Hello,
The last year hasn't allowed me to gain the experience necessary to realise this project in full due to lack of confidence, having been confronted with occasional stories about accidents where loss of fingers and hands were not too uncommon. Hoping to receive some tips and words of advice from more experienced hand-loaders on how to accomplish this safely i will lay out the contents of the project;
On an ending note, to my knowledge this project is in itself completely legal. If i have overlooked any laws that make the legality of this project questionable, please notify me and the project will cease immediately.
The last year hasn't allowed me to gain the experience necessary to realise this project in full due to lack of confidence, having been confronted with occasional stories about accidents where loss of fingers and hands were not too uncommon. Hoping to receive some tips and words of advice from more experienced hand-loaders on how to accomplish this safely i will lay out the contents of the project;
- Paper is coiled around a 16/12 gauge object and glued to make a hull
- The hull is impregnated with molten paraffin wax
- After cooling 1/10th of the hull is filled up with molten wax to seal the end
- After cooling again the hull is finished
- The primer will consist out of three to four snap caps which will be contained in a waxed-paper primer glued into the bottom of the shell after having made a hole in the wax bottom of the hull. Another possibility would be glueing it on the interior side of the hull, making the conversion to pin-fire essential.
- 30/33 crushed match-heads are used as a propellant
- Cardboard is used for the wads
- Shot consists of lead droplets made by hand dripping molten lead into cold water. Other ideas for expedient shot could be glass, pebbles or tree resin.
- Shell is sealed of with another wad of cardboard or glue.
On an ending note, to my knowledge this project is in itself completely legal. If i have overlooked any laws that make the legality of this project questionable, please notify me and the project will cease immediately.