Buckshot mold for wrist rocket

[SciFiJim]

I've been thinking of casting for my wrist rocket to have some fun in the back yard. What would be a good medium weight for something like that. Does anyone have any of the commercial wrist rocket ammo that they can weigh? I am thinking 50gr or so, but I am open. What size buckshot would that be?

[mac60]

The Hornady 00 buck averages right at 53 gr.

[williamwaco]

I used to use .38 wad cutters in mine.


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[SciFiJim]

I have a .45 round ball mold that cast about 125gr ball. It is too heavy to make good sling shot ammo. The drop in trajectory after about 25 feet is too great.

[shotman4]

billco guessing that is in front of 4gr of bullseye ?
00 is a bit small would go to 000
sharpshooter makes the mold for $35

[Artful]

Ice Cube tray? shoot ice cubes at them, Ice cubes = no evidence.
But that only works if your close to the cooler.

Looks like they sell .50 and .38 steel balls commercially.

http://leeprecision.com/000-buckshot-18-mold.html
000 BUCKSHOT 18 CAVITY BULLET MOLD. Handles sold seperately - .360" diameter
http://leeprecision.com/images/P/90486-02.jpg

Comparison chart
Below is a chart with diameters per pellet and weight for idealized lead spheres.

Size Type Weight Diameter
#TriBall Buck 20.41 g (315 gr.) 15.24 mm (0.60")
#0000 Buck 5.51 g (85 gr.) 9.40 mm (0.380")
#000 Buck 4.54 g (70 gr.) 9.14 mm (0.360")
#00 Buck 3.49 g (53.8 gr.) 8.38 mm (0.330")
#0 Buck 3.18 g (49 gr.) 8.13 mm (0.320")
#1 Buck 2.62 g (40.5 gr.) 7.62 mm (0.300")
#2 Buck 1.91 g (29.4 gr.) 6.86 mm (0.270")
#3 Buck 1.52 g (23.4 gr.) 6.35 mm (0.250")
#4 Buck 1.34 g (20.7 gr.) 6.09 mm (0.240")
#FF 1.18 g (18.2 gr.) 5.84 mm (0.230")
#F (#TTT) 1.04 g (16.0 gr.) 5.59 mm (0.220")
#TT 0.899 g (13.9 gr.) 5.33 mm (0.210")
#T 0.778 g (12.0 gr.) 5.08 mm (0.200")
#BBB Bird 0.66 g (10.2 gr.) 4.82 mm (0.190")
#BB Bird 0.57 g (8.8 gr.) 4.57 mm (0.180")
#B Bird 0.48 g (7.4 gr.) 4.32 mm (0.170")
#2 Bird 3.76 mm (0.148")
#4 Bird 3.28 mm (0.129")
#5 Bird 3.05 mm (0.120")
#6 Bird 2.77 mm (0.109")
#7 1/2 Bird 2.39 mm (0.094")
#8 Bird 2.26 mm (0.089")
#8 1/2 Bird 2.16 mm (0.085")
#9 Bird 2.01 mm (0.079")
#12 rat/snake 1.3 mm (0.05")

[alfloyd]

I have found that #4 buckshot works great in my wrist rocket.

Lafaun

[M Hicks]

I picked up a wrist rocket and the steel ball ammo for it that was 1/4" in diameter to do some rabbit control in the yard and challenge myself while doing it. When I connected with one right in the head i was impressed. With the rabbit that is. Is shook its head, looked at me, possibly gave me the bird and hopped off. I was amazed. The steel ball bounced right off and didn't seem to do any serious damage. The wrist rocket ins't the most powerful but I think it may have been the light steel ball that didn't perform well. I don't have one handy to weigh, but it is the same size as #4 buckshot. I think one in 00 or 000 would give good velocity and do the job.

[I'll Make Mine]

A quarter inch steel ball would weigh roughly two thirds what a #4 buckshot pellet does -- call it 25 grains or so. A genuine Wrist Rocket can comfortably fire much larger/heavier projectiles than that; I'd go with 00 or 000 buckshot. The 00 weighs around 40 grains, 000 as I recall is 50+. Larger than 000 is probably heavy enough to reduce velocity below optimum -- but don't expect even those to positively drop a rabbit. If you want to hunt with your slingshot, look at arrow adapters; a slingbow (as they're sometimes called) can, with good stalking to very close range, take deer.

[Wayne Smith]

I used my 36 cal. roundball and haven't connected with anything alive. They do bounce back really well when they hit wood, however!

[Bored1]

I picked up a wrist rocket and the steel ball ammo for it that was 1/4" in diameter to do some rabbit control in the yard and challenge myself while doing it. When I connected with one right in the head i was impressed. With the rabbit that is. Is shook its head, looked at me, possibly gave me the bird and hopped off. I was amazed. The steel ball bounced right off and didn't seem to do any serious damage. The wrist rocket ins't the most powerful but I think it may have been the light steel ball that didn't perform well. I don't have one handy to weigh, but it is the same size as #4 buckshot. I think one in 00 or 000 would give good velocity and do the job.


You SIR need a rather large dog!!!! I'd be worried about rabbits like that! May bite an cause some sort of rabbit/zombie maniac!!! Was personally going to try a wrist rocket in my yard, until I went outside at different times the other day and realized that nothing smaller than a 6 yr boy ventures inside of the fence due to Aladdin and my son doing incredible yard guard duty. Aladdin happens to be a 112lb black lab that just doesn't like small critter in HIS yard!

Why not try a 45 cal round ball for a cap n ball black powder revolver?

[theperfessor]

There are several round ball molds of different sizes that Bob Krack is circulating to raise funds for the site. I have donate a multiple ball mold that works good and casts .320 and .380 balls. Doesn't take long to fill up a coffee can, cheaper than buying your own, and the site gets a little boost.

Check out the benefit auction area.

[mdi]

I found (? meaning I can't recall where I got it) a Lee mold that drops .433" round balls. Originally I used the balls for my Wrist Rocket (about 130 gr.) but wound up shooting some single ball loads in my Ruger SBH.

[Ithaca1937]

I pulled out my long forgotten wrist rocket and it still had some ammo in the holder. They were steel balls, the smaller ones being 1/4" and weighing 16gr. with the larger ones being 3/8" and weighing 54gr.

[blackthorn]

Marbels!

[rockrat]

Lee buckshot mould, thats what I use (000)

[35remington]

I'm a longtime wrist rocket shooter, and after trying projectiles from .24 to .45 in roundball persuasion I'll cast my vote with 000 buck or .36 caliber balls.

It's heavy enough for good impact, light enough to give better trajectory than the too heavy .45" size. I've pretty much standardized on it. It's the way to go.

[gon2shoot]

A 36cal RB will have you patching the roof if you miss the squirrl........................don't ask.

[Multigunner]

I tried .375 round balls (.36) with my wrist rocket without much success.

If the projectile is too heavy theres not enough snap in the standard size surgical rubber tubing these use to accelerate it properly.
I tried some much heavier grade surgical tubing on one wrist rocket and the recoil near cracked my forearm, with heavy bruising despite the thick padding on the wrist brace and a jacket.
It really sent projectiles on their way with authority.

My favorite projectile for the wrist rocket was the glass balls from old spray paint cans.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

When I was around 16 I nailed a squirrel in the head with a rock around 3/4", it too, shook it's head and ran up a tree. Order yourself some of the black tubes, they are supposedly the heaviest made. I've got a set waiting to be installed. Many "serious" slingshots are coming with bands vs tubing. Check out the slingshot channel on YouTube for ideas.

[MT Gianni]

I have rb molds for all my 30 cal guns and up. They make light fun loads and you can find any one size that would work. You also have a small game round from almost any hunting rifle if you need to conserve lead.

[Silver Eagle]

Most ammo sold for slingshots is either 1/4" or 3/8" steel shot or 1/2" white (tracer) marbles. I used to use OOO buck back when it was relatively cheap. Unless you really want to mold your own, find a source of steel ball bearings of around those sizes and use them. 1/2" glass marbles are pretty cheap at the dollar store and make good ammo. Another option for deterrent ammo is paintball ammo.
Too light or too heavy ammo is bad on the bands as it imparts either too much or too little resistance.
Also, try bands from various manufacturers as their is quite a bit of difference in performance.

[plainsman456]

I cast some number 1 buckshot for a 12 gauge shotgun project and my son in law told me his dad played with a wrist rocket.
One of the balls measured close to that size,so I gave him some to give to him to play with.

He could not be more pleased.

They fly and hit pretty hard.

Give them a look.