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John in PA Oldtimer Offline Posts: 577 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Joined: Nov 3^rd, 2009	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #45 - Mar 2^nd, 2014 at 5:13pm	Print Post
	gunlaker wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:06pm: There is an old Muzzleblasts article about fine tuning a slug gun that contains some information on catching bullets. The article is excellent and worth reading for other reasons. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Chris. Great tech article, Chris, with lots of applicable information to other areas of shooting! Thanks for posting!

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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1903 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #46 - Mar 3^rd, 2014 at 1:47pm	Print Post
	John in PA wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2014 at 5:13pm: gunlaker wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:06pm: There is an old Muzzleblasts article about fine tuning a slug gun that contains some information on catching bullets. The article is excellent and worth reading for other reasons. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Chris. Great tech article, Chris, with lots of applicable information to other areas of shooting! Thanks for posting! Chris, Thanks from me also. So what is a "slug gun"? Sounds like a description of a single shot BPCR. Wayne

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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2282 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #47 - Mar 3^rd, 2014 at 2:25pm	Print Post
	Wayne, I'm no expert at all on slug guns, but I'd like to be one day . Basically they are benchrest muzzleloaders. The most accurate black powder groups ever shot have been done with them. They are typically extremely heavy, and use false muzzles for shooting cross patched bullets that are often made of two pieces. The rear of the bullet is soft lead, and the nose a harder alloy to prevent deformation. They are the cat's pajamas for black powder accuracy. I will find some links and send them to you. Chris.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2838 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #48 - Mar 3^rd, 2014 at 11:28pm	Print Post
	Slug guns? Read Ned Roberts book "The Muzzle Loading Cap Lock Rifle".


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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1903 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #49 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 2:02am	Print Post
	gunlaker wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2014 at 2:25pm: Wayne, I'm no expert at all on slug guns, but I'd like to be one day . Basically they are benchrest muzzleloaders. The most accurate black powder groups ever shot have been done with them. They are typically extremely heavy, and use false muzzles for shooting cross patched bullets that are often made of two pieces. The rear of the bullet is soft lead, and the nose a harder alloy to prevent deformation. They are the cat's pajamas for black powder accuracy. I will find some links and send them to you. Chris. Chris, Thanks for the additional details. Although I'm interested please don't go to a lot of trouble looking for links as I'll never take up the sport. I've got way too many irons in the fire now and BPCR is my main sport. Wayne

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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2282 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #50 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 11:10am	Print Post
	Well Wayne, just in case you get bored and need some reading, here is a link anyway (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Should you become interested, the best sourc of information I've found on the net have been posts by fellows named "Digital Dan" and "Plastikmo Kid". They used to frequent the WSU forums. Chris.


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catfish Participating Member Offline Posts: 16 Joined: Nov 16^th, 2013	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #51 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 11:18am	Print Post
	Snow works great for me in Maine. I can even use the jacketed bullets over again. bk


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j35nut Newbie Offline Posts: 7 Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #52 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 1:53pm	Print Post
	I was reading thru some past issues of the Cast bullet yesterday and came across a article by Merrill Martin in issue NO 132 April 1998. He used a eight foot box, assembled with no metal hardware so he could use a metal detector to find his bullets instead of spending a evening looking for the bullet. He used a product called Floor Sweep, green in color and say's it will stop bullets micrometer perfect, he also said not to use the red colored product as it is to hard on the bullets. He said he has stopped .375 and .458 mag. solids as well as 30-06 armor piercing, he only found one bullet that would make it to the end but not penetrate the box and that was a 44 250 gr SWC. Hope this helps-------J


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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1903 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #53 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 6:25pm	Print Post
	gunlaker wrote on Mar 4^th, 2014 at 11:10am: Well Wayne, just in case you get bored and need some reading, here is a link anyway (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Should you become interested, the best sourc of information I've found on the net have been posts by fellows named "Digital Dan" and "Plastikmo Kid". They used to frequent the WSU forums. Chris. Chris, that was very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. And I thought BPCR silhouette shooting was complicated. Wayne

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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1903 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #54 - Mar 4^th, 2014 at 6:28pm	Print Post
	j35nut Thanks for posting the details on the bullet catch box material. Excellent information. Wayne

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coljimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 283 Joined: Nov 10^th, 2012	Re: How best to catch fired bullets WITHOUT deformity? Reply #55 - Mar 5^th, 2014 at 12:29am	Print Post
	8 mm mauser rifle bullets were studied fired into water once. It seems that they lost their velocity in about 3-4 feet. Saw this on TV once awhile back. When I was in medical school in the 60's, I went over to the ballistics lab in the basement of Parkland Hospital where they had a bullet trap consisting of a long trough about 12 feet long with cardboard baffles about every 6 inches separated with packed cotton, the trap made out of 1X12 planks. The technician wanted samples of a Colt 1849 fired bullet. After we put the fire out, it seemed like a good idea not to use black powder anymore. He was overjoyed with the fired bullet after the smoke cleared. James


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