atl5029
01-14-2017, 11:10 PM
hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've been on the forum, but I have a new casting interest that I need some information on.
I recently bought a 22 cal air rifle, and I'd like to try casting pellets for it. I'm not trying to save money on pellets, but rather get max accuracy and performance out of my rifle.
I've read a lot of old threads on casting pellets, which mainly just expound on the inherent difficulty of casting pellets and the lack of molds out there. I'm wondering if there has been any recent developments for casting or swaging pellets. Does anyone make a decent mold yet? Any swaging dies that don't cost more than a new rifle?
One idea I had was to cast round balls using a #F size shot mold, which apparently is .220 caliber. I found a mold here: http://buckshotmold.com/
has anyone tried casting round balls for air rifles? if so how has it worked?
Thanks for your help!
It's been a while since I've been on the forum, but I have a new casting interest that I need some information on.
I recently bought a 22 cal air rifle, and I'd like to try casting pellets for it. I'm not trying to save money on pellets, but rather get max accuracy and performance out of my rifle.
I've read a lot of old threads on casting pellets, which mainly just expound on the inherent difficulty of casting pellets and the lack of molds out there. I'm wondering if there has been any recent developments for casting or swaging pellets. Does anyone make a decent mold yet? Any swaging dies that don't cost more than a new rifle?
One idea I had was to cast round balls using a #F size shot mold, which apparently is .220 caliber. I found a mold here: http://buckshotmold.com/
has anyone tried casting round balls for air rifles? if so how has it worked?
Thanks for your help!