DS>      I haven't seen the BRI types availiable to reloaders,
 DS>      but that dosen't mean the're not out there.  The wad
 DS>      used in the Lyman and Lee reloads acts like a sabot
 DS>      also.  This keeps you from having to scrub all that
 DS>      lead out of your barrel like after shooting the std
 DS>      fosters bought over the counter. Unless you have a
 DS>      fully rifled barrel, I don't know if the BRIs or any
 DS>      of the high priced sabot slugs would make much
 DS>      difference. I've never found the fancy rifled barrels
 DS>      and hi buck slugs to be all that cost effective for
 DS>      the normal range slugs are used at. I've killed deer
 DS>      every year using my old 870 smoothbore slug barrel and
 DS>      foster slugs. I've never felt handicapped with it at
 DS>     all. I just find all shooting is more fun when you
 DS>     "roll your own" ammo.
Thanks for the info, Dave.  A friend of mine who shoots 3-weapon events
swears by the BRI-style slugs; much more accurate and seem to hold their
energy better than standard slugs.  He says that cleaning pins off the table
at 50 yards is a piece of cake if you do your part.  Also claims to group
about 5-6" at 100 yards.  I remember seeing a bunch being made at a local
machine shop that makes high volume bullet and slug casting machines (Magma
Engineering, Queen Creek, AZ) that were supposedly going to the LAPD for
their SWAT teams to use.  Pretty nifty stuff.  :-)
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