Dangerous game slugs

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The Lee slugs patterned rather than grouped while the AQs strung into what was essentially a seven inch long diagonal line. I was beginning to worry that buckshot style patterns and lengthy vertical strings were the best I was going to be able to achieve from handloaded slugs. It turns out that the third time was the charm as I revisited a slug I had first experimented with many years ago when I first took up handloading shotgun slugs: the DGS or dangerous game slug. DGS slugs are manufactured by Gualandi of Italy.

They are very easy to handload. DGS slugs are suitable for use in both rifled and smooth bore guns. The one piece nature of the DGS slug makes it one of the simplest shotshell projectiles to load. Simply charge a primed hull with an appropriate amount of powder, insert the slug into the hull, and crimp the whole thing closed. In order to ensure a good crimp, the slug must be forced onto the powder with considerable pressure.

They should not be loaded into a tubular magazine as the pointy tip of a protruding DGS could theoretically strike the primer of another cartridge resulting in a magazine chain fire. If the DGS slug is not compressed enough, it will pop the crimp. Such shells should not be loaded into a tubular magazine. Those loads consisted of the slugs atop a moderate charge of Alliant Herco, all inside a common Winchester AA trap hull. Using the scoped, rifled barreled Mossberg I had at the time of this first test, results were less than spectacular.

At 50 yards, a three shot group was 4. I consider such a group mediocre for a rifled shotgun, and I was sure I could do better. The above group was fired from a Mossberg with a fully rifled deer barrel wearing a red dot sight. The author was underwhelmed by the results. I finished off each shotshell with an eight point fold crimp. The above group was the result of an improved load using Unique and Cheddite Multi-Hulls. The flyer at the lower right of the group kept perfection just out of reach.

As it turned out, the above load was the magic combination of components that yielded thoroughly unexpected accuracy. The five shot, 50 yard group I fired from my smoothbore, Benelli Nova with ghost ring sights was just smaller than 4. Had it not been for a single flier likely my fault rather than the fault of the gun or the load the group would have been just over three inches at its widest point.

The smoothbore results were superior to the rifled barrel results. Such accomplishments are what make handloading feel worthwhile. The terminal performance results of the DGS in gelatin.

In addition to 20 inches of gel, the slug defeated a layer of heavy rib bone and 3. I did not conduct an updated terminal performance test of the DGS slug as I had already conducted such a test years ago using a setup that integrated a layer of moose rib bones into a block of 10 percent gelatin. The distance to the test block was approximately 10 feet.

Admittedly, the test was unscientific as the gel block was not calibrated, but the results were still impressive. The slug cleared straight through the layer of bone, 19 inches of gel, and 3. The recovered slug was a bit mangled, but did not fragment or shed any weight. The recovered DGS. The slug was a bit mangled, but did not shed any weight. Crimp the shell. It is that easy. The Slug Manual. Advantages Manual. Fiocchi hulls. Mica Wad Slick. Smokeless Powder Primers. Item Number: Review Average:.

View Reviews Review this item. For more information go to www. Product Reviews Click here to review this item. I have been reloading and shooting these slugs for a couple of years now. Very, very impressed and satisfied with the accuracy and performance of these slugs out of a smoothbore barrel.

You can expect inch groups at 50 yards with these slugs when you find the load recipe your gun likes. My best group I shot so far measures just. They are also made of hardened lead and they penetrate real well. I shot one at 2 water filled 20 gallon totes measuring a combined 48 inches and it blew right through both of them! These slugs do not deform when they hit a target, so if your looking for that, I would buy the thug slugs instead as they are made of softer lead and will deform.

I highly recommend you give these awesome slugs a try!