Hot glue bullets

[Mike 56]

Over at the cast boolits forum i have bee reading about casting hot glue bullets. Then i read a post about loading 45cal ammo with glue sticks. Here is how you do it. Take a un sized case drill out the flash hole to 1/8 inch deprime case with out resizing it. take a glue stick lube it with some automotive grease and push it all the way into the case cut the glue stick flush with the case with a utility knife. prime with a large rifle magnum primer.
They work great no trace of gluing in the barrel. I was target shooting in my backyard today with my S&W 1917 45ACP and SA 1911A1.

Next i want to cast some glue balls for my 51 Colt cap ball revolver and see if it well shoot with 1gr of black powder and a magnum cap

Mike

 

[jmorris]

If I were to make a sentence out of the title “hot glue bullets”…Should make one heck of a mess. I would think wax would be a better choice and cost less.

 

[Mike 56]

No mess they shoot clean if you make a trap you can reuse them. there is a guy that has cast hot glue 30/30 bullets and shoots them in his Marlin 336.

Mike

 

[ants]

Some guy on another forum claims he does it with his guns.

Wow, if that's not reasonable justification, I don't know what is.

 

[LexDiamonds]

It works great.. I dont know whats up with the haters in this thread.. Glue sticks hold together well and have far, far less mess then wax. The gluelet is not moving fast enough to melt the glue to any noticeable degree (yet makes a great bond with the rifling).

 

[Mike 56]

Here is the link. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=17577&page=2

 

[.38 Special]

These threads come up every so often. I have no doubt the glue bullets work just fine. It just strikes me as reinventing the wheel, considering how easy, cheap, and clean wax is. (The folks who claim wax is messy always make me wonder what the heck they must be doing.)