February 1, 2013, 10:18 PM | #1 |
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Many years ago I took some 38 special cases and drilled and C-bored the heads to be press fit for a shotgun primer. I could pop them out with an ink pen and press new ones in with my fingers. I then set up a turret lathe to make some nylon hollow base bullets that were a slip fit into a sized case. They came out about .353 and weigh little to nothing.
They would shoot through a carboard box so I made targets by putting a box inside a box giving me 4 layers and that would stop the bullets in the center. I taught my kids to shoot handguns in the garage with these things. Another added benifit was getting all the lead out of my guns. |
February 1, 2013, 10:26 PM | #2 |
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You can do the same with wax bullets. Make the bullets by softening the wax and cutting, cookie-cutter style, the bullets out of a shallow pan.
Or, you can get a bullet mold and make cast bullets out of hot glue. With a little lube in the lube grooes, I'll bet they would zip right along. Lucky you to have a lathe just laying about, wanting something to do. Lost Sheep. |
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They were a lot of fun. Was cleaning up in my reloading room and found one. Now I just need to find the rest of them.
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Hot glue gun bullets is a neat idea.
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February 2, 2013, 07:32 AM | #6 |
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Am I using lead free primers? No, but I shoot cast bullets by the lb and that lead can be difficult to remove.
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You may consider slugging your bore and having your boolits cast to that size to reduce or even prevent leading your barrel. Good tip about the plastic bullets, btw. |
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Speer still offers, I think, plastic bullets and cases for practice.
I used to have some in .38 and used to shoot them in my basement when I was a kid.
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Saw a fella once who loaded primer only loads with those foam ear plugs for his Contender, can't remember if it was a .357 or .44 brass. He would shoot rubber ducks in his pool. I always wanted to try that.
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I used to use those plastic cartridges with primers.
But that was before airsoft / pellet guns became so realistic. Much cleaner and accomplishes the same thing. Especially now with primers so hard to find and expensive.
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