How many AGN members make their own slugs

[Impact701]

I've been kick'n around the idea of getting a Corbin press and making my own .250 40gr boat tail hollow point slugs.
This made me curious as to how many members make their own slugs ?
Any other input is welcome !

 

[cosmic]

I only cast..

 

[DesertSilver]

I only cast..

Yep, me too.

 

[Firewalker]

I only cast as well.

 

[RM.510bigbore]

I only cast as well in .224 and .510...

 

[grouch-o]

i would like to cast, but i can't find the mold, that i want.

NOE .30cal 68gr HP slug mold (300-68-FN-BI3 4 Cavity RG4 BT)

 

[imtrigerhapy]

Ive been kicking aroud the idea of a corbin set-up as well im wanting to het a vulcan 3hp and would like to have the options on bullet weight

 

[cosmic]

grouch-o You might try https://accuratemolds.com/ Also you can request a different size..

 

[Firewalker]

Ive been kicking aroud the idea of a corbin set-up as well im wanting to het a vulcan 3hp and would like to have the options on bullet weight

I sold my Corbin setup in 2000, I never found the slugs to be accurate and the time-suck was way too much for me.

 

[gendoc]

my only airgun cast is for the lyman 405gr RNFP in .458 and sized to .457 for my piledriver
which is an awesome deer rifle @ 720FPE !!
i have had about all the others and none compare to the piledriver
for reliability, accuracy and consistency.

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

Casting is cheaper if you aren't buying a bumch of molds to experiment with. With casting you are relegated to the mold's capabilities such as hollow point or not, and sizing the finished slug down in diameter if need be. About the only thing I do with my casting pot anymore is melt spent lead for ingots to stack up.

Swaging is more precise and is about as expensive and time consuming an experiment as you can get. The initial cost is three times as expensive as casting equipment and molds. However, wiith swaging you have a lot of variables that you can play around with like length, weight, hollow point or not, and different base types, and then you can size them down too. So the one die set can do multiple different gun barrel/slug accuracy demand combinations in the same caliber.

 

[ndwind]

I swage .218 as well as .250 with Corbin equipment. I also cast 300 grain for my 457 Ibex.

 

[Loren]

I cast in calibers from .172 to .58. Get the process down and really high quality bullets can be made.

 

[trlrman]

Both cast and swage

 

[Ca_Varminter]

Swaging slug is relaxing to me.....
Also I can Control the Quality of my slugs....

 

[Swish]

Getting a Corbin swaging setup was one of the best airgun decisions I've ever made.

You can see a lot of my results in the ELR section.

 

[woogie_man]

Ndwind got me into this mad side of things. Really enjoy it to be honest. The ability to sit down and listen to some classical music or a pod cast and make ammo.

The ability to fine tune your rounds is awesome. And it sounds like you may get some to test as well.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

Swage. I got 2 presses. One Corbin and 1 Thor.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

@ Impact701, ask Corbin if they can send you some test slugs. I was able to try them out before I pulled the trigger and have no regrets.

 

[steve123]

I sold my Corbin setup in 2000, I never found the slugs to be accurate and the time-suck was way too much for me.

I sold mine about 2009 for the same reason. However back then part of the reason was a slow twist barrel, not the right diameter slug, nor a well designed slug shape, etc.

Fortunately a pro figured everything out with my current swaging system for the Thomas HPX before I got it so no hassle at all. In addition to the die I needed a 2 ton arbor press. So plug and play situation after that.

A few months ago I hit a 1" spinner 9 times in a row with these slugs before I missed and partially because I went off reg. That hasn't happened with my Anschutz 22rf using expensive ammo and I've tried more than a few times.