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Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 08 Dec 2018 14:43
by Et2ss
How heavy does that mould throw those hammerheads?

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:38
by Ranch Dog
Et2ss wrote:How heavy does that mould throw those hammerheads?
The spec is that the total package, sabot and slug, weigh 490-grains. Sabot runs about 77-grains, so about 413-grains for the slug. I know the total is right and will check the weights when I go out to the reloading room. I'm using a 6:4 linotype to wheel weights so my total ejection package is lighter, 472-grains. The slug is tough as nails and I finally recovered one from my clay berm.

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The sabot is ejected on contact, I find a bunch of them between the target backing and berm.

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 10 Dec 2018 11:10
by Et2ss
Yeah, that's a hard slug! Looks like they'd bust some bone, no problem.

I always thought slugs were soft lead? (can you tell I've never cast slugs?)

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 11 Dec 2018 15:57
by Ranch Dog
Hardness depends. Those that use shotgun wads tend to be softer so they obitruate to the bore. Sabots, can be anywhere in the spectrum. I used a hard alloy so that they punch on through, the 55 caliber meplat is plenty.

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 11 Dec 2018 21:20
by Et2ss
You use them for hogs?

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:08
by Ranch Dog
Et2ss wrote:You use them for hogs?
Yes; hogs, whitetails, and nilgai.

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 12 Dec 2018 06:23
by Et2ss
I had to look up nilgali.

Boy those suckers can get huge! :o

Are they good eating?

From what I've read they are pretty wary. You must be good if you can sneak up to them within slug distances

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 12 Dec 2018 06:39
by Ranch Dog
They are very good eating. Most of the hunting is done on coastal prairies, but the flooded areas are loaded with slightly higher ground with thick cover. That is really the best country to hunt them in, ranges are very short.

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:59
by Billinthedesert
I'd love to hunt nilgai some day -- and with cast boolits.

Re: Swam with the Hammerheads Yesterday!

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:34
by orerancher
Billinthedesert wrote:I'd love to hunt nilgai some day -- and with cast boolits.
Is there any Public accessible Ground down There, that holds them Critters?