25cschaefer
Member
I'm not saying to do this but this is how I did it.
I have seen on youtube, how to make and shoot hot glue bullets and have come up with my own way that most anyone with basic tools can do. This will also work with wax bullets.
I started with 38 spl because it is pretty universal, everybody has one or ten. I also decided to convert the brass to use 209 primers because it is about the only primers you can get your hands on right now, they are the cheapest, they are easier to handle, they are generally more powerful than pistol primers, and there are a lot of different powers available.
This will work with the original pistol primers but they wont be as powerful and you have to use a priming tool and sometimes a press.
First, the 209 primer conversion:
Decap the spent shell. (I used unsized brass so it would be easier to load the bullets into)
Second, use a letter C drill to open up the primer pocket all the way through, the straighter the better. (Be sure to shut your shop door so 1 year olds don't eat everything on your floor, I still can't find that 870 mag spring...)
Next, use a larger than the diameter of the 209 rim bit to chamfer a recess for it. Cut deep enough for the 209 to fit flush but try not to go deeper to avoid light strikes. (I use a spent primer for fitting, the less tapping on a live one the better.)
I know it's ugly but it works.
To make bullets, I just put a light coat of kitchen spray oil, PAM, on my bullet mold of choice and pump it full of glue. Some people on youtube say the mold needs o be very cold when you do this but I have found the only reason to use a freezer is to get it to set better. I am using a low temp gun and multi temp glue. Leave a normal sprew.
Just press the bullet into the shell by hand or into the bench, it seems to get higher velocity if you press them further in but I need a chrony to test that. Prime and you are done.
I am going to the range and well report back with accuracy results. I hope these are accurate enough for grouse, they certainly hit hard enough.
At 20 ft, out of a 20" rifle (I assume that slows these down compared to a pistol) it went through three layers of loosely hung shipping blankets and stopped in the forth with about 2" of stuffing on the nose. If you don't know, shipping blankets are heavy duty cheap blankets that moving companies use to slide furniture on, not thin sheets. I was very surprised at the power of these.
I have seen on youtube, how to make and shoot hot glue bullets and have come up with my own way that most anyone with basic tools can do. This will also work with wax bullets.
I started with 38 spl because it is pretty universal, everybody has one or ten. I also decided to convert the brass to use 209 primers because it is about the only primers you can get your hands on right now, they are the cheapest, they are easier to handle, they are generally more powerful than pistol primers, and there are a lot of different powers available.
This will work with the original pistol primers but they wont be as powerful and you have to use a priming tool and sometimes a press.
First, the 209 primer conversion:
Decap the spent shell. (I used unsized brass so it would be easier to load the bullets into)
Second, use a letter C drill to open up the primer pocket all the way through, the straighter the better. (Be sure to shut your shop door so 1 year olds don't eat everything on your floor, I still can't find that 870 mag spring...)
Next, use a larger than the diameter of the 209 rim bit to chamfer a recess for it. Cut deep enough for the 209 to fit flush but try not to go deeper to avoid light strikes. (I use a spent primer for fitting, the less tapping on a live one the better.)
I know it's ugly but it works.
To make bullets, I just put a light coat of kitchen spray oil, PAM, on my bullet mold of choice and pump it full of glue. Some people on youtube say the mold needs o be very cold when you do this but I have found the only reason to use a freezer is to get it to set better. I am using a low temp gun and multi temp glue. Leave a normal sprew.
Just press the bullet into the shell by hand or into the bench, it seems to get higher velocity if you press them further in but I need a chrony to test that. Prime and you are done.
I am going to the range and well report back with accuracy results. I hope these are accurate enough for grouse, they certainly hit hard enough.
At 20 ft, out of a 20" rifle (I assume that slows these down compared to a pistol) it went through three layers of loosely hung shipping blankets and stopped in the forth with about 2" of stuffing on the nose. If you don't know, shipping blankets are heavy duty cheap blankets that moving companies use to slide furniture on, not thin sheets. I was very surprised at the power of these.
