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There is absolutely nothing ilegal about it!Urban said:
TNT's ,Varminators, Bergers, Gamekings, TSX's are all hollowpoints.
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making your own hallowpoints?
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TNT's ,Varminators, Bergers, Gamekings, TSX's are all hollowpoints.
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Big JD-From the hills
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yeah but thats not realy a hollow point bullet though... although, with the flatend tip, it usualy tubles and kills verry well 
Just pic up some winchester power point... verry accurate, and good expansion.
Although... I did stick a #8 shot ball in the front of that hollow point.. and that did something different. When the normal bullet hit the gelitan, it usualy sheded the part that expanded in the first 4" of gelitain, leaving the core to punch all the way to 12". But with the ball in front, it would open up, but stay intact, but only penatrate 8" or so. I can't find my pictures of my power point loads, but here are some with a cci mini mag, opend up with that pointy thing in the picture, to accept the ball. If I recal corectly, the power point's hollow point did not need opening up.
Shooting the ball point bullet into gophers... the bullet would only punch a hole the size of a expanded one.... so it was less distructive than the original hollow point, where the top part most often fragmented... So I decided the original hollow point was best of both worlds, good penatration from the core, wile destructive fragmentation of the nose.
Just pic up some winchester power point... verry accurate, and good expansion.
Although... I did stick a #8 shot ball in the front of that hollow point.. and that did something different. When the normal bullet hit the gelitan, it usualy sheded the part that expanded in the first 4" of gelitain, leaving the core to punch all the way to 12". But with the ball in front, it would open up, but stay intact, but only penatrate 8" or so. I can't find my pictures of my power point loads, but here are some with a cci mini mag, opend up with that pointy thing in the picture, to accept the ball. If I recal corectly, the power point's hollow point did not need opening up.
Shooting the ball point bullet into gophers... the bullet would only punch a hole the size of a expanded one.... so it was less distructive than the original hollow point, where the top part most often fragmented... So I decided the original hollow point was best of both worlds, good penatration from the core, wile destructive fragmentation of the nose.
If you graduate up to a 38/357 in a lever gun you can have explosive power on a gopher. With the lead bullet you drill a hollow point hole as normal and fill the hole with grease. Then put a #8 pellet on top of the cavity and push it down just so it is flush with the end of the bullet and with a solding iron, just melt enough of the lead shot onto the bullet to keep it from coming out. Holy crap, you want something that is truely a hollow point performance this is it. I work in a large office building so when the new phone books arrive I collect a few of the old ones to test different bullets with. I soak the books in a 5 gallon pail of water over night and take them out to the range. At 10 yards I shot one of the phone book piles with the normal 357 bullet and it went 12 inches in and the cavity was 3/4" at the end where the bullet rested. With the new and improved 357 bullet it went in and about 2" into the book it literally exploded. The total depth was only 8" but the cavity was huge, almost 5". Try one of these on a gopher and I am sure he would feel no pain.
Big JD-From the hills
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Hunter 64, Does the ball act on the grease as a piston to inituate expansion?
Big JD- exactly, when the bullet hits something the ball pushes against the grease and since the chamber is closed (when you solder you make sure there are no leaks) it is kind of a hydrolic ram. It literally takes the top half of the bullet off and it explodes into tiny bits of lead. You hit something with this and there is no recovery. Found it in a book i bought years ago when I lived in the states call "Combat Ammunition" by Duncan Long. He goes into depth how to make various modified bullets and other fun stuff.
A little off topiuc, but what the heck is with all the negative-nannies on this board?
1) Generally not worth your time of effort compared to driving and buying a box of factory.
2) When you can buy them for less than 89 cents a box, why bother?
3) If you do decide to drill them, please don't hold the cartridge rim with a vise.
4) better make sure you get the holes dead-center, or you''l have a lot of flyers.
5) I don't know about in a .22rf but in centerfire rifles "homemade" hollow points have shed thier jacket in the bore and then when the next round is fired it gets ugly in a hurry.
I can think of more reasons why this is not a great idea then reasons you should try it.
6) Not worth the effort and danger. Take the hit $2.99 hit!
7) Whatever. Go sit in the corner and drill a hole in a .22 LR round. Its your time. I'll go pay my $0.03 per hollow point at the store.
Now, the guy asked a question about safety and efficiency of his project. And the self appointed nannies chip in with an apparent concern with what he does with *HIS* time! How very Liberal of you!
Urban, use a little common sense and go play. When you get the patent rights for a new hollowpoint that is a cut above the standard fodder we find today, please come back and brag to the sheeple.
Urban said:
1) Generally not worth your time of effort compared to driving and buying a box of factory.
2) When you can buy them for less than 89 cents a box, why bother?
3) If you do decide to drill them, please don't hold the cartridge rim with a vise.
4) better make sure you get the holes dead-center, or you''l have a lot of flyers.
5) I don't know about in a .22rf but in centerfire rifles "homemade" hollow points have shed thier jacket in the bore and then when the next round is fired it gets ugly in a hurry.
I can think of more reasons why this is not a great idea then reasons you should try it.
6) Not worth the effort and danger. Take the hit $2.99 hit!
7) Whatever. Go sit in the corner and drill a hole in a .22 LR round. Its your time. I'll go pay my $0.03 per hollow point at the store.
Now, the guy asked a question about safety and efficiency of his project. And the self appointed nannies chip in with an apparent concern with what he does with *HIS* time! How very Liberal of you!
Urban, use a little common sense and go play. When you get the patent rights for a new hollowpoint that is a cut above the standard fodder we find today, please come back and brag to the sheeple.
Joe, I think The common sense that he was looking for was the common sense that is available form experienced CGNers. You can't have common sense about something you don't have experieince with. Everyone that wrote was trying to be helpful and keep him safe. I do agree that we should all encourage the experiment and development aspect of shooting, I doubt very much however that there is much chance of a major breakthrough in .22lr bullet design and even if there is I doubt anyone would figure it worth a neophytes eye to find it.
I 'll stay up here in the steeple on this one.
I 'll stay up here in the steeple on this one.
I bought the little gizmo for hollowpointing, and it worked great!
When I hit something in the brainpan it stopped right then and there.
I don't remember the size of the drill but it was about 3 time's the diameter of a normal hollow point and a lot deeper.
When I hit something in the brainpan it stopped right then and there.
I don't remember the size of the drill but it was about 3 time's the diameter of a normal hollow point and a lot deeper.
IS this thread a hoax or what?
seriously, you can go shooting all day with factory hollow point .22 ammo for less than a trip to Mcdonalds.
Do whatever it is you wanna do, but dont become a statistic.. it will screw things up for the rest of us that can afford $2.
#### man, my kids can afford to buy loads of .22 ammo on their allowance... good grief
seriously, you can go shooting all day with factory hollow point .22 ammo for less than a trip to Mcdonalds.
Do whatever it is you wanna do, but dont become a statistic.. it will screw things up for the rest of us that can afford $2.
#### man, my kids can afford to buy loads of .22 ammo on their allowance... good grief
