Shooting 22 Pellets with Nail Gun Blanks

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[@taofledermaus]

holy crap you are fast! Dang, I was expecting higher velocities too! I added this video to the end cards. thanks for doing this!

[@ArtisanTony]

Dang, that was fast :)

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

No problem! You've got to strike while the iron is hot. I'm after your viewers! lol

[@mikemelina9607]

TAOFLEDERMAUS, both you And Johnny have waay too much time on your hands and we all love you for that.

[@ozthegreater9320]

Johnny's Reloading Bench would you ever consider doing some speed demons like 17 Remington or .22-250

[@DimaProk]

I did this test about couple years ago when I first saw original video with 22 lead crossman pellets. I used revolver and fed from the breach (a lot faster) it worked but was super dirty and I pretty sure I got leading but these zinc pellets are interesting to try. Would be cool to cast own zinc bullets and try.

[@jayward2662]

It's a wonder I'm still alive, I can remember smashing those blanks on the garage floor at five years old with a claw hammer

[@1967lathrop]

Yes sir. I remember finding the loads as a kid. We men are lucky to be alive after all the crazy stuff we did as youngsters.

[@hardmcshaft5665]

larry Lathrop hahaha that so true.. amazingly i still have all my fingers an thumbs

[@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069]

Jay ward. Still got a bit of one in my left hand from 40 years ago

[@nialldoyle8206]

Jay Ward. I thought it was just us used to do that. We used to stuff them into fireworks and throw them at each other. We also stole rimfire 22 and dropped shores on them. How am I alive 😀

[@jayward2662]

devine intervention perhaps

[@davidhenderson3400]

I have done this with a .22 revolver. It worked great.

[@Rampant_Colt]

I was thinking about trying this with my Ruger Single-Six

[@cbroz7492]

Those first three shots are impressive in both velocity and accuracy

[@dfpytwa]

When I was too young to buy real ammo I used to buy starter pistol blanks which were not as harsh to use as nail gun blanks and shoot Daisy .22 diablo pellets out of a .S&W 22 revolver. I just poked the pellets in the cylinders a little ahead of the blanks and packed some muzzle loading bore butter in the end of the cylinders which seemed to make them more accurate and kept the barrel from fouling. Worked great. I popped a lot rabbits and barn pigeons with it. I still have the revolver and shoot regular ammo in it now and has no abnormal wear on it from my abuse of it as a kid.

[@TRIKERED]

Well done and Thank You. I'm Danny, one of the shooters on Jeff's channel. You just gained another subscriber. Looking forward to viewing all of your videos.

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

Glad to have you, brother!

[@LockSportsman]

Did NOT expect those things to be moving that fast! Really cool experiment.

[@ikwer111]

Used to do this a lot in an old Remington nr 4 rolling block. Very easy to load from the breech, extremely accurate as a number of rats could testify were they still alive.. great short range load.

[@Tula1940_LB]

Winchester 36gr HP .22lr- 130.9 Foot pounds #4 Blank 16.7gr pellet- 176.4 Foot pounds

[@K0ester]

Ive got a youth rossi .22 break action. Super excited to try this out.

[@GotTheTeeShirt1]

Same here! Did you try it yet?

[@jonathansebo5800]

Never has a title been so intriguing to me while also being flatly descriptive

[@mediumugly4322]

Did this years ago and broke an extractor on my Remington fieldmaster pump 22, after fixing it I’ve had problems ever since. Also caught that broken extractor to the face

[@glzarmy]

I find it difficult to believe that you actually caught a broken extractor to the face when you 9/10 sit to the opposit side of the ejection port

[@alexcarter8807]

@@glzarmy What if he's a lefty?

[@glzarmy]

@@alexcarter8807 i accounted for that, 1/10 ppl are lefties, prob even less in the shooting community

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

@@glzarmy my whole family is left handed and we all shoot guns except my mom

[@edanthony4131]

I loaded my in #4, .22 cal. lead, fired from a single shot Stevens Model 15-A and 2414 was my highest, but all were falling in the high 2300s...I did NOT use the ones with plastic; and I super glued the pellet to the .22 blank...great video, thanks

[@massimothetrog7111]

I've been wondering if the same could be done with a revolver.

[@daviddahl4148]

Impressive velocities, good follow up to his video.

[@fathertimencUSA]

Good to know if 22's ever dry up again wonder how these would work out of a revolver

[@adamjames2254]

I don't care to find out. Personally. If he wants to give her a go, I'll check that out

[@winky_cat]

Things have dried up sir

[@1776adb]

Clean the bore after each round for better fps. The barrel gets very dirty with each shot.

[@honorb4glory606]

I suspect a shorter barrel will provide higher velocities. Ramset cartridges are designed to move a heavy metal rod about an inch. That tells me they have extremely fast burning powder, because there's no need to keep accelerating that rod past 1 inch. This would explain why the #4's were barely faster than the #3's. The projectile had most likely stopped accelerating while still in the barrel, and the friction on the bore was slowing it down. I suspect a pistol with about a 6 inch barrel will provide the highest velocities.

[@Plainsimple67]

PERFECT IDEA WITH A BOLT ACTION!!

[@tyladube8751]

Or break action

[@lawrencemulero290]

I would think the brown colored lowest power load with 14.4 gr. Crosman Copper Magnum Dome might be a good place to start off, having a lighter bullet with a wasp waist skirt would provide stability and proper engagement of the rifling and also might help with your long range key-holing effect on those 16.7gr. Powershot Red Flight Ultra Heavy Penetrators. IMHO

[@runrun8239]

Man, great tests! Would you like to test again with 22 airgun slugs? There are many of them hit the market for high power PCP air rifles and seems like they can handle higher velocities very well. :)

[@elwhastrummer]

What a bunch of man boys you are!! LOL Other than the chrony, I did all this stuff in 1973 when I was 12 years old. Thank God there was no KZbin back then I would have surely won a Darwin award. This is super cool though, getting to see you guys using high speed cameras and chronographs and ballistic gel and stuff... Thanks for sharing, and the entertainment!!

[@dustinh4175]

150 fpe is plenty of power for hunting. I wonder how many pine boards those zinc tips would make it thro

[@no.step.on.snek.2423]

Seems the lower power had alot more accuracy.. this is a pretty cool study here.. and i appreciate it coming from a reloader that knows all the little nuances thst come with firearm tech, ballistics, flight ect ..cool

[@nickjm37fordel1]

Don't let Diane Feinstein see this !

[@WapTek123]

make her fire it

[@kainhall]

deWalt doesnt own a reloading press...... 100% made by one company.....

[@thespiritof76..]

Super x stamped on the ass is a dead giveaway

[@mattberg6816]

Warren yeah as soon as I saw that x it was absolutely Winchester they only ones I’ve see without branding are the ones I order from hilti

[@elvisammo]

that was fun! man them things were hauling! ! cool stuff...

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

so many possibilities for fun experiments...

[@1776adb]

Head spacing is everything.

[@ralphhernandez3521]

The faster the shot the wider the group. That may be due to the skirt of the pallet deforming. I would like to see you do this test with 22 solid air gun pellets.. I believe your velocity would increase and so with your accuracy. There would be no pellet skirt to deform.

[@antouab221]

Wow, amazing stuff that could work in a pinch if there was ever total shortage of 22LR ammo. Awesome video, thx Johnny.

[@benjaminwilson3428]

plot twist there is now.

[@xnorcal831x]

Great u turned a 1022 into a modern musket with a possibility of slam fires

[@thesaltypanda1160]

hunter childers boi what drugs are you on my dude

[@camaraman2009]

Or did he just give you an option to continue using your rifle after you run out of ammo but still need to shoot small game for food.

[@dmanlangley7326]

Dude go somewhere else with your negative crap or don’t watch it if you don’t want to see it go on some democratic channel and rub on them for awhile

[@amdidextrous]

A slam fire is caused when the cartridge is fired when the bolt closes, without pulling the trigger, caused by a protruding firing pin. It is not likely to happen with a 10/22 as by using this method it would have to have each round loaded individually, even more unlikely to happen with a bolt action as you would have to slam the bolt forward with enough force to dent the rim of the round.

[@davidunderwood3605]

Better velocity than standard 22lr cartridges, but cost is higher . Still fun. Shtf hack. Will keep you fed.

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

Yeah, at 15 cents each it's not gonna save you any money.

[@fathertimencUSA]

maybe cut cost by making a mold and molding some sold lead pellets to use

[@charlesechols6354]

I can't wait to try this with my breech load and bolt action riffles. Seems like it would load easier

[@thespiritof76..]

Charles Echols it does.... tack glue the pellets before hand and it’s like loading .22lr

[@dannylandrum7899]

Why not just breech load then push the blank in behind an ordinary pellet? What's wrong with that?

[@GlowingBentley]

Still minute of man at 50yds. Could ruin somebody's day. Very interesting video. Thanks!

[@tobystrickland5986]

How about using a .22 pellet gun instead and using the blanks that way?

[@dkeith45]

@Toby Strickland That's an interesting idea. How about starting with, a shotgun to .22 lr chamber adapter, then cut off an old .22 rifled pellet gun barrel, drill out the adapter from the muzzle end to accept the pellet gun barrel, which would either be threaded in, or epoxied in with JB weld? Then you could shoot .22 air gun pellets, powdered by Ramset blanks. I might try this.

[@randyemenhiser2573]

Holy shit. I didn't know you ever showed your face until I stumbled onto this.

[@dontask8979]

I have been a sub for years and how is it that this is the 1st time Iv seen this?

[@jefferypowell9885]

red power shots are the strongest

[@randomstuffno1caresabout3]

That moment when u realize you could have just bought some 22lr

[@dannylandrum7899]

Yeah, it's louder than both super colibris (20@500), and CCI Quiet (40@710), and more expensive, once you buy both $8/100 blanks and a good pellet. So louder, more expensive, and takes much longer to load - I don't see giving all three of those tradeoffs just to get 17@2100.

[@alexcarter8807]

Closest thing would be "CB Longs" which is a "CB cap" in a long rifle case. CCI makes them.

[@thisolddog2259]

Thinking the same thing

[@thespiritof76..]

Shiiiiiit .22lr won’t do what a Ramset round and a pellet will do..

[@pewpewTN]

@@thespiritof76.. It's a 17 grain pellet at a max of 2200 FPS. You just have super low power, low accuracy, single shot .17 HMR.

[@johnroberts3723]

Excellent review thanks very much. I have wondered for some time if nail gun blanks could be used in this way. As children we used to find these on building sites and take them home and put them in a vise and hit them with a hammer. Just wondered how .22 lead balls would perform.

[@ar1701]

wouldn't a bolt action be more consistent than a semiautomatic

[@CrudeConduct666]

No

[@Thorsaxe777]

Looked like a fun experiment.

[@larrykehl5300]

Loading and shooting looks just like my black powder cap and ball rifles (a lot less messy, however). I'll have to try this with an older target rifle that has target peeps just for the fun of it. Thanks for sharing

[@aaaaa1957]

Really enjoyed this video. I would never have thought to even try this. Thanks

[@CrudeConduct666]

Good to know. Pretty neat.

[@williamboggs4317]

Thanks man great video

[@uralbob1]

Great episode Johnny!

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

Wth is this a easter egg video I somehow missed in the 7 or 8 years I have been watching JRB ????!

[@FrogmortonHotchkiss]

My jaw dropped when I saw the size of the hand relative to the orange target! Respectable groups!

[@tom_olofsson]

Thanks for doing the testing. This is very helpful. Looks like #3 is the best. I noticed Taufledermaus used a 4" 12ga adapter. I presume my .22lr revolver with 4" barrel would get about the same results.

[@stevespanos75]

I am glad you have shown us the difference in power these blanks have. What is the weight of those pellets ?

[@ericlaird7508]

Johnny,you have to admit this sound's crazy my man ,however ....I am really impressed with how well they were grouping! they work...yeeehaw!!!...

[@mattd6128]

I have an old bolt action .after seeing this I am curious about breech loading the pellet similar to a break action pellet rifle then using the bolt to push the blank round against the pellet and seat both in the correct spot in the chamber once the bolt is in the home position. My only concern would mostly be the head space if any between blank cartridge and projectile.seems better than starting at the muzzle and like was mentioned distorting the projectile and worse leaving room between the projectile and charge. I really enjoyed this video ,in a last ditch effort that combination could definitely get you out of a tight spot in an out of conventional ammo situation. Impressed by the grouping was kinda surprised how fairly consistent they were even at 50yds. Thanks for sharing.

[@GotTheTeeShirt1]

Do we have anyway to model the pressures and identify which barrels are safest to use. Why not be using a single shot break action? Super thick chamber walls on my Rossi Matched Pair.

[@kristiecoleman8641]

Your shows are the best

[@theronroberts5573]

That was interesting. I think I'm going to Lowe's or home Depot to buy me some 22 blanks.

[@Tubajock2]

i may try this with my 22lr bolt gun. probably easier to load.

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

A bolt gun would definitely be much easier.

[@DaveTAM]

We used this trick with .22 shotguns (bolt action) garden guns in the UK just put a pellet on the end and it killed a lot of rabbits at longer range.

[@mach5zx10r]

No scope, ur eye sight seems good.

[@retiresoon5639]

Blowing your face off with a .22LR..LOL

[@maxchalice5625]

Johnny I don't know how in the hell I miss this video. I swear I've seen everything you put out. But to KZbin's credit they did suggest it even though it's 3 years late

[@preventec47]

The next think you can do which I have done is load the 22 pellet from the breech and push slighly into the grooves with a Q-tip or similar sized push rod. Then but one half of a 22cal empty shell of gunpowder into the chanber behind the just loaded pellet and with the barrel facing straight down so the powder does not fall out then load the power load. I tried several pellets and the pressure blew threw the pellet head and left the pellet in the barrel. SO what I had to do was fill all the pellets with glue using toothpicks to poke the air bubble out so the glue would go into the head of the pellet and fill the pellet up. Using this technique I was getting 3200 feet per second on my chrono. When I added even more powder, it blew the rim off of the 22 brass cartridge power load case. I assume that is the limit -(smile) BTW, I was using a bolt action gun and that is the ONLY type action I would recommend. Oh yeh, when the rim blew off it broke the extractor that clamps onto the rim on the front of the bolt. This was an old Marlin rifle and it was TOUGH !

[@nicholasp884]

Barrel obstruction in front of a blank dangerous? Isn't that how the nail gun they go in work?

[@timhallas4275]

Leaving all of that air between the cartridge and the pellet is probably killing your potential velocity. You'd do better if you loaded the pellet from the breech. Let it swage itself in to the barrel.

[@jasonlopez4855]

I like the lowest power X DeWalt

[@locksmithsilva1163]

Just to let you know the purple color blanks are more powerful than the brown, green & yellow blanket bullets.

[@curtisvant1935]

You should do this out of a pistol like a 22 ruger wrangler

[@fabricio4794]

DeWalt : The Best Ammo

[@heisenbergwalter3363]

are cartridge for nail gun blanks more powerfull than cartridge for sel-defense blank gun ?

[@hawknives]

Excellent Demo! Thank You!

[@Eatherbreather]

There is at least one company I know of that makes a die and shell holder for crimping regular .22lr brass into blanks. CH? or something like that. I can't remember 🤔☹️. Also I have no loading data but I do know that simply removing the projectile and crimping the shell using the existing powder in it didn't make for very good blanks - lots of unburned powder and not very loud. I think they needed a different powder in the absence of the pressure the projectile would have created.

[@theoutlawpanterarulz3538]

What is wild to me is that it had enough force to blow back and eject shell/cartridge

[@Rampant_Colt]

try this test again with .177 darts

[@chrishampton3237]

No one has mentioned revolvers?

[@usualsuspect5173]

Or falling block breechoaders

[@keithguidry2841]

He was impressed with the accuracy! I Can hear the squirrels laughing!

[@cliffburlew9209]

I have a 22 brake open I did this back in the day when we ran out of 22 ammo

[@snowgoon7853]

I have .27 Cal charges. Would I be able to use them in my 22lr mags?

[@ludwigluhoway9031]

Couldnt use a blank gun drill out the green part put a .35 cal pellet put wax and boom you got a gun

[@benjiit5726]

Yeah saw a video about that. You'd have to get a blank gun that was made with a hardened steel barrel though first. Then bore out the barrel to make sure the projectile can travel. Also some of the blank guns have side exits for powder combustion. (I'm in the UK and was looking this up lol) I'm sure it is possible tho. Maybe converted airguns might be a better bet. Very interesting though

[@snowflakemelter1172]

@@benjiit5726 enjoy your 4 years in prison.

[@benjiit5726]

@@snowflakemelter1172 I'm no criminal ....just an interested 3rd party. I don't agree with idiots off the streets having guns. But i also don't like the government infringing on our rights to do anything

[@perry296]

You talk about laying some hell on some squirrels with those loads. That would be a awesome video for JRB outdoor channel.

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

lol those bastards move too fast! I would definitely need a camera man for that video. The next time a groundhog tries to move into my garage might be a good time for a terminal ballistics test.

[@perry296]

I feel like my curiosity will get the best of me in the next week or so, and I'm going to have to snipe a few squirrels out of the yard with this lol

[@briansouth9325]

Zinc isn't as heavy as lead so it's probably something else with maybe a zinc coating

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks great work Sir 👍

[@victormaya2610]

I like the idea a lot and have seen this with revolvers they get crazy velocity just like this video but a 16” barrel 10/22 seems not ideal I would like to see a older Higgins or coast to coast bold action rifle or break barrel single shot with a longer 20”-24” barrel I bet you would get even more velocity and it would be easier to reload than a percussion musket along with Different ammo a hollow point pellet would explode on a target at 2,000 plus fps! Also heavier ammo 16 grains heavy for a pellet gun but is crazy light weight for a .22 rifle But this is a great idea if you don’t have any ammo and need to hunt small game. Thanks again Vic

[@kinzieconrad105]

Should get a break action .22 for pellet pushing!

[@crushthis123]

Why not use the load to push the pellet in and why not try just the bullet long and long riffle to see what happens and if they are the same or close to a standard 22 load as far as the speed and accuracy goes

[@plow9133]

damn johnny you and elvis aren't a good influence on me when i had a few beers in me lol from ELVIS shooting hot melt glue though his pistol with primers now you with blanks in the 22 lol love the videos , keep them coming

[@mariolofaro8330]

Way cool! I might try this with my 10/22.

[@gotallmyvaccinesforallknow4949]

A year later. Whats the verdict?

[@pyrobob208]

Looks like the 10/22 cycled and extracted/ejected well with those things. Loved my 10/22 before our fascist government made them illegal in Aus.

[@peterwilliams2152]

Well Pyrobob, if you got off your arse and got a licence, you could own a 10/22 in Australia.

[@simplemigrower323]

Can you get 80% lowers there?

[@simplemigrower323]

@Jul rost it's an unfinished lower receiver for an ar15 or many other platforms that come as a piece of steel or polymer. It comes with a jig-stencil to use with a drill press or any other equipment you can use. Once its drilled to spec, you can attach a pistol grip and drop in your trigger group and ect. There are strict laws where you can do it here like you can't do it at a place of business because they could be charged with weapons manufacturing without a license or somthing like that. But I can build an ar15 at home for 500 bucks and order everything online

[@simplemigrower323]

@Jul rost the way the laws are here, it's not a firearm until it's a finished product so it can ship to your door. The lower receiver is the only part of the ar15 considered a firearm. The rest are just considered parts. My upper receiver would be an upper and my disassembled lower would still be a firearm

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@peterwilliams2152 well peter williams, if you got off your arse and did a good ol' 1776, you wouldnt need a license.

[@shadymaint1]

FYI blanks launch cleaning rods out of a M16 nicely.

[@gladegoodrich2297]

A lot of trouble! Think I'll just keep shooting my 17 mag.

[@caryleito3814]

Tuning is your only problem

[@billdonaldson7546]

That would get you a rabbit or squirrel in a pinch.

[@arnoldgraham4218]

Higher pressure out of a bolt action?

[@jimhans1]

Going on a week without any JRB videos, getting withdrawals!!

[@aljenembtry7781]

Lever action pen!!!

[@Simple5.0]

Those things are moving holy crap

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

I can still get 22lr ammo . Idk why I would buy any I have enough to where I can't carry them all.

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

Know why I love 22lr because it's so cheap you can leave little bags of ammo all over the place so should you need to unload you have plenty to reload. If you have a magazine or 2 loaded with 60 total rounds you can carry them all day. They are pretty light. Where I live you rarely get a shot off over 25 yards it's all swamp.

[@ncooper7757]

The Butler Creek magazine can work with 1 nail gun round and 22 short but just 1 at a time

[@isaywoopow]

Now that looks fun

[@richardoakley8800]

Brazil had an air rifle that was a bolt action rifle that had a chamber for the pellet and a rear chamber for a .22 blank.. cant remember the name . But the problem was always finding a pellet that would handle supersonic flight

[@jameswright9025]

You don't retrieve pellets bozo