Okatoba
Well-Known Member
I have a crapload of Federal Truball slugs that I shoot out of my 870 20 ga slug gun with a smoothbore rifle sight barrel. They shoot great, I can group them about as good as when I shoot an iron sighted rifle with my old eyes.
But, I just caught a cantilever rifled barrel on sale and bought it and put a Swift 1.5 x 4.5 scope on it. I was needing a scope with my eyes making the iron sights fuzzy, and with the standard slug instead of a sabot it would make my thicket gun even better. I was wanting to shoot those truball slugs in that barrel and I was thinking I could put cast bullet lube on top of the slug there around where the roll crimp is to cut down on leading then have at it. I figure it will spin the slug and stablize it and make it more accurate. I know I can shoot sabots but $3.00 a POW just ain't right. Will that work? I kinda figure if a old school 1 in 28 twist muzzleloader would stablize a soft lead maxie ball type bullet then the 1 in 34 shotgun barrel would do the same for the truball? Will the cast lube cut down or stop leading? I guess after sighting it in, I would only shoot it a few times a season , it's not like I'll shoot praire dogs with it and shoot it 100 times a day. Think it will work?
One other thing,the old school muzzleloaders didnt have the problem of the bullet sliding over the rifling,it grabbed and spun the bullet. The Truball is listed a 1600 fps muzzle, what velocities did those old muzzle loaders shoot conicals? Wasn't it about the same?
But, I just caught a cantilever rifled barrel on sale and bought it and put a Swift 1.5 x 4.5 scope on it. I was needing a scope with my eyes making the iron sights fuzzy, and with the standard slug instead of a sabot it would make my thicket gun even better. I was wanting to shoot those truball slugs in that barrel and I was thinking I could put cast bullet lube on top of the slug there around where the roll crimp is to cut down on leading then have at it. I figure it will spin the slug and stablize it and make it more accurate. I know I can shoot sabots but $3.00 a POW just ain't right. Will that work? I kinda figure if a old school 1 in 28 twist muzzleloader would stablize a soft lead maxie ball type bullet then the 1 in 34 shotgun barrel would do the same for the truball? Will the cast lube cut down or stop leading? I guess after sighting it in, I would only shoot it a few times a season , it's not like I'll shoot praire dogs with it and shoot it 100 times a day. Think it will work?
One other thing,the old school muzzleloaders didnt have the problem of the bullet sliding over the rifling,it grabbed and spun the bullet. The Truball is listed a 1600 fps muzzle, what velocities did those old muzzle loaders shoot conicals? Wasn't it about the same?
