Carpenter bee loads

[Guest Longshot1]

I need a reloader in the K'ville area to load me some .38 cartridges with rice for these pests. I am covered up with them and the old paddleball racquet isn't getting the job done. PM me and we can discuss details.

[Westwindmike]

I heard that some folks shoot Cream of Wheat in their bee loads.

[Dolomite_supafly]

I load 45 ACP for this except I use walnut shells. It works pretty good. I use a primer and a few grains of powder.

Dolomite

[Sidinman]

this is enteresting, how do you seal off the shell?

[Jonnin]

I need a reloader in the K'ville area to load me some .38 cartridges with rice for these pests. I am covered up with them and the old paddleball racquet isn't getting the job done. PM me and we can discuss details.

How many GRAINS of rice do you think would do the job.... ?

[enfield]

I load crushed walnut shell over 2 grains of Bullseye, CCI 500 primers in .38 Special cases. I use light cardboard wads over the powder and 'shot'. This is just what I use, not a recommendation for anyone else.

Edited April 20, 2011 by enfield
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[mikegideon]

I load crushed walnut shell over 2 grains of Bullseye, CCI 500 primers in .38 Special cases. I use light cardboard wads over the powder and 'shot'. This is just what I use, not a recommendation for anyone else.

I thought you were using grits. Not enough thump?

[enfield]

Yep, that's the main reason I changed.

[VERO1]

I use carb cleaner! Not near as much fun, but effective.

[Dad03]

At what range are you shooting at them?

[enfield]

Too close, as I occasionally miss. The spread is about 3 inches at 2 feet. I really need to pattern the load to find the optimum range.

[Guest Longshot1]

Now I just need some primed .38 brass....

[Garufa]

This thread cracks me up. What would the nieghbors think if I sat out on the back deck one evening shooting at bees...with a big ass gun?

I need to go load up some insect rounds.

[Guest TackleberryTom]

Seeing this thread made me go and make some for myself just for fun. I tried a variety of powder loads and a few different projectiles. I loaded them in some .38 s to shoot out of my revolver. These things are really fun to shoot. Thanks for the idea.

[Dolomite_supafly]

How load are these things?

About as loud as firing just the primer. Generally not loud enough to draw attention although running around shooting a firearm in what appears to be random directions probably will.

Dolomite

[CatsEye]

I was laughing when I saw this thread considering I was having a very similar conversation just this morning with a couple of guys in Clarksville. We were shooting a local match out at Rattlesnake Ridge and Gary and Kim were telling me about running around shooting carpenter bees with their 22 rifles. Hearing them tell their stories had me LMAO.

[Fourtyfive]

Could be an untapped market here , I would buy a box !

[Guest rebeldrummer]

I'll pay someone to load me about 20 or so in .38 brass....I wish I could get some for my .410.

[Dad03]

now I have to buy some 38 dies to try this.

[enfield]

Gasket punches to make the wads are handy to have. I seat the wads with a pencil.

[enfield]

This thread cracks me up. What would the nieghbors think if I sat out on the back deck one evening shooting at bees...with a big ass gun?

I need to go load up some insect rounds.

Spreading insanity, one mind at a time.

What will the Yankees think of us?

Next year - anvil shooting!!

[Fourtyfive]

My Judge could use some .410 Bee Busters ....

[Guest TackleberryTom]

No dies needed. Just a pin punch to pop out the primer and one of those cheap lee hand primers and you are all set. Don't really need to size it just to use in your 38 revolver.

+1 on the gasket punch. That is what I used too.

Mine were a little louder than just a primer pop. 5 gr of unique and a pretty good pack of walnut shell and it broke the skin on a sheet of drywall 8ft away. Fun as can be. Shooting june bugs.

4gr of unique, just got done loading some 45 acp swc I was using 5gr for that.

Edited April 25, 2011 by TackleberryTom
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[Dolomite_supafly]

Or rather than use a gasket punch just place the gasket material over the charged case them press down on the gasket material and the case mouth will cut it to size. Or you could use a deprimed case to do several then push them out through the flash/primer hole.

When I was doing mine I would prime the case, add a few grains of powder, cut the gasket material using the case mouth, seat it against the powder, charge with walnut media, again with the gasket material and done.

With all this talk of bee loads you guys have infected me again. I haven;t made them for a few years but now I am going to have to. Except this time I am going to be using 9mm. Won't hold as much media but should work fine.

Dolomite

[MacGyver]

Next year - anvil shooting!!

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