Making ammo with matchhead powder

maillemaker · April 4, 2014, 12:19 PM

So this isn't exactly black powder, but it gets to the heart of "primitive" shooting and with the discussions lately of making your own primers and your own powder I found this interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gYPd...&feature=share

The guy makes 38 special bullets using safety match heads to re-condition the primer and for powder. It works surprisingly well.

Steve

bedbugbilly · April 4, 2014, 12:41 PM

Hmmm . . small pistol primers .03 to .04 each . . . a powder charge of Bulls Eye or similar for a 38 spl. .02 . . . .

But, I guess if you're in to "do it yourself projects"?

Sure Shot Mc Gee · April 4, 2014, 01:57 PM

Kind of reminds me of old Teddy Kaczynski. I wonder if he was pardoned lately without any ones knowledge. He had a way with timber matches that change the industry of match making for ever. The bum. _

B.L.E. · April 4, 2014, 07:15 PM

Maybe we can use that idea to make our own percussion caps, if things don't get better soon.

**4V50 Gary** · April 4, 2014, 07:31 PM

You can use the compound from matches, wet them, scrape them off and then put them into empty caps and allow them to dry there. I know a cheap fellow who reloaded primers to see if they would work. They did. If the flame is hot enough, it should work for caps too.

Captchee · April 5, 2014, 06:57 AM

i would agree with Gary about the caps . i have seen it done . but i think for powder it would be much easier just to make BP and use it

April 4, 2014, 12:19 PM	#1
maillemaker Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2010 Posts: 1,635	Making ammo with matchhead powder So this isn't exactly black powder, but it gets to the heart of "primitive" shooting and with the discussions lately of making your own primers and your own powder I found this interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gYPd...&feature=share The guy makes 38 special bullets using safety match heads to re-condition the primer and for powder. It works surprisingly well. Steve

April 4, 2014, 12:41 PM	#2
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	Hmmm . . small pistol primers .03 to .04 each . . . a powder charge of Bulls Eye or similar for a 38 spl. .02 . . . . But, I guess if you're in to "do it yourself projects"? __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

April 4, 2014, 07:15 PM	#4
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	Maybe we can use that idea to make our own percussion caps, if things don't get better soon. __________________ Hanlon's Razor "Do not invoke conspiracy as explanation when ignorance and incompetence will suffice, as conspiracy implies intelligence and organization."

April 4, 2014, 07:31 PM	#5
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,838	You can use the compound from matches, wet them, scrape them off and then put them into empty caps and allow them to dry there. I know a cheap fellow who reloaded primers to see if they would work. They did. If the flame is hot enough, it should work for caps too. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

April 4, 2014, 01:57 PM	#3
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	Kind of reminds me of old Teddy Kaczynski. I wonder if he was pardoned lately without any ones knowledge. He had a way with timber matches that change the industry of match making for ever. The bum. _

April 5, 2014, 06:57 AM	#6
Captchee Senior Member Join Date: April 2, 2013 Posts: 439	i would agree with Gary about the caps . i have seen it done . but i think for powder it would be much easier just to make BP and use it