big one on right is flare cartridge. Second is a pa...

• Posted in thread: 12GA FH- Hairy Shotgun/Rifle- on 02/03/2012 at 10:06PM
  Some more slug setups and ideas.First is USS brand sabot that European cartridge has, without locked
  base, a discarding 12ga sabot, with .629" brass slug.It is as accurate in rifled barrel as its lock...