Hmm good idea, but the price is a little bit overkill for mespudtyrrant wrote: you could always go with fishing sinkers
..50" QEV gun *New stock, almost finished*
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there has to be a fishing shop some where near you 
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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 themzy 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?)
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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.
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.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
Ahhh! Midway, did look through there products earlier but didnt think there was sabots for black powder guns! Smart idea, thanks for the tip!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.
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?
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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.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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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.
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.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Do I smell ricochet?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.
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.
Yeah, it's that important.
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*cough cough*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.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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