Goodell Shotshell Wads

I was wondering if anyone uses their GSC-12 wads ?
The wad is designed to be inserted into the back of a slug

I was given 10 rounds of reloaded 12 gau slug loads with slugs bought from Goodell Shotshell
That have the GSC-12 wad in the back of the slug

These slugs shot great

I was also interested if anyone knows of a mold to cast a slug designed for this wad ?

Thanks
John

Those are some good looking slugs that they offer!

They’re mainly designed as an alternative to the Russian Azot wads I’ve got quite a few of them including the glow in that dark wads. I wish the obturator of the wad was made to fit BPGS GAS SEALS to raise the slug column higher. It’s very deep making for short slugs that don’t feed just my savage 212.


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I got an email from Ryan, and he said that they were doing a commercial loading for a big company, and it will be a while before they have any wads or slugs for sale to the general public.

I have a 40" Paradox barrel I want to try a couple of their slugs in, and see how well they shoot.

Has anyone used their slugs before, and how well did they shoot??

I just picked up 1000 blue ones couple weeks ago from Ryan, I use them in my Svarog molds Italian and paradox


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Right before Christmas he had a huge discount price for whatever was left from the 2023 production and I bought lots of them. They are designed to be used in conjunction with the russian slugs that use Azot wad as was mentioned before.

What exactly does "Azot" mean?

This is where the term Azot comes from.
https://as-molds.com/the-bulletmold-...andi-12-gauge/

GUALANDI and Azot mean the same?

Oh no. Gualandi is someone name. In fact the name belong to a famous noble Italian family. Now I have no idea why AS molds decided or who in Russia decided to associate Gualandi to nitrogen. Maybe one day we'll have a Russian passionate about casting bullets and he'll tell us more about Gualandi and nitrogen. Personally I think they call Azot not the wad but rather their version of Gualandi slug which they call it "Italian". Now how the nitrogen got into the mix I have no idea.
Also is not the Russians who came up with that wad people call Azot. Is Gualandi who created that wad. And then russians started making molds that would use that unique wad.

I am totally confused ��

Where does "nitrogen" fit into all this!

Azot is the other name for nitrogen. Same like sodium is also called natrium.

Got it!

Thank you for taking the time to explain.

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Originally Posted by Johnch

I was wondering if anyone uses their GSC-12 wads ?
The wad is designed to be inserted into the back of a slug

I was given 10 rounds of reloaded 12 gau slug loads with slugs bought from Goodell Shotshell
That have the GSC-12 wad in the back of the slug

These slugs shot great

I was also interested if anyone knows of a mold to cast a slug designed for this wad ?

Thanks
John

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As Bello mentioned, the molds you are asking about are made by Svarog and AS-MOLD. Both are Russian companies with highly sought after slug molds designed to fit those Azot wads, but their current war has made them impossible to buy directly now as they won't ship due to being confiscated before they leave Russia.

You can occasionally find them on Amazon and eBay, but again it's rare. I last saw one on Amazon about 4 or 5 months ago for $190. It was the Paradox. About a month ago 8 - 10 of 4 different Svarog's popped up on eBay and we're gone within a day.

Surprisingly, no one in the US has made them, but if you can locate a company or person who makes molds, they can get it done with just a picture of the slug(s) that you like and simple software (some are free online) to take measurements in order to design a mold.

I just had that done with the infamous Dixie IXL-DGS slug. I just put up a thread of it with pics since I am looking for load data for it.

Maybe the intent of Azot is to mean “nitro”?

Anyway, Ryan reached out to me today. He’s got a run of American made Azot wads coming soon.


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I think Leon got it right. I'm not sure 100% but this is the most plausible explanation. I just translated nitrogen in Russian and it came azot. I think this is the explanation.

Yes I heard Ryan is getting ready to start making the azot wads here in America. Already asked for 500 to try'em out. I'm very happy someone makes them in America.
Still the molds are unavailable. For now.

Yeah, Ryan made a post yesterday on the FB group showing his new Azots