Another screwball question...
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rcmodel
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I never did.
Just chamfer the inside case mouth so they will start without damaging the skirt, and hand seat them with thumb pressure.
Any crimp would damage the pellet because there is not enough pressure to blow it back out. It would just deform the pellet.
rc
Just chamfer the inside case mouth so they will start without damaging the skirt, and hand seat them with thumb pressure.
Any crimp would damage the pellet because there is not enough pressure to blow it back out. It would just deform the pellet.
rc
Well it's encouraging to hear that it works with a bare case and normal primer. Very encouraging.
Knowing what fun using pellets in a .224 could be, I have a sudden itch to run out and buy an FN Five-seveN, and go pop birds with it. A 20 round magazine sure sounds fun.
Or maybe I'll wait for HK to release the UCP... their 4.6x30mm round is roughly .177
Knowing what fun using pellets in a .224 could be, I have a sudden itch to run out and buy an FN Five-seveN, and go pop birds with it. A 20 round magazine sure sounds fun.
Or maybe I'll wait for HK to release the UCP... their 4.6x30mm round is roughly .177
JImbothefiveth
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I just want to point out he said stinger case meaning an empty case. If it had a bullet in it, that probably would have destroyed your rifle, and possibly injured you.
Sorry, I just don't want someone to try this with a stinger case that still has a bullet, and get injured.
While I would NEVER condone anybody else do it:
I have seated a high-velocity .22lr bullet behind a pellet. As long as the pellet is sitting directly on the bullet, when if fires you essentially add the mass of the pellet to the bullet, making a 40gr into a 55gr, in the case of the pellets I was using.
I've used my .22lr as a "pellet shotgun" as well. I put an EMPTY, FIRED .22 case in the chamber and closed the bolt. I then used a brass rod to run 5-8 pellets one by one down the muzzle until they were seated against the case in the chamber. I then cycled the bolt to remove the empty case and replaced it with a GRAY .22 ramset "powder load". The gray are the weakest available, but still pack more energy than a lot of standard velocity .22lr loads. I would not think of trying it with a high-power load. The results of the test were quite spectacular, a very narrow group of pellets, I would estimate a 2" spread at 15 yards, with a lot of energy. The effects on a perched pigeon were unbelievable. The noise was very low, the pellets stayed subsonic and muzzle report was less than most .22 subsonics.
I have seated a high-velocity .22lr bullet behind a pellet. As long as the pellet is sitting directly on the bullet, when if fires you essentially add the mass of the pellet to the bullet, making a 40gr into a 55gr, in the case of the pellets I was using.
I've used my .22lr as a "pellet shotgun" as well. I put an EMPTY, FIRED .22 case in the chamber and closed the bolt. I then used a brass rod to run 5-8 pellets one by one down the muzzle until they were seated against the case in the chamber. I then cycled the bolt to remove the empty case and replaced it with a GRAY .22 ramset "powder load". The gray are the weakest available, but still pack more energy than a lot of standard velocity .22lr loads. I would not think of trying it with a high-power load. The results of the test were quite spectacular, a very narrow group of pellets, I would estimate a 2" spread at 15 yards, with a lot of energy. The effects on a perched pigeon were unbelievable. The noise was very low, the pellets stayed subsonic and muzzle report was less than most .22 subsonics.
Hard Fouling
I have been reading this thread and haven't seen anyone post any concerns regarding hard fouling? Years ago I got ahold of some Speer plastic indoor practice bullets for .45 ACP. These fired from standard casings using just a primer for power. Inside every box of these was a warning about the hard fouling left behind from the primers firing.
Maybe this is an un-warranted concern on my part...any opinions on this?
I have been reading this thread and haven't seen anyone post any concerns regarding hard fouling? Years ago I got ahold of some Speer plastic indoor practice bullets for .45 ACP. These fired from standard casings using just a primer for power. Inside every box of these was a warning about the hard fouling left behind from the primers firing.
Maybe this is an un-warranted concern on my part...any opinions on this?
After reading all of this thread all I can say is WOW! I cant understand why someone would want to make a pellet gun out of their centerfire rifle, ecpecially when a pellet gun is so cheap to buy. If you own a .22, just shoot .22 shorts in it, they dont shoot any louder than a pellet gun anyway. Last time I bought .22 shells they worked out to be $0.02 a shot, so cost isnt an issue. I can see someone jammin a pellet into centerfire brass back in the depression days when money was tight and you only had one rifle, you made the best with what you had. I am under the impression that you already own a .22lr and pellet guns right?
Remo-99
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rat31465, primer powered or very low powered pellet ammo does leave more primer fouling, than conventional ammo, but a few quick passes through the bore with a bronse brush and a patch will bring the bore back up again, after a shooting session with primer powered ammo.
This thread is hardly the type of reloading thread that we look for here on THR. Some of the practices described cross the line from questionable to downright dangerous.
Maybe a differ BB would welcome this, we don't.
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Maybe a differ BB would welcome this, we don't.
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