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Lightfield Ammunition Corporation specializes in manufacturing the hardest hitting, most
accurate saboted slugs available to today's hunters for use in their rifled shotgun barrels.
The various slugs that make up the Lightfield product line utilize two distinctly
innovative designs, each design functioning similarly to the other to produce superior
accuracy even at extended ranges.
During that all-important split second immediately after a slug
is fired and prior to its exiting the barrel, each design ensures that maximum spin is
imparted to the locked sabot/slug assembly. Once free of the gun barrel the designs produce
 incredible projectile stability through both the supersonic and especially the subsonic
phases of the slug's flight. Maximized projectile spin rate and flight stability are the
most important factors when incomparable consistency and accuracy are the goals.
The Technology Behind the Design
Did you know that same-gauge shotgun bore sizes vary significantly from barrel
to barrel and manufacturer to manufacturer? Because of this bore size problem,
it is virtually impossible to shoot accurate groups using typical slugs, especially
at longer distances. The Lightfield slug eliminates the inherent inaccuracy
associated with this bore size variation limitation through its innovative design.
When fired, the pressure build-up behind the projectile forces the locked slug/sabot
assembly to expand to the actual full bore size of all shotgun barrels regardless of
the manufacturer. Once expanded, the locked sabot/slug assembly takes full
advantage of the barrel rifling, maximizes spin and ensures an incredibly accurate
flight path. |
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The Lightfield Hybred EXP Design
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The Lightfield Hybred EXP (Maximum Expansion) cartridge has a two-sided sabot that
keys to four tabs on the slug itself [1][2].
When the shell is fired the pressure pushes the wad forward, locking the slug
and sabot together, and forces the locked sabot/slug assembly to expand to the
full barrel diameter and spin together as one
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Just like a badminton birdie the lighter wad or 'shuttlecock' stays attached to
the slug while in flight, giving the projectile stability while supersonic and
prevents shockwave deflection when the projectile becomes
subsonic [4].
Upon impact the maximum expansion of the soft lead slug (essentially a .62
caliber bullet) produces devastatingly lethal results. The Lightfield Hybred EXP
is "The Standard by Which Other Slugs
are Judged.". |
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The Lightfield Commander IDS Design
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The Lightfield Commander IDS (Impact Discarding Sabot) cartridge has a sabot
with four grooves on the inside [1].
When the shell is fired the pressure causes
lead from the slug to expand into these grooves, effectively locking the slug
and sabot together, and forces the locked sabot/slug assembly to expand to the
full barrel diameter and spin together as one unit [2]. |
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The Lightfield IDS stays together as one projectile while in flight and,
just like a badminton birdie, the lighter sabot gives the projectile stability
while supersonic and prevents shockwave deflection when the projectile becomes
subsonic [3].
Upon impact, the soft lead actually mushrooms out of the top of the
slug, producing controlled expansion. When you hit a big game animal with what
is essentially a .73 caliber bullet, the results are devastatingly lethal [4]. |
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