Bullets

[xcaliber]

This may be a strange question, but I'm asking anyway, is there a safe way to remove a bullet from the live brass, if not what can I use to fire into to save it.

Thanks in advance

[Majorlk]

This may be a strange question, but I'm asking anyway, is there a safe way to remove a bullet from the live brass, if not what can I use to fire into to save it.

Thanks in advance

Not strange at all. Every shooter should have one of the following:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...p.form1&Go.x=0

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...p.form1&Go.x=0

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...p.form1&Go.x=0

The same items can be found at Midway, Cheaper than Dirt, most local gun shops ...

It's very rare to be able to recover a usable bullet after firing.

[xcaliber]

Thank you a bunch MajorIk, I didn't know of such a tool, just ordered one from Cheaper Than Dirt.

Now I'll tell you what I'm doing, with prices the way they are, I thought I would make wax bullets, needed the bullet to form a mold in modeling clay and
melt the wax in the mold. Hope this project works!

[Majorlk]

Thank you a bunch MajorIk, I didn't know of such a tool, just ordered one from Cheaper Than Dirt.

Now I'll tell you what I'm doing, with prices the way they are, I thought I would make wax bullets, needed the bullet to form a mold in modeling clay and
melt the wax in the mold. Hope this project works!

Too much unnecessary work. Just melt wax to a 1/2" depth in a pan and insert the case mouth into the wax to cut the bullet.

Two things - the accuracy will be lousy over about 25 feet and you DON'T want to use any powder. Take 50 or 100 cases and paint them red or some such color, drill out the primer hole and use a magnum primer. Never use the cases for anything else. Oh yea, they won't cycle a semi-auto action.

One more thing - at 25 feet you CAN break the skin with wax bullets. All conventional safety concerns still apply.

[Steve48]

Dang! What a neat idea!

[xcaliber]

Too much unnecessary work. Just melt wax to a 1/2" depth in a pan and insert the case mouth into the wax to cut the bullet.

I tried this in my 24/7, but had problem with loading the round. Making a wax mold of the bullet should make it easier

[Majorlk]

Too much unnecessary work. Just melt wax to a 1/2" depth in a pan and insert the case mouth into the wax to cut the bullet.

I tried this in my 24/7, but had problem with loading the round. Making a wax mold of the bullet should make it easier

You can't use wax bullets in a semi-auto. For one thing, they won't cycle the action and for another you will never get the wax hard enough, no matter what the shape of the bullet nose, to survive the impact with the feed ramp. It simply ain't gonna happen. Wax bullets are for revolvers. Trust me, this idea has been around for probably a hundred years I don't know of anyone who has made wax bullets work in a semi-auto.

[Lil Beaver]

Seems to me that I saw "rubber" bullets on the Midway site at least in 38/357 cal. like the Major said drill out the flash hole and use magnum primers and mark the cases so that you don't use them for regular loads. The rubber bullets can be reused quite a number of times too. They will go through two or three layers of cardboard so normal firearms safety rules apply!

[NativeTexan]

Speer makes plastic bullets and they're reusable. i've done the paraffin thing, quite messy in the bore. I made up an indoor trap out of a cardboard box and used it for a while for practice in the house when the wife was at work, kid was at school. I worked rotating shift and got a lot of weekdays off. It was pretty cool practice, actually.


http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=315781