225438 and 1/2 grain bulls eye

[mroliver77]

I have been putzing in the barn when warm enough. I try to fire a few cylinders full every day from the .38. Casting some boolits the other day I filled a .223 case to the neck with lino. then dropped into water. I then drilled a straight 22ish hole down to the flash hole. I have been playing with very small loads looking for an accurate .22LR or 22mag load. Clays works good for this up to 3 gr with 2 - 2.5 being the best. Bulls eye is cleaner and I loaded down to .5 gr with the boolit tumble lubed with FWFL and dusted with talc. These are barely louder than the hammer falling on my NEF heavy barrel. Barrel says nice and clean and it is very accurate across my shop(25') producing 1 hole in the target. Great for my offhand practice.
These work much better than a full sized empty case. I think the lead filling is keeping them from shortening.
Now I know someone will say " There is a chance of a double charge using fast pistol powders!" Well 1 grain is fun also but you almost need hearing protection. At .5 gr I get 14000 rounds out of a lb of Bulls Eye powder. With the 55gr lyman it will take 110 lbs of alloy. I need to dig out that 45 gr mold! Is this what we will be reduced too? ;)
Now for the 45-70.
J

[garandsrus]

mroliver77,

Great idea... That may work well with an AR-15 for indoor practice. Unfortunately, I can't use it in the house due to the lead in the primer.

John

[mroliver77]

Did up an 06 case yesterday. .75 gr Bulls Eye is extremely quiet and under a 180 gr boolit puts a big dent in 1/16 steel.
J

[StrawHat]

Now for the 45-70.
J

That ought to be a good one.

I have done reduced loads with 460 round ball and also with the collar button.

What do you plan to use for a projectile?

Another good reduced load I have used is a 22 airgun pellet in a Hornet case, no powder, rifle primer. Usually gives minute of starling and little noise.

[DLCTEX]

Sounds like a great idea for practice and plinking with my 22-250 Savage Stryker. Thanks for sharing this. Maybe silver solder would be hard enough? Dale

[mroliver77]

I use the pellet load too. I have been shooting pellets from the reduced capacity case with .5-1 grain BE with great results.yet.
I have a box of RB for the 45-70 but hav'nt got to that.
I have .313 RB mold and will play with some in the reduced capacity cases. I shot some .315 TL full wadcutters in the 06 with the reduced case and they sound like a .22 colibri and hit to sights with 1.gr BE.
These are much more accurate than cats sneeze I have done in unmodified cases.
J