reloading .32 S+W blanks

[mbogo3]

A older fellow I hunt pheasants with has a short haired pointing griffon .He uses a .32 S+W calibre blank pistol for training purposes. I have been researching this a bit and would prefer not to use BP as it's a pain to clean the fired cases afterwards. With BP blanks you need to drill out the primer holes to prevent the primers backing out and locking up the cylinder, not sure if this applies to smokeless? For BP they use florist foam in the case so eliminate the airspace . No crimp or flaring required. I'd like to use 2gr of Unique and just seal the top 1/4" of the case mouth.Anyone made any of these up? Not sure if the revolver is pot metal or what. It just needs to safely go bang.

 

[yomomma]

"should be fine"

I've done stuff like that before but used real guns. Foam ear plugs are usually my go to.

 

[fingers284]

anything with modern primers & no pressure recoil to set the case back onto the primer will need the flash holes drilled or they will lock a revolver up. The powder charge without a projectile or mouth crimp wont make any difference on primer re-set, the pressure inside the primer pocket between the flash hole/pocket base & primer set their own position.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

With a set of blank making dies you can make blanks for any cartridge. A rimmed case would be the best as the rim would stop the case moving forward.

I would think that a larger flash hole would make the problem of primer setback worse?

 

[mbogo3]

Update was able to load without dies manually removing and seating primers. LEE de-priming punch and fired brass sitting on a nut [spent primer falls through] followed by a brass punch inside the case on a steel plate to seat the new primer with a hammer gently of course. Glasses + gloves.Was able to get to 2 grains of Tite Group which made a nice bang.The blank pistol is an old H+R revolver .32 S+W. need to get the florist foam and trim 200 .32 S+W Long down to .32 S+W Short. Opened up the primer pockets slightly to 3/32 fired cases unfazed.Don't think I should increase powder charge as there is no data.Mission accomplished.

 

[mbogo3]

I went to a florist and got a block of Oasis foam they use for making floral arrangements. After 2 grs of Tite Group just press the case into the block and remove, powder sealed and it turns into dust when fired.

 

[Ganderite]

Unique is a medoum slow powder. For a blank, you want very fast powder, like Bullseye or Tite Group.