I bought the mold here in the US 3 day shipping not ebay but bought the wads on ebay cheap, bought 1000 $110.00 (.11 each) plus free shipping! and they do shoot straight. Thank You from Indiana
I saw a video from Fortune cookie and he said someone was using 40 grains of Longshot with the Italian fire Hydrant slugs and was shooting very well out to 100 yards but didn't say if it was a smooth bore or a fully Rifled barrel. I know he shot the Russian Svarog Paradox and was using 39.5 grains (but I forget if it was either Longshot or Blue Dot) but at 50 yards out of his fully Rifled 12ga encore barrel he was touching holes with the RussianParadoxslug. Please if possible do another test on the Italian fire Hydrant slugs with a larger powder charge with a fully rifled barrel at 50 and 100 yards to see what kind of accuracy you get.
I have 2 rifled barreled shotguns and around 15 smoothbore shotguns I shoot slugs out of. I shoot every day on my farm and have fired thousands upon thousands of Russian slugs down range. I've collected every bullet fired darned near, and examined wound cavities on meat, wet paper and game. What I have found is it is true about what they say about Russian slugs, they are more accurate in a smoothbore barrel. As Russians tend to not have rifled or rifled chocked barrels. I can put shot after shot through nearly the same hole with a smoothbore at 50 yards. I cannot with Rifled barrels. Groups open up. Fliers start happening. Totally missed shots start happening. Just as you show in this video. You want the best out of a Russian slug? Then go smoothbore with a cylinder bore. Accuracy sucks on Full choke too. As is to be expected, but I tested it. Heavily. Modified, not too bad. Improved Cylinder, just as good as Cylinder bore.
I bought a pair of aluminium collars from the Reloaders Network that allows you to seat the slug on the Azot wad without crushing the crush section of the Azot wad. Does that answer your question?
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 yes thank you. I ordered a kit from reloaders network. I've had those special wads and some very nice Italians that I cast setting around for 6 months or so waiting to be shot. My order from bpi should get here next week with my 3.5" hulls the rest will be up to my shoulder.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 my kit got here today and I put together some and into some 3" federals they went. I got on the bench out back and sent some lead into a 50 yard target through my 835 slugger. 2 holes were touching and the third was barely not touching them. I'll be making Italians till I run out of lead and I own a lead mine. Those things fn rock. I love how you can hear them hiss as they go down range.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 These slugs are Gualandi style, so they were called Italian. They fly well both from a smooth and from a rifle choke, I think they will fly well from a rifle barrel.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 I’d be really interested in seeing a video of the pressure testing you do. I just started loading shotshell after doing metallic for 4 years and watching and reading as much as I can. I like your videos.
Thank you brother, great video. Semper Fi!
Semper Fi!
I bought the mold here in the US 3 day shipping not ebay but bought the wads on ebay cheap, bought 1000 $110.00 (.11 each) plus free shipping! and they do shoot straight. Thank You from Indiana
Awesome! Glad it worked out for you!
I saw a video from Fortune cookie and he said someone was using 40 grains of Longshot with the Italian fire Hydrant slugs and was shooting very well out to 100 yards but didn't say if it was a smooth bore or a fully Rifled barrel. I know he shot the Russian Svarog Paradox and was using 39.5 grains (but I forget if it was either Longshot or Blue Dot) but at 50 yards out of his fully Rifled 12ga encore barrel he was touching holes with the RussianParadoxslug. Please if possible do another test on the Italian fire Hydrant slugs with a larger powder charge with a fully rifled barrel at 50 and 100 yards to see what kind of accuracy you get.
I’ll definitely revisit this slug. I also have the new red tail wads that came out a few months ago!
I really like the content of your videos especially on slugs, I bought a botfly mold because of results you showed
You get a chance to put those Botfly’s on flesh yet?
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 not yet
U ever mold out'a sockets I think 12mm socket?
good stuff my friend, loving these 12ga slugs..I'd like to see more 20ga, as if you ain't got enough goin on already 🤠
Just received the 20 ga version of this slug!
good stuff
I have 2 rifled barreled shotguns and around 15 smoothbore shotguns I shoot slugs out of. I shoot every day on my farm and have fired thousands upon thousands of Russian slugs down range. I've collected every bullet fired darned near, and examined wound cavities on meat, wet paper and game. What I have found is it is true about what they say about Russian slugs, they are more accurate in a smoothbore barrel. As Russians tend to not have rifled or rifled chocked barrels. I can put shot after shot through nearly the same hole with a smoothbore at 50 yards. I cannot with Rifled barrels. Groups open up. Fliers start happening. Totally missed shots start happening. Just as you show in this video. You want the best out of a Russian slug? Then go smoothbore with a cylinder bore. Accuracy sucks on Full choke too. As is to be expected, but I tested it. Heavily. Modified, not too bad. Improved Cylinder, just as good as Cylinder bore.
Are these wads still attainable? Thanks.
I have about 10k of them.
I used red dot for loading up !
How did you assemble those?
I bought a pair of aluminium collars from the Reloaders Network that allows you to seat the slug on the Azot wad without crushing the crush section of the Azot wad.
Does that answer your question?
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 yes thank you. I ordered a kit from reloaders network. I've had those special wads and some very nice Italians that I cast setting around for 6 months or so waiting to be shot. My order from bpi should get here next week with my 3.5" hulls the rest will be up to my shoulder.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 my kit got here today and I put together some and into some 3" federals they went. I got on the bench out back and sent some lead into a 50 yard target through my 835 slugger. 2 holes were touching and the third was barely not touching them. I'll be making Italians till I run out of lead and I own a lead mine. Those things fn rock. I love how you can hear them hiss as they go down range.
what range was that shot at? How did the accuracy smooth bore compare to rifled barrel? which was better?
Maurice Joy, these slugs shot much better through a smooth bore. At 50 yards, I had 3 shots touching.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 These slugs are Gualandi style, so they were called Italian. They fly well both from a smooth and from a rifle choke, I think they will fly well from a rifle barrel.
What charge weight do you suggest for the svarog paradox and blue dot or longshot?
I’d start off with 30 grains of longshot and work up. I would also start with 35 grs of Blue Dot and work up from there as well.
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 thanks. I started lower and had very poor groups
Again!
where do you find the reloading data for the Svarog slugs ??
I create it. I have a pressure testing unit I use to pressure test my loads. 👍🏾
Thor’s ax
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 so when should we expect the Buck & Slug reloading manual to be released !! 👍😁
@@buckandslugreloaders9005 I’d be really interested in seeing a video of the pressure testing you do. I just started loading shotshell after doing metallic for 4 years and watching and reading as much as I can. I like your videos.
@@dubful1 that’s in the works!