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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Whistling bullets Sep 4^th, 2009 at 6:05pm	Print Post
	How can I make my bullets whistle when going downrange? Does anyone remember the whistling tops and yoyo's when we were kids? There must be a way to make my bullets whistle. Anybody have any ideas? Joe.

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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4213 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #1 - Sep 4^th, 2009 at 6:28pm	Print Post
	First you buy them some little tiny pages of sheet music... Froggie


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #2 - Sep 4^th, 2009 at 7:43pm	Print Post
	Hey! This is no joking matter mister!! I'm think along the line of the Jericho Trumpet effect on my fellow competitors. Joe.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18409 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #3 - Sep 4^th, 2009 at 8:40pm	Print Post
	Situate some good looking bullets alongside the range and your bullets might whistle at them as they go by!

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 4001 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #4 - Sep 4^th, 2009 at 8:45pm	Print Post
	I had a .25-06 that would do it. The bullets were HP with 4 or 5 little notches around the edge of the HP.

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digitall423 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 747 Location: Mexico Beach, FL Joined: Aug 5^th, 2005	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #5 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 6:41am	Print Post
	Westerner Go to YouTube and check out bowling ball mortars. Bowling balls really whistle when they go down range. Maybe you'll get some ideas from that.


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irish66 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 547 Location: newbraunfels Joined: Apr 7^th, 2007	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #6 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 7:08am	Print Post
	jo, if you take a carbide insert and put a small screw through the hole, and blow on it with an air hose it wil whistle so in that case if you attach an even smaller one to the front of the bullet it might have the same effect!!!! or you could try using pure sil;ver solder when you cast, as it will whistle,(akatumble), you may never hit another target again but it will kinda whistle. irish


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 4001 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 7:48am	Print Post
	digitall423 wrote on Sep 5^th, 2009 at 6:41am: Westerner Go to YouTube and check out bowling ball mortars. Bowling balls really whistle when they go down range. Maybe you'll get some ideas from that. Also well documented on gbocannons.com . Perhaps a hole or to to the side or one through from side to side. You could have a real screamer!

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rimfire Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #8 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 8:39am	Print Post
	Joe - let us know what you discover works - the rimfire - cdpersons


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creedmoormatch Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #9 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 9:17am	Print Post
	Hey Joe, ---- if they ain't whistling "Dixie", ---forget it ! C.M.M.


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creedmoormatch Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #10 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 9:24am	Print Post
	Hey Joe, had another thought for you. Why not trying to whistle (yea, you whistle) at them as they go down range and see if they'll come back to you. My dogs do it all the time ... why not your bullets ? You may want to put your flak jacket on just in case it works. Let me know what you find out, O.K. ? They may be retriever bullets, don't you know ! C.M.M. P.S. You would think I have nothing better to do ... when I should be out on that tractor mowing !
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notlwonk Full Member Offline Posts: 168 Location: Coventry CT Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #11 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 4:20pm	Print Post
	Why not drill a hole in the front and a bigger hole in the side and place a BB in the bigger hole? It should ( yeh right ) work just like a kids whistle. Or did you actually want to be able to hit something with the bullet?


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #12 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:04pm	Print Post
	Yes I want to be able to make good scores with the whistling / screaming bullets. The perfect sound would be the sound a Stuka dive bomber makes during a dive. The idea is to intimidate the competition into submission. Everytime they hear a screamer go down range it will cause fear and panic in the heart of the most fearless shooter. Nerves will twitch, some lesser shooters will pack up and go home. Women and children will run for their lives. Dogs will hide under cars. Schutzenmeisters will try to stop the carnage with much frustration as there is no rule against the whistler. The idea has been bouncing around up there for quite a few years. I have some ideas of my own but wanted to fish here just in case someone else had the same thoughts. Joe.

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oldbluelight Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #13 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 6:52pm	Print Post
	Actually the bullets themselves might not have to whistle. How about this? Rig a micro-switch to the trigger that will activate a small powerful speaker with a digital recording of a Stuka. The playback device could be easily concealed in some bulky piece of gear on your bench, cartridge box or powder measure. The ultimate sophistication could be had by carefully calculating the bullets time of flight and giving the recording that precise duration with a juicy smack at the end and a decreasing volume to give the impression that it's moving away.


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 4001 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #14 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 7:10pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:04pm: ... The idea is to intimidate the competition into submission. Everytime they hear a screamer go down range it will cause fear and panic ... Joe. I once bought a reloading press from a fellow that chose his powder for maximum muzzle blast and smell for the same reason!

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irish66 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 547 Location: newbraunfels Joined: Apr 7^th, 2007	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #15 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	and here was me thinking a screamer was..... what about an alpine horn with an airline attached synched to your trigger? blow baby blow! oh thats black powder. irish


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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 717 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #16 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 9:08pm	Print Post
	We used to cut both ends out of a can [ beer prefered] and put them over the projos for our 105 and 155 howitzers, screamed like hell all the way. Might be tough getting the ends off those .32 cal cans though!


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irish66 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 547 Location: newbraunfels Joined: Apr 7^th, 2007	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #17 - Sep 6^th, 2009 at 7:04am	Print Post
	tom, maybe he could machine a teeeny weeny can out of hydraulic tubeing stick it on the end and see what happens. might be able to make a mold????? bml great place to shoot. best to all. irish(akamjr)


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #18 - Sep 6^th, 2009 at 5:10pm	Print Post
	I'm light years ahead of you guys! The latest design, still in my head at this point is to make a hollow pointer mold from one of the .32 molds I dont use much. I have a 321-297 or something like that. Anyway the plan is to make the hollow pointer a straight cylinder that ends at the sprue plate. The mold will cast a lead can with a hole through the center. Brass pintubing will be pressed into the hole after its made into a whistle. I'm hoping a Poly wad will hold the pressure until the bullet exits the barrel. I dont see why this wont work if I can get the pintubing to whistle/ scream while encased in the bullet. I figure some compressed air and some experimentation in the shop will happen. I'm too busy cutting wood right now to mess with it. Joe

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creedmoormatch Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #19 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 10:07am	Print Post
	Hey Joe ...so it's Labor Day and you're out splitting wood ! I do some of my best thinking when I'm on the tractor mowing ... it has automatic trans, cruise control and A/C ... so you get the picture ? Well here is what I've come up with. If you don't mind me saying so, I think you are out of focus. What you are missing is the fact that your bullets already whistle if you're shooting them above 1024 f.p.s. Muzzle Velocity. I have the necessary data to prove that. What you fail to realize is that you are just not hearing the whistling bullets. As you know sound travels at different wave lengths, not all of which may be heard by the human ear. For instance, the K-9 species have more acute hearing than does the Human species. That is not to say that you could not adapt specific audio equipment receptors to detect the bullets whistle, because you could. My suggestion is to redirect your attention away from specific modifications to you bullets and instead look at audio receivers that will convert the sound wave length of the bullet's whistle to the wave length which is audible to the human ear. , and C.M.M.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #20 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 3:59pm	Print Post
	Thats correct, I agree. If the bullet is going faster than the speed of sound it still makes noise and will be heard..... eventually. Like when you hit a ram at 500 meters. The ram goes down then the time lag and you hear the clang. Wished my saw had an air conditioner and sterio. Splittin wood round here is like a box of chocolates,,,,,,,,,, ya never know what yer gonna get, lol. Joe.

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13Echo Ex Member	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #21 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 4:11pm	Print Post
	Dang Tom, I bet FDC wondered what happened to that shot. I'm sure it didn't land where they expected. The best whistles I ever heard from artillery was when a rotating band broke off. That really got your attention. Jerry Liles another ex Redleg


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #22 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 4:19pm	Print Post
	I wonder what would happen if the tip of the hollow pointer was shaped like the end of a phillips head screwdriver? This is going to be a fun winter project, frivolous, but fun. Joe.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18409 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Whistling bullets Reply #23 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	You got way too much time Joe!

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