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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:25 am
by zy
spudtyrrant wrote: you could always go with fishing sinkers :wink:
Hmm good idea, but the price is a little bit overkill for me :? .

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:34 am
by Crna Legija
there has to be a fishing shop some where near you :roll:

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 am
by zy
-_- wrote:there has to be a fishing shop some where near you :roll:
Absolutely :) . Still, the price is overkill. 0.45 Euro/bullet, that`s insane.
(If I got the price right? 10 sinkers for 4.5 euro?)

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:13 am
by spudtyrrant
zy wrote:Absolutely :) . Still, the price is overkill. 0.45 Euro/bullet, that`s insane.
(If I got the price right? 10 sinkers for 4.5 euro?)
you could ask Joergs where he gets his steel balls, i'm not sure if the price is in your range tho, but they would be reusable if you could find them

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:32 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Go here and click on "muzzleloading bullets" - no 0.50" lead balls but you can get 0.44" inner/0.50" outer plastic sabots for £0.09 each and 0.44" lead balls for £0.15 each, the plastic sabots will probably be reusable and will allow you to shoot practically anything that fits in them.

These are in the UK, I don't know if they will export to your corner of Europe but muzzleloading/black power is a fairly common hobby so these supplies should not be hard to come by locally.

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:19 pm
by zy
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Go here and click on "muzzleloading bullets" - no 0.50" lead balls but you can get 0.44" inner/0.50" outer plastic sabots for £0.09 each and 0.44" lead balls for £0.15 each, the plastic sabots will probably be reusable and will allow you to shoot practically anything that fits in them.

These are in the UK, I don't know if they will export to your corner of Europe but muzzleloading/black power is a fairly common hobby so these supplies should not be hard to come by locally.
Ahhh! Midway, did look through there products earlier but didnt think there was sabots for black powder guns! Smart idea, thanks for the tip!

Will probably order some of that ammo later. But the price is still on the high side; ~50 euros for 100 balls and 100 sabots at my place. But maybe this is as low as it gets?

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:31 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
You could always check your local gunshop, as I said it is fairly normal to find black powder reloading supplies and 0.50" is a common calibre for muzzle loaders.

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:08 pm
by zy
Maybe I should mold own bullets?

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:18 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
If you look at the time it takes to mould your own vs the results, I'm confident that spending some money on professionally made ammunition is worthwhile.

Why not steel balls? Available reasonably cheaply plus assuming you can find them, and you're not shooting them incredibly fast at hard targets, they can be re-used. Also, they are much better at penetrating hard targets than lead.

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:23 pm
by Mr.Sandman
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:If you look at the time it takes to mould your own vs the results, I'm confident that spending some money on professionally made ammunition is worthwhile.

Why not steel balls? Available reasonably cheaply plus assuming you can find them, and you're not shooting them incredibly fast at hard targets, they can be re-used. Also, they are much better at penetrating hard targets than lead.
Do I smell ricochet? :D steel balls are a great ammo source, but i was shooting 1/4 steel balls at 1/2 plywood, and the shot bounced off of my backstop(brick wall) and came back and hit me in the leg and cracked my shin bone.

Just as a word of warning which everyone should already know, ALWAYS be sure of your backstop and beyond, other wise you might be in a world of trouble if you break a window or god forbid, the shot comes back at you.

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:26 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Mr.Sandman wrote:you might be in a world of trouble if you break a window or god forbid, the shot comes back at you.
*cough cough*

:roll: :wink:

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:29 pm
by zy
Hmmm, found these on Ebay

39+14$ for 202 1/2" steel balls. Thats not bad. But Im not so sure if I want those steel balls laying around my lawn. (I dont know why I accept lead more :P ).

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:33 pm
by zy
Safety first! ...Shooting indoors... Not a good idea with powerful guns :?