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Old 05-29-2007, 07:17 PM
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The C&R Wax Bullets arrived today...

Rec'd 1000 .44cal (.429”) wax bullets for $20 / 1000 Delivered.

A very hard wax bullet, I test started one with .015" x .54cal Oxyoke patch in a .45cal barrel...it was a tight fit so I used a short starter, seated it down, and it was so snug I could not budge it back up with a tank full of 140lb compressed air...exactly like you'd want it to be.

So I used a ball puller like it was a lead ball, and pulled it right out...the ball puller screw did not pull out of the wax at all...these are very, very, very hard wax bullets.

They are about half again taller than a .45cal ball (but only about 2/3 as tall as a .45cal Maxi-Hunter) so I used a larger .54/58cal patch to keep the wax from rubbing the bore.

These have a lot of promise...I'll be shocked and disappointed if they aren’t accurate...and assuming they are accurate, there are probably a number of different things they could be used for...backyard or basement practice obviously, inexpensive range practice, safer practice for youngsters shooting balloons at 20 feet, etc...I'll post results as soon as I can test fire some.
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Old 05-30-2007, 08:33 PM
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UPDATED INFORMATION:

Check the Q&As...particularly numbers 4, 8 & 9.

If a 209 primer gets 800 FPS velocity out of a relatively short barrel, I guess 10-15 grns of Goex should easily get 1000-1200 FPS out of a long ML barrel.

And hopefully if they're accurate to 30 feet out of a pistol barrel, maybe a long barreld ML will get 50 feet.

I'm going to find somewhere to shoot these this weekend even if I have to just go to the woods where I normally deer hunt.

http://www.gunfighter.com/waxbullets/cr-faq.html#4
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