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6pt-sika
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Made it to the range Thursday . Was able to get some quality groups with my circa 1891 Parker EH 10 gauge 2 frame with factory 28” CYL/IC barrels shooting the Russian knockoff for a 10 gauge of the Lyman sabot slug . It weighs about 620-630 grains . I also recently got a mold for the Lyman 20 gauge 350 grain sabot slug . I tried this one in my little circa 1928 Parker VHE 20 gauge 0 frame 28” M/F barrels . In once fired AA hulls they did pretty well in the CB knockoff wad . I wanna try some more . Also had my semi recently acquired 1968 Browning A-5 12 MAG with an also Belgium made 24” slug barrel . I shot factory in the Browning and it did exceptionally well at 25 and 50 yards shooting 3” Remington , Winchester and Feferal slugs . These were all the none premium stuff . While I was pretty satisfied with the whole thing I wanna try all three a couple more times .
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I enjoy your trips to the range, it's good to know what you can expect to get from various smooth bores with different loads, firsthand information can be hard to find.
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gamekeeper wrote: Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:53 am I enjoy your trips to the range, it's good to know what you can expect to get from various smooth bores with different loads, firsthand information can be hard to find.
Agreed. Been so busy of late I’ve not been able to visit here much much less shoot. These are great posts.
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Tycer, it's good to see you back. Are you still in South Carolina?
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JerryB wrote: Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:28 pm Tycer, it's good to see you back. Are you still in South Carolina?
Both North and South these days. Main digs are still near asheville.
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Did a little casting today at the shop . Made fifty of the 10 gauge the Russian version of the Lyman sabot slug . Made fifty of the 16 gauge Russian version of the Lyman sabot and finally made fifty of the 20 gauge Lyman sabot slug . Hopefully tommorrow I’ll get a dozen or so of each loaded and quite possibly go to the range Wednesday .
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I have about 30 rounds of 10 gauge 2 7/8" with 1 1/8 ounce #8's and 19 grains of Red Dot for the 28" Parker 10 gauge . Also have approx. 100 rounds of 28 gauge loaded for the little circa 1970 Belguim Browning Superposed 28 gauge skeet gun . Might bring along a couple boxes of 12 and a couple boxes of 20 for my Parker VHE 20 and VH 12 . Can shoot Jap Wobble Trap with the 12 and possibly the 20 .

Wish I had some slugs loaded so I could go to the rifle range and try them after skeet/trap !

Really enthused to see how this open choked 10 does on the skeet field with the rather LIGHT 1 1/8 shot / Red Dot load .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
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46 out of 50 with the 28” Parker 10 gauge . Not excellent but not bad for the first try . The 19 grains of Red Dot with 1 1/8 ounces shot was very very pleasant .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
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