Spindrift
Well-Known Member
Have any of you guys tried to shoot .22-cal airgun pellets in your .22cal centerfire rifles, using primer-only as a propellant?
I’ve decided to explore this concept a little. A little basement fun during the winter!
So, today I bought some .22 pellets and some new primers. Small rifle magnum primers, and some shotgun primers (that will require drilling/reaming primer pockets of course. I thought I’d try them in my .222rem, eventually.
One obvious problem is, the the fact that the bullets are to skinny. They tend to fall through the neck of FL-sized brass. I can think of a few possible solutions
1) powder coat the bullets, this increasing the diameter. Bit this requires some work.
2) tumble lubing them with some sticky Lee goo, might help the bullets stick
3) forming .222 brass from .223 and leaving the neck overly thick
Any tips or experience, guys?
I’ve decided to explore this concept a little. A little basement fun during the winter!
So, today I bought some .22 pellets and some new primers. Small rifle magnum primers, and some shotgun primers (that will require drilling/reaming primer pockets of course. I thought I’d try them in my .222rem, eventually.
One obvious problem is, the the fact that the bullets are to skinny. They tend to fall through the neck of FL-sized brass. I can think of a few possible solutions
1) powder coat the bullets, this increasing the diameter. Bit this requires some work.
2) tumble lubing them with some sticky Lee goo, might help the bullets stick
3) forming .222 brass from .223 and leaving the neck overly thick
Any tips or experience, guys?