Shooting rubber bullets

e-bear · July 31, 2013, 05:31 PM

I hope this the right forum for this Q.

I have been considering loading up and shooting 38 spcl/357mag rubber or plastic bullets. Ive looked at some products at Midway and am intrigued. Is it better to use my spent brass or buy the plastic cases? Also, is the plastic bullets superior to the rubber bullets, or the other way around? I want to re-use the bullets as much as possible.

This sounds like a very good way my wife and I can get more practice without leaving the house.

SIGSHR · July 31, 2013, 06:26 PM

I used the Speer plastic bullets and cases years ago.
1. They shoot VERY high due to their light weight.
2. The cases were easy to deprime, use a nail, reprime with thumb pressure.
3. My bullet trap was a cardboard box with a newspaper over a dowel, another on the bottom to catch the bullets.

SL1 · July 31, 2013, 08:08 PM

I used to shoot wax bullets. Actually, they shot LOW, because there was no recoil to raise the barrel as the bullet was leaving. I have also shot rubber bullets, which are a lot cleaner, but were not as accurate. I have never shot the Speer plastic bullets with the special cases.

If you use the Speer bullets, I think you will need their plastic cases. With the others, you will need to drill out the flash holes to larger diameter to prevent the primers from backing out of their pockets and tying-up the revolver cylinder. That ruins the case for loading with powder, later.

SL1

GP100man · July 31, 2013, 09:14 PM

The plastic cases will be easier but eventually will wear out the primer pocket.

The brass cases need the primer holes drilled out to prevent primer protrusion tying up a revolver, will need tools to de/re prime, but will last indefinitely.

Primers are very dry & dirty so for top accuracy & function scrub & wipe case & barrels .

In 6 shot revolvers I usually dry scrubbed the cyl/barrls every other cyl full to keep it all going. also the cleaner ya keep the bore the longer ya bullets will last .

I believe in the end I was scrubbin then moppin the bores with Eds Red.
Then the mrs. kinda lost intrest .

skizzums · August 1, 2013, 01:02 AM

give me a link to where i could get some of these bullets, sounds like fun

e-bear · August 1, 2013, 04:30 PM

Skizzums, I saw them at Midway site. They are in the bullet section. It is starting to sound like they might be more trouble than they are worth. I still have some research to do before I buy them.

GP100man · August 1, 2013, 06:47 PM

Not rubber bullets but it does work !!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...t-glue-boolits

skizzums · August 1, 2013, 09:53 PM

hmmm, when i get done with my other bullet ventures, this may be my next one. glooblits, that's quaint

WESHOOT2 · August 2, 2013, 06:44 AM

I taught both my daughters using primer-powered rubber bullets.
Very accurate out to 20ft.

July 31, 2013, 05:31 PM	#1
e-bear Member Join Date: October 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 95	Shooting rubber bullets I hope this the right forum for this Q. I have been considering loading up and shooting 38 spcl/357mag rubber or plastic bullets. Ive looked at some products at Midway and am intrigued. Is it better to use my spent brass or buy the plastic cases? Also, is the plastic bullets superior to the rubber bullets, or the other way around? I want to re-use the bullets as much as possible. This sounds like a very good way my wife and I can get more practice without leaving the house. __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'- Ronald Reagan "Denying me a gun because idiots kill is like getting castrated because your neighbor has too many kids." - Andy

July 31, 2013, 09:14 PM	#4
GP100man Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2007 Location: Tabor City , NC. Posts: 1,969	The plastic cases will be easier but eventually will wear out the primer pocket. The brass cases need the primer holes drilled out to prevent primer protrusion tying up a revolver, will need tools to de/re prime, but will last indefinitely. Primers are very dry & dirty so for top accuracy & function scrub & wipe case & barrels . In 6 shot revolvers I usually dry scrubbed the cyl/barrls every other cyl full to keep it all going. also the cleaner ya keep the bore the longer ya bullets will last . I believe in the end I was scrubbin then moppin the bores with Eds Red. Then the mrs. kinda lost intrest . __________________ GP100man

August 1, 2013, 04:30 PM	#6
e-bear Member Join Date: October 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 95	Skizzums, I saw them at Midway site. They are in the bullet section. It is starting to sound like they might be more trouble than they are worth. I still have some research to do before I buy them. __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'- Ronald Reagan "Denying me a gun because idiots kill is like getting castrated because your neighbor has too many kids." - Andy

August 1, 2013, 06:47 PM	#7
GP100man Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2007 Location: Tabor City , NC. Posts: 1,969	Not rubber bullets but it does work !! http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...t-glue-boolits __________________ GP100man

August 2, 2013, 06:44 AM	#9
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	I taught both my daughters using primer-powered rubber bullets. Very accurate out to 20ft. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

July 31, 2013, 06:26 PM	#2
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	I used the Speer plastic bullets and cases years ago. 1. They shoot VERY high due to their light weight. 2. The cases were easy to deprime, use a nail, reprime with thumb pressure. 3. My bullet trap was a cardboard box with a newspaper over a dowel, another on the bottom to catch the bullets.

July 31, 2013, 08:08 PM	#3
SL1 Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2007 Posts: 2,001	I used to shoot wax bullets. Actually, they shot LOW, because there was no recoil to raise the barrel as the bullet was leaving. I have also shot rubber bullets, which are a lot cleaner, but were not as accurate. I have never shot the Speer plastic bullets with the special cases. If you use the Speer bullets, I think you will need their plastic cases. With the others, you will need to drill out the flash holes to larger diameter to prevent the primers from backing out of their pockets and tying-up the revolver cylinder. That ruins the case for loading with powder, later. SL1

August 1, 2013, 01:02 AM	#5
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	give me a link to where i could get some of these bullets, sounds like fun

August 1, 2013, 09:53 PM	#8
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	hmmm, when i get done with my other bullet ventures, this may be my next one. glooblits, that's quaint