Has Anyone Else Tried This??

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I discovered the following many years ago and thought I would share it and see if anyone else has done this. It all began with the lack of readily available CB caps and the cost of them when I could find them.

This only works well with single shot rifles and revolvers. Buy a tin of .22 acorn starter pistol blanks and a tin of .22 air rifle pellets. You can load them individually but that is a little bit of a pain. To make it easier I found you can create a 1 peice cartridge by placing a small "dot" of Permatex (silicone seal) on the end of the blank and place the pellet on top and let it cure. Yes I know a pellet does not have the weight of a traditional CP cap bullet but they have enough punch to drop crows out to 50 yds, and the reports is even quieter than a CB cap.

A word of caution: starter pistol blanks may contain corrosive priming, so if you are unsure, clean accordingly.

I have yet to chronograph these, it is one of those things I am meaning to do, from what I have seen I thinks they must be +600 fps.
 
I played around with this idea in my teens, back in the 60's, both in .22 (unlocked breech flobert)and .177(Daisy bbl on a test action). Some Mexican firm (Cabanas iirc) marketed 177 bolt rifles on this system. In the .22 the Crosman pellets that worked so well in my 38-t got their noses blown out when treated to the acorn sneeze. Stick with harder pellets and check the bore after every shot for blown skirts etc. Don't play with power actuator charges, they are much hotter than acorn blanks.
 
You are right about the nail driving rounds, the acorn blanks are max. The pellets I have recovered look more like rifled shotgun slugs as the waist of the pellet blows out to bore diameter, I see this as a good thing, it gives you a lot more bearing area on the rifling. I have checked for blown skirts and never found anything left in the chamber or bore.
 
Ronin,

This is just for use around the property, and yes I am in a location where I can legally discharge a firearm on my land - sometimes I just don't want the noise. The neighbours are still close enough to hear a normal .22 that I will probably get a phone call wondering what I was shooting at.
 
hi Ckid

i use a BB gun barrel , solder on a colt 45 case on the back
end , a small steel band of the apropreate size for a 410 barrel. the front steel band has a small groove for a 0-ring.
the 0-ring stops the BB gun barrel from falling out of the
410 barrel. make a loose fit 209 primer pocket in the 45 colt case. slip the BB gun barrel in a 410 shot gun , insert
a bb with a small dab of grease to hold the bb in place. a 209 primer will drive a BB through 1/2" plywood
 
hi Ckid

i use a BB gun barrel , solder on a colt 45 case on the back
end , a small steel band of the apropreate size for a 410 barrel. the front steel band has a small groove for a 0-ring.
the 0-ring stops the BB gun barrel from falling out of the
410 barrel. make a loose fit 209 primer pocket in the 45 colt case. slip the BB gun barrel in a 410 shot gun , insert
a bb with a small dab of grease to hold the bb in place. a 209 primer will drive a BB through 1/2" plywood
 
hi Ckid

i use a BB gun barrel , solder on a colt 45 case on the back
end , a small steel band of the apropreate size for a 410 barrel. the front steel band has a small groove for a 0-ring.
the 0-ring stops the BB gun barrel from falling out of the
410 barrel. make a loose fit 209 primer pocket in the 45 colt case. slip the BB gun barrel in a 410 shot gun , insert
a bb with a small dab of grease to hold the bb in place. a 209 primer will drive a BB through 1/2" plywood
 
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