In fact it's on par with Hastings slugs at $8.00 to $10.00 a 5 pack. The load has three hard cast .490 balls in a heavy duty plastic wad with Teflon buffer. I did not order any of the tri-ball. As for shot shells on any animal the only one I would personally use is the Dixie Slugs Tri-ball II 3" loaded with three .60 caliber hard alloy cast round balls/buckshot. Dixie Tri-Ball 3" is my favorite thick cover hunting load. The recoil was a non issue, maybe a little more than buckhammers. It has 3-.600" hard alloy cast round balls/buckshot, gives a velocity of 1050+/-'/".It is classed a buckshot, albeit very large buckshot. Hevi-Shot, as most are aware these days, is considerably heavier than lead, and has afforded me devastating performance on turkeys with Hevi-Shot #5's and predators with their Dead Coyote loads. The Tri-Ball has undergone a lot of changes since it was first brought out by Dixie Slugs. The Dixie Tri-Ball was worked on a long time before it became today's load. That was a … treat yourself to … One thing I should tell you---I ordered 3 boxes of the 600 grain predator and 3 boxes of the Terminators a 730 Grain. Tri-Ball II is the latest development at Dixie Slugs! Forget pure lead ball as the upset (expand). As an aside, they cycled great, even with a mixed ammo set up. Dixie Slugs Company taking a November Hunting Break Those of you that like BIG BUCKSHOT for deer, hog and bear hunting take note: Dixie Slugs Co. is taking a production break from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1 to give the guys time off during the hunting season! This perk also comes with a small permanent boost to both accuracy with … A full 5-round boxes of factory fresh Dixie Slugs Tri-Ball II 3" 12 gauge hunting ammo. buckshot, slug, dixie triball, buckshot in the mag tube) You can go to the Dixie Slugs forum and see my post there "Ole Dixie vs The Bone Box." Any of y'all ever shoot with this stuff? Ammunition: Handloaded copy of 3 Inch Dixie Slugs Tri-Ball Buckshot using James Gates' data posted on the Castboolits forum. Permalink. I have personally fired many patterns from the Tri-Ball 3" buckshot loads (manufactured by Dixie Slugs ammo co.) … in a shot cup and shot them out of a 28 gauge the 2 things to pay attention to are in a choked gun you need to be able to push the load through the barrel by hand easily and you will get better results with a solid was column . Back in December I ordered some "Tri-Ball" buckshot loads from Dixie Slugs. Perhaps I can shed a bit of light on the Dixie Tri-Ball buckshot load. Balls weigh an average of 318 grains each. tnoutdoors9 had just a joke contest shooting buckshot at 80 yards, it over 190,000 views. Dixie Triballs + M4 = FUN!!! Tri-Ball 3" is a development at Dixie Slugs for 12 ga. 3" Magnum! Is it ok to shoot buckshot out of this barrel as well? A starting place add the thickness of two wad petals plus the diameter of the ball and you come up with a good choke diameter to start with. Have never used them and dont know there effective range but, Dixie makes a tri-ball load w/ 3- 60 caliber hardened round balls, if You can get em delivered on target they gotta leave a mark. I have no need or real desire for the DGS's, IF they are still in business. I have shot some tri-ball ammo out of a benelli M-2—-which has the .730 bore, my gun also has extended forcing cones—–what I found was full choke to tight I … With any pump-action type shotgun (or single shot) it is a fairly simple matter, with … Dixie Slugs graciously provided some Tri-Ball II ammunition for evaluation. I don't mean to hawk our products, but want only to explain our basic concept. Dixie Gun Works 1412 West Reelfoot Avenue Union City, TN 38261 This was done standing using a Cabela's tri-pod shooting stick. I think you will be suprised by the penetraton these loads exhibited. Yesterday I shot 5boxs of "Dixie Tri-Ball" Along with 5 boxes of Fereral Tru-ball 1oz slugs and Fiocchi 1oz slugs. These loads pattern well within any buckshot patterns we have seen, in fact most loads are inside 7" at 40 yards!. Buckshot For Boars One such thing is a load called "Tri-Ball II" offered by James Gates of Dixie Slugs Ammunition . Re: Slugs on Bears [ Re: gunner500 ] #4701563 12/14/10 :) There is a lot more to developing a true performance load than dropping some soft lead balls into an existing wad/load combo. The only exception is .410 bore, which is the diameter of a slug fired from a .410 bore shell. By the way. The incendiary slug also known as dragons slug, makes use of a lead slug topped with an incendiary tip. Here is a video testing Dixie Tri Ball buckshot. Our Benelli test guns will pattern the three balls inside of 6 at 40 yards with the Full Choke tube. My oldest son ended up killing a doe and the pattern looked unreal. I've got a Remington 870 Express with a rifled barrel for slugs. Dixie Tri-ball II (12 ga 3") and Tri-Ball III (3 1/2") are hardened .60 caliber balls, 315 grains each We now have the Dixie Tri-Ball II that has three .600" (over two ounces) hard cast round balls. Somewhere along the line there was a load with three .575" Balls, but I don't remember if that was actually one from Dixie … If you can get the cheaper conventional 00 or 000 Buckshot to shoot like that, the deer and hogs will be in … (e.g. So, now you can look at a cartridge name and get an idea as to how big it is. The gun: A Turkey made Escort MP, with a fixed cylinder choke and internally chrome plated 18" barrel. The firet (that I'm aware of) was the "Dixie Hog Cruncher", which was three .570" Balls. dixie Slugs. This load consists of 3-.600" cast alloy round ball/buckshot. Sighted in at 50 yards, they are prettty much dead on at 30 to 70 yards. Dixie Slugs Tri Ball Buckshot. I looked at their website and their forum and could not tell if they were still operating. Dixie does NOT over charge on ammo. By special order you can get the same slug at 1300 and 1500 fps. If you have used these you know how great they are - and if not. ... You might want to try dixie slugs tri ball 3″ for something very unique. Just FYI, htye are destructive as ****. Nothing on the market even comes close. The three balls/buckshot weigh 315 grains each and will pattern 3 1/2" (center to center) at 25 yards. It has 3-.600 (20 ga.) hard alloy cast round balls/buckshot, gives a velocity of 1100'/, and produces a combined Energy at … Google Dixie Slugs and view the awesome slugs and Tri-ball loads. This Tri-Ball laod requires your s.g. be equipped with good adj. I shoot .625 hard cast round ball handloads out of a H&R rifled 20 gauge unfortunately my supplier has disappeared . Reply. Three .600 hard cast lead balls cast from a Double Cavity Lee Mold using an alloy of WDWW with 2% Tin added. THANKS!!!!! These shells have 3, .60 caliber, 315 grain, hardened lead balls. Dixie Slug should try to get someone like tnoutdoors9 to test their ammo. I have good accuracy I also have loaded .490 r.b. Oh, give up on the .58 balls. Remember that when you put a rifled barrel on a shotgun, you have a very large bore rifle on a shotgun frame!.....Regards, James@Dixie Slugs The distance was 40 yard. Dixie Slugs is pround to announce the shipping of the Dixie Slugs Tri-Ball II! Tri-ball has 3-.600" hard alloy cast round balls/buckshot.The three balls/buckshot will pattern 3 1/2" (center to center) at 25 yards and still be well within the kill zone at 40 yards or beyond, depending on the choke. Dixie Slugs is developing a 20 ga 3 Tri-Ball load to go with the 12 ga loads. The last time I was in Florida, I heard that Dixie Slugs had closed. Perry March 24, 2019 At 23:05. I don't normally hunt with buckshot, but my sons had been invited to participate in a youth hunt and they were asked to use shotguns. The company that manufactures this is Dixie Slugs (Type that into your search engine) As for the four pellet hole picture, the first shot at the running deer went low, the shot was taken at approximately 40 yards with a … Thanks! I used the 3 1/2" tri-balls, & Dixie tornado slugs in my Beneli Super black eagle with both smoothbore for the tri-balls & rifled bbl for the tornado's (a sabot slug). RMc Dixie Slugs graciously provided some Tri-Ball II ammunition for evaluation. Reply. The lower tier (including Tri-Ball and Nail Shot) is unlocked with the existing Hand Loader perk. All products shoot 2 1/2 to 3" groups. Google Dixie Slugs Tri-Ball Buckshot for real buckshot performance. sights for the darn near rifle like accuracy. Leon, I'm going to give the Dixie Tri Ball a try. The higher tier (Hollow Point Slug and Double Slug) require a new perk called Ballistics Expert. I'm looking forward to trying some in my new to me 590, but I need the 3" ones & non sabot slugs. Vitaly Pedchenko Post author. I would love to get their Tri-ball loads, but have been burned before online, so I am hesitant to send in an order form with pay. We have the best patterns from .685" down to .665" chokes and sights help! The shell is actually 0.455 inches in diameter, which makes it a .45 caliber shotgun. Dixie Slugs Tri-Ball, per the manufacturer, will shoot into 5-6 inches at 40 yards depending on the choke, and with a typical bead sighted shotgun will impact at the top of the bead at 40 yards. Of the 3 most affordable and easiest to find 20 gauge slugs (Federal, Remington and Winchester), Federal Power Shok or Federal Tru Ball 3/4 ounce is the way to go with 20 gauge rifled slugs, in a smooth bore barrel. 04.04.2020 at 05:14. ... Tri-Ball 3″ from Dixie Slugs Co. tnoutdoors9 has a lot of subscribers, only 8,700 people watched this video. I'd really like to order some but I can't seem to get a hold of anyone at Dixie Slugs. Another load that caught my eye was the 00 Buckshot load offered by Hevi-Shot. One favorite popularized by the late James Gates of Dixie Slugs is The Tri-Ball Three .60" caliber balls going 1,200 fps Around 1,000 grains of lead Terminal effect, crazy For perspective, At the Linbaugh Seminars, #00 buck penetrates in the Bone Box around 8 to 9 inches max The Tri-ball goes 27 inches and makes a huge, hard to believe hole Just my .02, LeonCarr . Going from 00 to Tri-Ball is like going from a roman chariot race to the Indianapolis 500. The pictures and text document my experiences testing the Tri-Ball 3.5" load at the Big Bore Handgun Seminar put on by John Linebaugh in Jackson, MS a few seasons back.