Originally Posted By: Paul810
That wax bullet idea has me thinking. How much power do they have? Could the shotgun primer be used to propel some other type of bullet for small game use?

I mean, if that were the case, something like a .454 Casull or .460 S&W revolver would make for quite a versatile handgun.

Re-loadable shotgun primer powered loads for inexpensive practice and small game shooting. Standard .45 Long Colt loads for most duties. .454 Casull or .460 S&W loads for larger animal defense or hunting.


That's pretty good thinking!

However, be careful with low-powered loads and lead bullets though, lest you find one of them be-stuck in your barrel with another round traveling down the same barrel behind it. ;-)

I believe you'd find that any primer-only driven load might not have enough steam to push a real lead projectile of stable cross-sectional dimension for it's caliber out of the barrel.

I think I read somewhere that the wax bullets make about 600 fps and might pretty well knock the wind out of a little game animal if it hit them in the right spot. In my Vaquero, though, the wax bullets shoot a few inches lower than my actual point of aim at about 17 feet. They'll hit in about a 1 inch circle with a half-way decent attempt at aiming at that distance.