Looking for inspiration on .22 LR case use
- Thread starter fljp2002
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- London Ontario
I've seen earphones made of 9mm casings, would .22 work for that or too small?
Crush them down into slingshot ammo?
Crush them down into slingshot ammo?
Sakoman .308
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- Location
- Nova Scotia
I'm boring. I leave mine at the range for them to sell.
My grand dad used to have a bunch of trick shots he’d do. One was to shoot a 12ga shell filled with water with his 30-30, then he’d take the 30-30 case, fill it with water, and shoot it with a 22, then he’d take the 22 case and fill it with water and shoot it with a pellet pistol. Don’t remember how far back he was but it seemed pretty far as a kid. Kind of a Russian doll thing.
That's an excellent idea. Some added weight in the bottom -- lead perhaps -- to keep them stable.
- Location
- West Quebec
And freek out your Liberal mechanic..
Well you’d have to smelt them like you would lead, right? But I don’t think you can pour brass. I think it needs to be extruded, right? Who sells a home brass extrusion kit? You could save all your 22lr empties and extrude 1/4” brass rods, which you could then turn down on a lathe into solid brass bullets. This is an excellent use of my time and resources. Anyone know how to start a gofundme?
RCBS started out with the Rock Chuck Bullet Swage.
Fired .22 casings were formed into jackets used to make lead cored bullets for varmint shooting. Shortage of bullets for reloading during WW2.
You can still get the tooling, which is used in conjunction with a standard loading press.
Same idea as the push-pins but glue in magnets so you can use them on metal filing cabinets etc...
(At work I have a magnetic collection of different pistol calibers - love the look on peoples face when they say, "where'd you get them" and I say "picked them up off the floor after I shot'em")
My son made me a picture frame for Christmas that he adorned with a pattern made of glued .22 shells.
I've seen mosaics using different 9mm finished like regular brass, darker Barnaul and CCI Blazer Aluminum casings.
Wife's working on something with .308 shells but won't say what. I'll update when I can...
(At work I have a magnetic collection of different pistol calibers - love the look on peoples face when they say, "where'd you get them" and I say "picked them up off the floor after I shot'em")
My son made me a picture frame for Christmas that he adorned with a pattern made of glued .22 shells.
I've seen mosaics using different 9mm finished like regular brass, darker Barnaul and CCI Blazer Aluminum casings.
Wife's working on something with .308 shells but won't say what. I'll update when I can...
Wow. Today I learned...
In my younger years, when I was often financially embarrassed to some extent,
I bought thousands of those varmint bullets that used spent 22 casings as jackets.
They were very inexpensive, and while not quite as accurate as regular varmint
bullets, they would stay in 1 moa or so. I found them very frangible, and when
loaded in my 220 Swift, some did not make it to the target. I shot most of them
out of a 222 Remington M600. Dave.
I bought thousands of those varmint bullets that used spent 22 casings as jackets.
They were very inexpensive, and while not quite as accurate as regular varmint
bullets, they would stay in 1 moa or so. I found them very frangible, and when
loaded in my 220 Swift, some did not make it to the target. I shot most of them
out of a 222 Remington M600. Dave.
