Glue boolits, range report.

[rcschummers]

Special thanks to Dutch3 for getting me the projectiles!

I just loaded up 5 of the glue projectiles and they worked great! They will be perfect for my wife and mom to play around with and get some practice. I am sold on these as a cheap, reusable alternative to full loads for a .38 special. I have not re-used the projectiles yet but they are in pretty good condition for another use.

By the way they are about as loud as a pellet gun

If you are curious, to load them take a clean deprimed case (no belling required), put a drop of oil on your finger and LIGHTLY lubricate the projectile and push it into the case and then push it to the bottom with a pencil eraser then prime the case. Shoot.

Lube them:
Push the projectile down:
Push projectile down with a tool that is smaller in diameter than the case mouth:
Prime:
Leave the birds alone:

['ol shooter]

You can also get rubber projectiles that do the same thing and are also re-usable. Tried your link, went 404 on me.

[milw50717]

Maybe drop in some frog lube into the case and create self-cleaning and lubricating rounds ?

[swopjan]

Glue projectiles?

I've heard of wax bullets being loaded into brass like the case is a 'cookie cutter'. Never glue though.

I wonder if hot glue-gun sticks would fit a .38...

[milw50717]

Glue projectiles?

I wonder if hot glue-gun sticks would fit a .38...

Have a look on youtube there are numerous videos of hot glue projectiles/bullets/boolits.

[rcschummers]

The projectiles were cast into .38 dies.

[gunboat]

I prefer canning wax --
Drill primer hole out to about 1/8" - mark case with nail polish or other means so it does not get used for a real load -
Press case into sheet of wax by hand -
prime,
and bob's your uncle

[swopjan]

Pictures help, now I understand. awesome!

[Cheep]

Am I missing the range report??? What distance did you fire them, did the primers back out of the case, how accurate?

[XDRoX]

Some glue sticks are the same size as 45acp. Just cut and load.

[the86d]

Primer-pops kosher within city limits? :P

The 1000FPS supersonic pellets are as loud as a 22...

[XDRoX]

Primer-pops kosher within city limits? :P

The 1000FPS supersonic pellets are as loud as a 22...

Not where I live. Same as discharging a firearm = against the law.

[rcschummers]

Glue boolits, range report.

Am I missing the range report??? What distance did you fire them, did the primers back out of the case, how accurate?

Whoops, I was a little excited and forgot a few details.....

The rounds were fired at approximately 15', a few of them key holed and accuracy was inconsistant, a couple deviated 6" from target. I did see last night after shooting some more that the primers DID back out a bit. Next round I will try another lubricant that will stay oily, and not push them down to the bottom. I noticed that the all purpose stuff was hard to keep on the surface of the boolit.

I did have one squib!

[sofbak]

Whoops, I was a little excited and forgot a few details.....

I did have one squib!

Wait... with no powder, they're all squibs aren't they? What did happen with that one?

I have tried the wax bullets in both a .45 revolver, and a .45 pistol. They seem to work better in the pistol. I suspect the gap between the cylinder and the collecting cone lets out too much pressure. But the wax works great in the acp pistol.....

[Ghost_Maker]

Glue projectiles?

I've heard of wax bullets being loaded into brass like the case is a 'cookie cutter'. Never glue though.

I wonder if hot glue-gun sticks would fit a .38...

No it wont.. you need to get a mould (which i did) and use that... I dont push them into the bottom of the case and i dont use lube... I have used the glue boolits now for about a week... I swear i need to stop cuz im blowing thru all my SPPs...