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Reaming an ultra slugger
« on: May 13, 2012, 06:10:03 PM »
Can i ream out an ultra slugger to 3 1/2" safely?

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2012, 02:08:12 PM »
Yes.

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2012, 03:01:54 PM »
Should be fine as the USH barrel is a 12 ga bore in a 10 ga barrel blank and the 10 ga chamber is 3.5"   There is a commercially available sabot in 12 ga 3.5" but the brand name escapes me, but you probably already knew that based on your question.  Good luck with your project.
 
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2012, 03:38:44 PM »
Thank you guys so much for the replies!

Yes i do, the brand is Lightfield.

If anyone has more feedback please post.

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 04:26:02 PM »
Why?
308 win                 45-70                       12ga         
30-30                    223 stainless steel   20ga TDC
44 mag                  Tracker II 20ga        20ga
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 06:53:46 PM »
Why?

I suspect that same reason that one of my BCs is a 45-120. ;D
 
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2012, 03:30:56 AM »
Partly for fun, and partly for an extremely big hunting gun  :) 

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2012, 09:46:49 AM »
Reaming to 3 1/2 is like riding a Harley, you can get killed just as dead on a moped,but the Harley sounds better ;D
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2012, 02:37:42 PM »
Hahaha ..well said!

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2012, 01:17:18 PM »
What is an average price for one of these? Specifically the deluxe( laminated stock WITHOUT thumbhole). I'm guessing $280-$300?


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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2012, 03:06:14 AM »
Look up Mr. Ed Hubel (Hubel458) on some of the other forums.  He's done this to a 12ga USH and is getting almost 6,000 lbf energy from his loads out of the 24" rifled barrel!

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2012, 03:26:15 AM »
I looked him up a while back. Some of his brass loads are 10,000 ft/lbs of energy.

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2012, 06:30:20 AM »
KOBE gun : Kills On Both Ends......
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2012, 06:34:15 AM »
KOBE gun : Kills On Both Ends......

Not due to firearm malfunction, certainly.  But I would imagine the recoil would wake you up!  Mr. Hubel has some of his long guns weighted upwards of 17 pounds to help tame the pounding.

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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2012, 08:24:01 AM »
Yeah, its a figure of speech, but detached retinas, dislocated shoulders, whiplash neck injury, etc. are real, and can last the rest of your life. Cracked stock wrists and pounded underlugs are cheap compared. Just sayin' dont enter into this lightly.
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2012, 03:53:25 AM »
I have a 12ga USH that if using standard 3" slugs won't take it down I am going to call in the close air support from the Marines  ;D
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Re: Reaming an ultra slugger
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2012, 08:02:06 AM »
I punched in the Dixie DGS load on a thornily relative stopping power scale and it scored a 465 and for elephant he recommends a 250. So with solid bullets, no elephant is safe from my .73 cal rifle.  Mr. Huble's loads probably could take out 60 or 70 elephant in one shot :)