Wax slug alternative????

[1911Operator]

Im looking at experimenting with wax / glue slugs. Each one has an advantage and disadvantage.


Wax Advantage: Bird shot breaks easily when impacting target, very cheap and easy to get a hold of.

Wax disadvantage: Melts, especially when your shooting all day.


Glue advantage: Does not melt.

Glue disadvantage: A little more expensive, not water prof, keeps wad attached to the slug and screws with accuracy.

I know there are many more to list, but these are the ones that came to me right away. My question is, what else can I use?? to hold the bird shot together?? I need something that meets the following:

Cheap
Water prof
melt prof (~250 degrees)
Not too hard when it dries
Easy to get a hold of

[EvolutionGSR]

By glue do you mean epoxy? If not....what about using epoxy?

[bobberserker]

By glue do you mean epoxy? If not....what about using epoxy?

hot glue gun glue I assume

[1911Operator]

hot glue gun glue I assume

you can use hot glue or Elmers glue, but if it gets wet it melts. I need something brittle like wax but wont melt with heat or water.

[surplus-addict]

Cut shell.
'Nuff said.



It's not a big deal compared to a wax slug since I would never consider loading wax slugs into a tube magazine anyway, so the shell being cut isn't a problem since it won't be feed through anything.

[Quickdraw559]

Second on the cut shells. Cheaper and faster to, "manufacture," than waxers. My papa introduced me to cut shells, and I never heard of them again, until I became a member here, hahaha. Although, they may not as effective. I say crayon slugs, and cut shells when you run out of crayons. Save the candles for light, hahaha.

BTW, I would +1 crayons to candle wax. Slightly harder to help it hold it's shape, but doesn't add a huge amount of weight per shell.

[JaMail]

if you realllly wanted to screw around. make the glue one peel the wad off it, spray it with some really thin acrylic spray paint, put it in a wad and put it back in the shell.

alot of work, but seems to meet your criteria..


i personally have wondered about silicone sealant as the binding agent.

[Carsgunsandchics]

Melt lead shot into slug using pipe nipple set on smooth surface. Might wind up as a disc but worth a shot in a pinch. Or even possibly just dropping the shot into a pipe and pressing it together like they do with the newer frangible rounds?

[Mesa Tactical]

That video also demonstrates how one carefully aimed shot from a shotgun beats two dumbasses with carbines doing magazine dumps.