Really OT: wax, hot glue or plastic bullets.

[ab_bentley]

Originally Posted by 22_boomer

This is important to know since it means that those plastic bullets can cause some damage at short range.

Yes they will. I sent some Delrin bullets to a guy and he used them with a 1911 and SW 19. He got them to go through a 2x4" but with a piece of carpet in front of it, they would bounce off. Again this was with 6gr of Clays.

Adam

Test results. Gun was my. 45 ACP Colt. After playing around with a few powder weights, I settled on 6 grains of Clays. That is hotter than any load published, but the delrin bullet is lighter than any published. Long story short, point blank that load would go thru a pine 2x4. Sounds good, right? Wait... with a single layer of carpet in front, the bullet would often only go as deep as the base of the bullet. (Carpet did not have padded backing) At about 10 feet, penetration varied greatly. Many times it would got thru the carpet and bounce off the pine stud. Even at point blank range, nothing but the first layer of plywood behind the stud was damaged, and then nothing more than a slight dent. The biggest surprise to me.... yes, I was surprised it went thru the stud yet at 10 feet it was totally stopped, but to me the shock was after making a dozen bullets, for all those shots I only used TWO. Each bullet was easily used again! The bullets I turned were very much more pointed than any. 45 bullet commonly available. Also, the total lack of recoil! My commander slide never went back any farther than enough to bring the hammer to half-cock.

Steven

[ab_bentley]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...=100270&page=2

Adam

[22_boomer]

Originally Posted by ab_bentley

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...=100270&page=2

Adam

That was an interesting thread! I originally wanted to be able to pop the wax or hot glue bullets out using only a primer. I wondered if only the primer would be enough in a revolver to drive something like a nylon or delrin bullet that was the same diameter as the correct bullet for that pistol? I'm not sure I have the ability to reduce the diameter of a delrin or nylon rod to allow it to just slide out the bore -- I have no machine shop tools but I'm open to suggestions. My brass should show up on Monday and I figure I better go pick up some pariffin wax and some hot glue sticks real quick.

[22_boomer]

I got my brass and some wax yesterday and made up some rounds. I was surprised at how quiet they were although they kinda stunk. Accuracy was good out to about 30 feet -- any farther and they started to go off course but 30 feet is fine with me for pistol practice. I did seem to have a problem -- I was using CCI 450 small rifle magnum primers and the hammer just did not have enough to fire 6 or 7 out of the 30 I made. I tried to re-fire them but it was a no-go. This is a really old pistol so the spring may have something to do with it but I tried some CCI 400 small rifle primers and they seemed to work just fine. Maybe I should try another brand of primers to see if there are some thin ones that will work 100% with this old dog. And, if I'm lucky, maybe I'll find a brand of primers that work 100% and are cheap! This really is a fun way to shoot and I'm glad I tried it.

[vmthtr in Green Bay]

I used parafin wax, warm it up in hot water, dry it off and push the case through the wax. Put in a primer and shoot. I did drill out the flash hole to .080".