Wax bullets in a lever action rifle

JohnnyReb · Post by **JohnnyReb** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:16 pm

I have been thinking about shooting some wax bullets in the Ruger Vaquero 44mag. by tapping out the shell casing to accept a shotgun primer. Mainly for fast draw practice.

Will the wax bullet backed by a shotgun primer exit my Win 94 44 mag with 16 in. barrel? Thought it might be fun to play cowboy...

Anyone have any experience?
Thanks
JR

bj94 · Post by **bj94** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:49 pm

I don't think shotgun primers are required for handgun use, but I've heard that you should drill out the flash holes a little bit to keep the primers from backing out and jamming the cylinder. But if you drill out the flash holes, mark those cases and don't use them with full reloads again.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:59 pm

What bj84 said. But I will add I have never fired wax bullets from a rifle but they will shoot quite hard from a 7 1/2" barrel with mag pistol primers.

John Y Cannuck · Post by **John Y Cannuck** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:14 pm

I've fired wax bullets from an 1886 Winchester in 45-70. I used standard cases, and just the primer for ignition. I simply pushed the case through the wax tablet to make the bullet. My barrel is 26" Handgun should be no trouble.

xxclaro · Post by **xxclaro** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:49 pm

I can verify that it works very well out of a .375 Winchester. I can also assure that under no circumstances should you let someone try to shoot a cowboy hat off your head. You will find that the wax slug can actually penetrate the felt and smack your noggin, leaving a nice welt.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:33 pm

xxclaro wrote:I can verify that it works very well out of a .375 Winchester. I can also assure that under no circumstances should you let someone try to shoot a cowboy hat off your head. You will find that the wax slug can actually penetrate the felt and smack your noggin, leaving a nice welt.

I'm not even going to ask...

Scratch that - I have to ask. Was alcohol involved in this "experiment"?

JohnnyReb · Post by **JohnnyReb** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:41 pm

xxclaro wrote:I can verify that it works very well out of a .375 Winchester. I can also assure that under no circumstances should you let someone try to shoot a cowboy hat off your head. You will find that the wax slug can actually penetrate the felt and smack your noggin, leaving a nice welt.

I am going to take that "sound" advice

I have heard of some folks using wax bullets in trying to replicate the old catch a bullet trick. Think I will stick to target practice.

Thanks fellas
JR

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:50 pm

JohnnyReb wrote:I have been thinking about shooting some wax bullets in the Ruger Vaquero 44mag. by tapping out the shell casing to accept a shotgun primer. Mainly for fast draw practice.

Will the wax bullet backed by a shotgun primer exit my Win 94 44 mag with 16 in. barrel? Thought it might be fun to play cowboy...

Anyone have any experience?
Thanks
JR

Sounds like a future "range report" in the making - complete with pictures! (hint, hint!

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Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:31 am

xxclaro wrote:I can verify that it works very well out of a .375 Winchester. I can also assure that under no circumstances should you let someone try to shoot a cowboy hat off your head. You will find that the wax slug can actually penetrate the felt and smack your noggin, leaving a nice welt.

I wanna see the welt!!!

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:05 pm

Modoc ED wrote:
I wanna see the welt!!!

I'm with Ed, I wanna see the welt!

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:29 pm

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Have you tried these, they're re-usable?

http://meisterbullets.com/asccustompage ... avParent=0

I've shot them out of my rifle and they shoot very well for 50 ft or so. Only problem with a pistol is the primers sometimes back out of the case and lock up the revolver. The only fix I've found is to drill out the flash holes.

xxclaro · Post by **xxclaro** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:00 pm

Well, I guess I may as well tell you the whole story. No alcohol was involved, just stupididty. Yu see, I had been using a sheet of about 1/2 inch thick hard wax to make bullets for my .375 BB. I was having some fun shooting at things in the basement, seeing what kind of powr they had. A couple of my buddies showed up, and one let me shoot him wearing a thick insulated jean jacket. I also tried it, and it was fine, could hardly feel it. Then another friend of mine showed up. This fellow is known for doing really dumb things that no one else would consider. Just as a joke, I suggested he let me shoot a cowboy hat of his head, jut like the movies. No sooner had I said it than he was putting on the had and setting up his camera for video. I didn't really want to do it, but he thought it would look cool and wanted to video it. I told him to at least turn around so he wasn't facing me. He set the hat lightly on his head, so as to aid in it's abrupt and dramatic removal. I aimed high on the hat, just in case. I squeezed off the shot, and the hat remained motionlesss. His head did snap forward rather dramatically though. For a second all was quiet, followed by a long, drawn out "oooowwwwww!" Removing the hat, a fine little goose egg was immediatly visible on his nicely shaven noggin. Viewing the video, it's easy to see the little hole appear in the hat. This was a hard, straw type cowboy hat, and I had happen to hit that little decorative band near the top, where all the little holes are, thus hardly slowing the wax slug at all. Not the brightest thing either of us ever did, but many have laughed at his expense after viewing the video. That evience has since been deleted.

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