How To Make Wax Bullets For Shooting Practice

[@mtslyh]

I would also add that these are great for old antique revolvers that you might not want to trust with real loads. Some of these revolvers can be bought for less than $200. However, they were usually made before the days of smokeless powder and are unsafe to shoot with anything other than black powder loads (which can be hard to find). Using wax bullets can allow you to shoot these old antiques rather than relegating them to a life of being nothing but a wall hanger.

[@mkshffr4936]

Black powder is easy to load but I agree this is a great way to plink with them.

[@cowstable]

Great video. For an easier life, maybe stand cases neck down into melted wax, cool together, then extract cases.

[@1875REM]

Excellent job. Some times it's handy to know how it used to be done. Also never ever tell the wife where her pans went.

[@ozerob1]

I found for 30 and 32 cal I could just use cut pieces of crayons as the bullets - a standard crayola fits the 32-40 Win (minus paper...), and I poke the 1/2" long cut pieces of the crayons thru a .308 bullet resize die - or 311 for 303 Brit. Works great for my semi-antique rifles at 10 yards in the garage. Nail gun loudness, and I hope you don't mind the stink, neighbors... The poke in the pan to cut works for 45-70, had good success with drilling a block of wood to fit a group of brass to the rims and then taped them all down to push them into partially set wax. I never thought to drill out the flash holes though - works so much better in the rifles. Make sure you mark those bits of brass though - a bigger hole might be a faster blow (big pressure spike) you don't want with regular powders, or even Trailboss. You are talking pistols here, but I thought I'd share.

[@camshot54]

Interesting method, BUT..I have been a competitive handgun shooter for many years, I just bought boxes of sealant wax used for canning. Just push the modified case through it. I have fired thousands of these kinds of rounds and they are so much easier. I taught my 5 and 6 year old kids handgun safety and taught them to shoot a .combat custom 44 magnum using this method. I say, avoid all the hassle and delays and make 'em easy, and get to shooting. Thanks for posting this just the same.

[@mtslyh]

I appreciate you taking the time to show all of this. As someone else pointed out, these can be economically purchased online without the fuss for common calibers. I can definitely see this being good for uncommon calibers though. One thing I think you should point out is that paraffin can catch on fire. You use a hot plate but most people will use a stove. In that case they should definitely use a double boiler to be safe. Great video. Thanks again!

[@BATJACJW]

well done very detailed video lots of good info here. well spoken on your part sir

[@travisfuller6959]

I found the best mixture to be paraffin with 25 to 30% toilet ring wax.The toilet ring wax is a mess to work with but makes the Wax more pliable so it doesn't fracture when shoving it into the brass.

[@robertfugate5827]

So glad you showed that knife! I was beginning to think you were going to use your teeth to cut that block of wax!

[@stevanrose7439]

I made some hot glue balls in my .44 molds and they worked great.

[@stevanrose7439]

Maybe you should have just let the wax get cool enough to press the shells to the bottom of the pan and then let the wax set up then pull them out

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Fantastic thanks for sharing your informative video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@timangelyn1]

Very nice,I will try this out!!!!

[@dthundergunb3115]

Will they work in a semi auto if I load one at a time? I know the action of my slide and 18 pound spring would instantly crush them but this is a very cool idea for drawing practice

[@jamesmoore1124]

Anything to clean up the firearms after using wax bullets?

[@61giampiero]

Is it working well the same soaking brasses in soft or liquid wax rather than hard wax ??

[@Qweeds]

Why couldn't I try to use a necked cartridge to use as a cast to produce bullets for reloading?

[@TainoSurfer03]

What's the name of that hand reloading tool? I want it!

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i want to know how much power a primer only has with a real bullet at 10 yards or so

[@NotSoDumb]

Why the grease?

[@tonybayani6764]

do you need to resize the shell before reloading again? thanks

[@watchme361tv6]

Looks fun 👻

[@scottfelt513]

Neat, good for mice killing with just .22 LR rounds and candle wax.

[@Qweeds]

Would you recommend for .223 Remington?

[@dthundergunb3115]

I don't see why not the only two things that come to mind would be you are only using it as a single shot since the primer likely wouldn't cycle they BCG and the possibility of small bits of wax depositing into the gas tube. Like I said though it would probably work it just sould be single loading also because like my pistol I want to try it in loading a mag full and cycling the action instead of hand loading each round will likely be crushed on the feed ramp on its way into the chamber lol it could get messy real quick

[@Qweeds]

@@dthundergunb3115 it would be messy very quick with 300 blk.

[@dthundergunb3115]

@@Qweeds that's one caliber upper thats on my list to get I am new to the platform and got a 5.56 1:8 16" upper from Bear Creek Arsenal it's pretty nice for a budget priced upper, and I picked up a K.E. Arms KP-15, I love it its a multi-caliber one piece polymer injection moulded lower that has an M16-A2 length stock. I got the compkete lower fpr 221 and some change and it's super light. I've shot quite a few different AR's my friends have, I want an AR-10 as well. One thing I didn't catch in the video is what ratio of bees wax to grease he mixed it to. I was was going at it before watching the video and was doing it all wrong lol I was putting one of my axle bullet molds in the freezer, and then melting some paraffin wax over the mold and actually casting just bullet length sizes I didn't know you had to cast the entire case length. I was also about to charge the cases with some shotgun powder cuz I'm loading some up for my 45 ACP to be able to shoot some inside the house into a wood target lol

[@timtrott4145]

I found that a much simpler way to melt the wax is to use a 3 qt. sauce pan with about 2" of water in it. boil the water ,then add the wax. to whatever thickness you want and let it sit overnight to cool. it pops out easily .dry it off and go. melted paraffin if a considerable fire hazard and a real bitch to clean up in the event of a spill. I used to practice in my apartment usind an old field jacket with a paper plate pined to it. these bullets will dent woodwork and wallboard .

[@xenaguy01]

4:00 Why are you resizing?

[@hallsf]

I just tried packing one primed brass tight with a .45 x .45 sized cylinder of aluminum foil. It seems to work fine, held its shape, dented only upon impact with the steel bowl I was shooting at. Have you tried this?

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Interesting idea I don't think it is as cost efficient as wax, but I think I will try it. At a minimum this might be a good way to remove hard lead fouling.

[@hallsf]

The labor of packing them is different and a little tricky, but stuffing in a long ribbon of foil works--then I pack it very tight. With enough attempts, I'll figure out exactly how large such a ribbon should be and how best to fold it before it is stuffed. Or, I guess I could try hot casting *solid* aluminum cylinders to the exact specs of the brass (sized symmetrically .45 x .45, for example).

[@EmoFox9]

what revolver was that?

[@dthundergunb3115]

What is the ratio of wax to grease?

[@stevanrose7439]

If you use toilet ring wax you may not need the grease.

[@airgunwarriors7491]

What is the purpose of the grease? Thanks, agw.

[@xenaguy01]

The grease lubes the wax bullets, keeps them from hanging in the barrel and from fouling it.

[@ruizhernandeztrustfi]

No. You can reload again without the need of resize the cartridge.

[@sherryd3660]

I prefer that people actually try things out before they make a video. If he had, he would have known that the grease wasn’t going to fully melt and he would have known how the petroleum jelly would perform. Otherwise good info.

[@pfshooter]

Bearing grease is toxic why not use mineral oil.

[@Bobshouse]

Hot wax and grease...wasn't that used in medieval times?

[@sorryociffer]

While I can appreciate you going to the trouble to show this, why go to the trouble when you can buy 1000 wax 38 slugs for $25 delivered? If you want the site to buy them for that price let me know...

[@EmoFox9]

what is it?

[@prebaned]

Cleaning is nightmarish.

[@garypic4083]

Good vide could be shorter

[@mojo2131]

Seems a little toxic for the environment with axle grease in it.

[@derekec]

ff

[@chivone21]

You get an A+ for presentation, perseverance and will to explain everything, but. But. This looks like an awful lot of work, and my hand hurts just from watching you press those into that mix. I'll take a pass on this