[Condition 1]

Just wondering how well Cowboy action Wax bullets would work
in a lever action? I'm talking anout 38 Special because that is the cases they
make that are reamed out to use the shotgun primers.
Cheap enough to shoot a lot and supposedly good to about 30 feet.
21 feet in a revolver.
No reloading equipment needed and they use shotgun primers
instead of regular primers.
Has anyone tried this?

 

[Tx gunrunner]

357 brass works better in most lever gun . The extra length cycle better in my guns ..... Roll crimp help feed also

 

[BubbaJon]

Used to "cast" our own wax boolits by dipping a brass with the rim cutoff into a melted pot. Just blow or poke 'em out when cool.
Now this was with a pistola but I can't imagine they'd do anything bad in a rifle. Couple of followup shots with a real boolit clears residue out nicely.

 

[Condition 1]

There are companies out there that make some real nice wax bullets.
Just pop in a primer and press in the bullet and you're off!
I'm thinking for practice it could be fun and pretty quiet too.
Sadly, they only make the special brass in 38 special and 45 LC.

Spitfire Wax Bullets - The Most Accurate Wax Bullets Ever Produced

 

[Bobshouse]

I tried it and they all melted in the feeding tube, what a mess.

 

[Condition 1]

They all melted?!
That must have been one hot day!

 

[flatsneck]

Don't know how it will work in a rifle, but something I have done for years in small pistols, .380 and 9mm size.
I use Jewelers wax as the projectile. I have no idea what the wax composition is, but it is very dense and rigid, I get the sheets at Michael's arts and crafts, they're 14"x12", and a pale tan/beige color for around 6 dollars.
I size and prime like regular with standard small pistol primers, then make my projectiles by simply pressing the case into the sheet of wax (cookie cutter). 1/4 inch thick does the trick perfectly for my application.
you have to feed the shells one at a time, but they have a pretty aggressive muzzle velocity, and are really accurate out to about 30 feet, enough to go right thru a piece of paper, and lodge into a hefty cardboard backer. without any scientific evidence, I would "guess-timate" around 300-400 fps... (we compared them alongside a paintball gun that was chronoed' at 400fps, and it is about or a little less than that.)

The 380 is a Taurus TCP with a 3 inch barrel, and the 9mm is a colt 1911 with a 5 inch barrel..... I can get about 50 or so shots before I notice any wax buildup, or accuracy issues.. best of all I can shoot indoors all i want when I cant get to the range, and I don't have to modify/ruin the cases, I just go thru primers like a madman!