Bee Season is coming!

[mikegideon]

You can just load them manually without a press for this. You could prime with a simple hand primer.

Need a scale too...

 

Nah. Just keep bumping up the powder until you smell bee hair, and then back off a little.

Edited March 17, 2015 by mikegideon

[xd shooter]

No scale. I use a the smallest Lee dipper in the set. I think it is .003

I use a cereal box or bud light box to cut wads from, using a hollow punch as Enfield suggested.

357 mag case, SP primer.
One dip of AA# 2 or AA#5 then a wad.
Fill with old crushed walnut hulls from the tumbler.
Cap with another wad & compress with a 36cal muzzleloader ball starter. Edited March 17, 2015 by xd shooter

[john455]

low tech, I just spray them with carb cleaner dead as a door nail in seconds.

[enfield]

low tech, I just spray them with carb cleaner dead as a door nail in seconds.

 

Once again, not elegant.  Not as elegant as handloading and hunting them with a $500 handgun.  Much more 'sporting' our way.

 

Though I have knocked them out of the air with my hat and stomped them, when not properly armed.

 

Some of my son's in-laws in Ontario think that shooting bees is unbelievably redneck and typically American.  I agree and don't want to disappoint them.

[john455]

lol yeah, your way does seem like a lot more fun. My wife would probably have a fit on me if I tried it.

[DaveS]

lol yeah, your way does seem like a lot more fun. My wife would probably have a fit on me if I tried it.

Come on Man....It's more challenging than Sporting Clays! Plus the occasional "red wasp" comes along and "fights back" if you miss and tick him off!!! Adds an extra element to the game!

Don't ask how I know this....

 

Dave

Edited March 17, 2015 by DaveS

[Fourtyfive]

You can just load them manually without a press for this. You could prime with a simple hand primer.
Need a scale too...

How do you get the old primer out ? I need to make some for my .357 cowboy gun. Edited March 17, 2015 by Fourtyfive

[DaveTN]

I’d get arrested for discharging a firearm in the city limits.... And probably some kind of terrorist charge.

[enfield]

How do you get the old primer out ? I need to make some for my .357 cowboy gun.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Classic-Lee-Loader/733635.uts Edited March 17, 2015 by enfield

[Fourtyfive]

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Classic-Lee-Loader/733635.uts

Doesn't that require a press ?

[enfield]

Just a mallet to drive out the old primer and to seat a new one.

Oh, and you'll need a small powder dipper. I use 2 grains of powder and meter it by volume in an adjustable measure. Lee also makes a set of powder dippers, or you can make your own. Edited March 18, 2015 by enfield

[Fourtyfive]

I'm confused , that is not a hand primer , right ?

[enfield]

No, the Lee loader will load full rounds - deprime, prime, drop powder, seat bullet. It's not fast and it only neck-sizes bottleneck cases. It's slow, low tech and cheap. A hand primer only primes cases, and one costs more than a Lee Loader.

[buck1032]

My Ruger Old Army .45 loaded with 20 grains of 3FFF Black Powder and 30 grains of "grits" topped of with tissue and grease. Just like a shotgun!!!

 

 

 

Happy Bee hunting.....

 

Dave

That looks to be a bumble bee, Sir. You shouldn't post that picture, TWRA might start looking for you. LOL

[atlas3025]

How do you get the old primer out ? I need to make some for my .357 cowboy gun.

 

The single action is the way to go.  If you get multiple bees in range, fan that thing.  

 

And I shot my wife in the foot at ~6 feet last year while tracking one, she just slapped me.  She had forgotten about it by the next beer.

[DaveS]

That looks to be a bumble bee, Sir. You shouldn't post that picture, TWRA might start looking for you. LOL

It was "self defense", suck'a tried to bite me!!

 

Dave

[buck1032]

'Splain that to the Judge, Sir. ;) I have been slacking and haven't loaded any up this year. I need to get off my duff and get to the loading press. :)

[gregintenn]

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I have a box loaded and ready! :up:

[daddyo]

I fixed 'em. I put vinyl siding all the way around my screened in patio, so there's nothing for them to destroy. Heh heh heh heh.....

[enfield]

You removed the bee bait?  How will you get your bag limit?

[john455]

I have a box loaded and ready! :up:

NICE 1 shot 1 kill

[rugerla1]

I can tell how much I miss deer season, every time I scroll past this thread on my phone I swear the title says "Bow Season is coming!" :rant:

Doubt I'd have much success with a bow against carpenter bees though so just have to suck it up and wait till Fall! ha ha

[maroonandwhite]

NICE 1 shot 1 kill

Nah I'll bet those are just the two he put in the pic.  :rofl:

[enfield]

Rev. Stacy Groscup could shoot aspirin out of the air with an arrow. Bees are bigger . . .

[Erik88]

'Splain that to the Judge, Sir. ;) I have been slacking and haven't loaded any up this year. I need to get off my duff and get to the loading press. :)

 

I still have 4-5 that you gave me years ago. I honestly forgot I had any left until I came across them the other day.

 

I'll be sure to put them to good use. I have several wasps nests around the house. :)