.22 slugs????
hey i have seen the topic about .25 slugs, does anyone know where he got his mold? and where i could get one in .22. or have one made. lyman will make custom molds but i missed calling today. he seems to be haveing great results. and if i could get a mold it would be a lot cheaper to play with that swaging. besides i have a hundred puonds of lead i my basement and lead pot for bullets that drips out the bottom. i use it for fishing weight and muzzle loader. anyone have any ideas, i know i am not the first to think of this. thanks
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The problem with any solid is: is the spin rate of the barrel high enough to stabilize the round? The equations are a bit hairy, much easier to just cut and try, in my opinion. But .22 barrels tend to all be close to 1:16 twist, which does not bode well for heavy solids. You might adapt a .223 barrel to your talon, though, they have 1:7 barrels commonly available for that caliber.
If you get one made that works, send me a PM 😛
yea i know small molds suck but i got use to split shot for fishing, so i think it is worth a try. has anyone ordered a mold from lee, for an air rifle bullet. if your design worked maybe i could get a copy of your mold instead of having to have them make new tooling.
lee precision will also do custom moulds. and quite a bit cheaper than lyman. Contact them and they can give you a “design kit” it’ll probably be graph paper and a guide to what key diminsions to specify for them to accurately cut you a mould. I know you said you did mz and fishing weights, but if you are new to small precision castings, they are quite finicky and take a good bit of practice to come out well. Lead temp, mould preheat temp, speed of pour, etc. I used to cast a 55gr 22cal which I loaded at low velocity in a .223rem pistol for small game.
A good thing about Lee Precision is that once the design is done and the first mould is cut, additional moulds can be purchased at just a few bucks more than the standard production moulds.
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Daystate already makes air gun bullets for us!
They are .233. so a little large for our bbl’s. So why not use a .22 long rifle Bbl. There are plenty of them available at gun shows very cheap.
All you would have to do is cut the BBl off forward of the chamber, and turn it down for our hammer and breach slide. A quick .223 fix!
I’ve got a few old .22’s here that I don. use much, so I’m thinking of trying it!
Now for an inexpensive swage. Again, use a 1-1 1/2″ section of of .22 bbl. and ream out the lands even with the groves. Slightly funnel one end. This could be used with a bullet press to resize the slugs. For a air gun slug, use a short section of air gun bbl, the same way. If this is done, you should be able to use the Daystate slugs and resize to our bbl’s.
Mike