Bee killer loads

[peejman]

I found that if you get the neighbor kids to tear a huge hole in your screened porch, the carpenter bees come in and can't figure out how to get out. Then you just vacuum up the bodies every week or so. :/

[res308]

I haven't gotten around to making up any bee killer loads yet, but I've lost count with this here tennis racket.

[Ray Z]

I'm shooting crushed walnut media over 2 gr of Bullseye, cardstock wads over the powder and shot. Not a recommendation, just info. I killed 50+ last year. I do miss occasionally, so I loaded 100 rounds this year. ;)

OK, I'd love to get in on the fun. Where do I get the 38 cal cardstock wads?

[R_Bert]

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/FEL0/3018/N0488.oap?ck=Search_gasket_N0488_-1_1934&keyword=gasket&pt=N0488&ppt=C1984

OK, I'd love to get in on the fun. Where do I get the 38 cal cardstock wads?

Get the rubberized cork gasket sheet stock from O'Reilleys auto parts. Then chamfer a 38 brass to sharp edge. Tap base with mallet to cut. Do 3 or 4 and then push out of case using a bamboo skewer stick through primer hole. Edited May 2, 2016 by R_Bert

[enfield]

I use round hollow punches, 5/16 inch for the overpowder wad and 3/8 for the overshot, and scrap cardstock.

[owejia]

Saw a thread on cast boolit forum, guy shooting rice loads using bp revolver, guess you can smoke them to death if you miss them.

[Sidinman]

lol, good one owejia

[Dolomite_supafly]

On ‎5‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 0:45 AM, R_Bert said:

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/FEL0/3018/N0488.oap?ck=Search_gasket_N0488_-1_1934&keyword=gasket&pt=N0488&ppt=C1984

OK, I'd love to get in on the fun. Where do I get the 38 cal cardstock wads?

Get the rubberized cork gasket sheet stock from O'Reilleys auto parts. Then chamfer a 38 brass to sharp edge. Tap base with mallet to cut. Do 3 or 4 and then push out of case using a bamboo skewer stick through primer hole.

That is basically what I did and it worked great.

Now I just use #4 blanks from Home Depot without any media. The concussion puts them on the ground where you can step on them.

[gregintenn]

The kids just headed out to the barn, delighted to learn I'd loaded a whole box of bee loads back in the winter.

[owejia]

Little slow this year with the cool and rain. Have shot less than a 100 so far. Eighty degree temp will bring them out big time. Happy hunting.

[Fourtyfive]

I wish I re-loaded. I would pay dearly for some bee loads. .38, .357 , .45 colt long...

Edited April 7, 2017 by Fourtyfive

[owejia]

Fortyfive sent you a PM about bee killer loads.

[Ray Z]

On 4/6/2017 at 9:03 PM, Fourtyfive said:

I wish I re-loaded. I would pay dearly for some bee loads. .38, .357 , .45 colt long...

Why not start reloading? If you can follow directions and have a degree of common sense. Original expense is a bit high but after that adding calibers and components are only add on costs. $350 to $400 max will get you started.

[Fourtyfive]

I've thought about it but don't get to shoot enough to justify it....

[xsubsailor]

 Will this work?

 When I first started teaching my daughter to shoot, I made up some wax loads for a .38.  I drilled out the primer hole on some cases to 1/8" and used magnum primers with a wax "bullet" and it worked great. How about, magnum primer, cardboard wad, walnut media and cardboard wad?

Fourtyfive, what end of the state are you in?

 

 

 

Edited April 11, 2017 by xsubsailor