Anyone into drillings?

[KCordell]

here is a link to a listing of the distributors.

http://www.germanguns.com/upload/sho...-Classic-Slugs

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps28c8feb3.jpg

[Double Trouble]

Thanks !

These will be great out of my combination gun !

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by KCordell

Hmmmm... Can you shoot 410 slug in 11.15? I have the 11.15x65r in a hammer sauer as well. Never tried shooting the rifle.

Edgar, any particulars on the 44-40 you can share?

The 11/15x60R, used in drillings and combination guns, is a straight tapered case,(probably Collath in origin)not the same as the 11.15x60R Mauser, which is a bottleneck case.
The mauser cartridge uses .439" bullet, but the straight tapered case use a .453" bullet.
The .44WCF drops right in, and because its a very short bullet, it doesn't tumble. The bullet is much smaller than the 11.15, so don't expect bench rest accuracy, it's just a good, 50 yard plinker. I never tried 44 Special, and don't remember the dimensions.
11.15x60R straights are made by trimming and fire-forming 9.3x74R cases.
Lyman makes a .453 mold, and I used soft lead only, no tin or antimony. Lots of people use linotype (or used to use it) but it's way to hard for old barrels. I only worked up one smokeless load, but 60 grains of ff is about what the original was loaded with.
Nontes book gives many of these conversions.

[edgarspencer]

I would check your chokes, especially in the left barrel before using slugs. They are often tighter than a bull's @$$.
I wouldn't shoot .410 slugs in the 11.15x 60mm barrel, only because they are very much smaller than the bore, and soft and may lead the hell out of the gun.

[KCordell]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I would check your chokes, especially in the left barrel before using slugs. They are often tighter than a bull's @$$.
I wouldn't shoot .410 slugs in the 11.15x 60mm barrel, only because they are very much smaller than the bore, and soft and may lead the hell out of the gun.

Depends on the gun. Those pictured are f/m and the other is a little more open..cant remember but as you state some are extra full in the left which I personally wouldn't shoot. I would certainly heed your thoughts and check before use.

agree with the slug on the 410... thanks for the reply.