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Home Made BUllets

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A 'good' friend of a co-worker. This guy was into reloading his gun casings to save money. He also figured if he could melt down his old bullets (from a home made target range) he could save even more. He didn't have the correct 'form' in which a person would pour the molten lead to make the correct bullets, but figured out that he could use a drill bit in a piece of wood to make something so close that it would work. He would pour in the molten lead, wait till the board and metal cooled and then split open the board and retrieve the bullets. This actually worked but he hated waiting so long for the metal to cool before collecting the bullets. In a stroke of genius he decided to spit in the drilled hole first and then pour in the lead so as to speed the process. He was not wearing safety glasses and watched over the hole as the lead was poured in. The spit of course instantly boiled off and the steam produced threw the molten lead out of the hole with some force. He was struck in the forehead and face area with molten lead spatter and received some permanent scars for his efforts. It's a shame the lead didn't have a moment to cool as he would have effectively removed himself from the 'eligible breeders' list. Hopefully he will try testing electrical junctions by urinating on them next, or something.....

Submitted on 09/13/2005

Submitted by: Sean S
Reference: Sorry, never made it to paper

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I've had a few soldering near-mishaps, and as far fetched as this story sounds, I'm apt to believe it. Molten lead is NOT fun. Unfortunately, what was shaping up to be a great "dumb, do-it-yerself hick" story had something of a let-down ending (I was figuring on a row of bullets all going off), but do keep an eye on this fellow and keep us posted!

Jorge said:
Definitely Toss: Other

Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I have to agree with James... and having worked with lead, I know that it melts at a much higher temperature than solder (which is a eutectic mixture of lead and tin, or tin and antimony). I, too was expecting a row of fresh-cast bullets to cook themselves off... maybe next time?

Greg said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Ouch! Well home-made bullets makes it worthy of consideration for me, regardless of the outcome.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I have some friends who are hand-loaders (including one who is a black powder shooter), and I'll be sending this to them for their amusement. As Greg said, "Ouch!"

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