hot gun glue bullets

[scrat]

this is crazy i picked it up from castboolits.com

this is a post from one of the members.

tangofiftyone
Boolit Mold


Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1 Gluelits

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Ok, I read the whole thread yesterday and just had to try it.
40 s&w was the only empty case I had.
I put some hi-temp hot glue in it, even held the case with the hot glue in it upside down while cooling to get a rounded point on it.
Primed it, and put it in my Sig P229. Fired it at 2 cardboard boxes one inside the other.

I'm Hooked!!!
It shot right through 2 layers of cardboard and lodged in the 3rd.
I recovered the gluelit and did it again. Wow that was fun!!
I did get a few questions from the wife as to why I was shooting in the dining room.

I need a mold to make more. I need them to be a little tighter fit in the case.
I don't have a lead casting mold yet (on my list of things to get)
Has anyone made a gluelit mold out of plaster or something?
I think that is what I'm going to have to try next.

~Tango

here is the link.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=17577

 

[target1911]

Hot Glue????? Shot with the primer only?????? Very interesting.

 

[gravis86]

Too bad is won't cycle the slide, though. Otherwise it would be a really good inexpensive way to shoot.

If it works, mind you. I'm not going to take one guy's word for it.

 

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

To answer your last question on Castboolits.com... A primer fired indoors sounds slightly less than a .22. I won't guess the DB's but in a living room, it's enough to want ear protection.

If you're in an apartment, DON'T!

But this thread is interesting.

-Steve

 

[Geno]

You can purchase plastic or rubber bullets here:

www.midsouthshooterssupply.com

Doc2005

 

[scrat]

Very interesting. Im just a little concerned on the noise level though. i imagine if you kept the primer flash hole to the original size or slightly bigger it would not be that loud.
Still though either way you look at it. Where i live it would be discharging a firearm in city limits. so i think i will just be a watcher for now.

 

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

Hmmm....? If I can get a 1 pound recoil spring for my 1911, I wonder if primer fired plastic bullets will cycle my pistola.

Ok, kidding aside, I could see single shot and revolver shooting these for trigger practice, but how accurate could these be?

-Steve

 

[paperpuncher49]

Meister makes rubber bullets for exactly the same purpose, if I remeber correctly, about $8 for 50, and they are reuseable. They recommend enlarging the flashhole to prevent primer backout which could lock up a revolver.

 

[scrat]

Yep the guys on cast boolits say to drill out the flash hole to 1/8 of an inch

 

[Rock]

The lead in the primers is some what detrimental to your health. Some thing to think about as you shoot them in your house.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I used to load primed cases (.357 magnum) with wax slugs by warming a square of parafin canning wax and pushing the case through the warm wax. Then sealing it with a match by warming the case mouth. They were accurate enough to pot the neighbor's dogs at 15 yards when they came into my yard to crap...After a while they quit coming into my yard.

Don't remember them being very loud. I believe that it was about as loud as BB gun...From a 4 3/4" Colt SAA...

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

I did the whole Bill Jordan thing with wax bullets in my SA pistols just for the fun of it. I was learning to handle the western pistols and wanted to practice under realistic conditions. I melted wax and poured it to about 3/8" in a cookie sheet. I drilled out the primer flash holes to 1/8" and used standard primers. Had a target attached to a box filled with cardboard and backed by 1/2" plywood. Got to where I could draw and shoot a group of holes the size of a playing card. Now my hands are so arthritic it hurts to cock the pistols.

 

[scrat]

omg when were you doing this.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Scrat. That was the original purpose for the wax slugs to begin with. So you could practice fast draw without shooting yer toes off...Hurts though, let me tell ya...

 

[Eric F]

Why not just prime and load an ear plug? I did it all the time years ago

 

[eliphalet]

Still have some plastic cases and plastic bullets made to shoot with only primers. They have been shot plenty into cardboard indoors, can make for fun card games with your friends. I would imagine they are still available but these are over 20 years old. Wax works good too.

Here ya go.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000218530