SpudFiles

I made some pellets with melted candle wax, as a die i used a short length of barrel around 3/4 inch long and 11mm ID plugged the bottom with a bit of tin foil and rammed so its a solid disk.. but it is just for a plug... i put in some bird shot pellets and filled with wax.

Question is ...should I consider some light lubrication for the barrel?

I have not tested them yet as it is 3.30am here...lol but they should work a treat and have a heavier impact than the SPUD i am using.

they would splat lol but as its wax it might have friction in the barrel or leave wax deposits, but the only way to find out is to shoot em

i made the exact same thing about 1 year ago. They actually hold together pretty well From the 3 or so shots I fired before it went SPAT on my wall I didn't notice any deposits in my barrel.

Spray a little bit of WD-40 in the barrel, they'll make a brilliant seal and have very little friction. I put a little bit of vaseline inside the 4.5mm mould then cast hot glue in it for my 4.5mm coax. Blows straight through a newspaper at 200PSI.

worked nice, gave a nice twang on leaving the muzzle. held its shape and hit hard.

Hmm... so basically you created the spudgun equivalent of the Glaser Safety Slug?



It's designed not to overpenetrate, you might want to consider something a little bigger than birdshot to cause some serious damage

i'm an improvisor and just using crap i've got at hand.
the bird shot i used in the wax pellet was mainly for extra projectile weight.

Here's a thought, how about making some sabots and using the birdshot for an actual shotgun round

For small calibres I find you can simply use foil like so.

i made some wax bullets with panel pins in them and they will penetrate 3cm of mdf and embed all the way into hardwood