Do Any Of You Guys Reuse Pellets?

[Moog]

Yesterday when I cleaned out my pellet trap I noticed a lot of the pellets appear to have not been deformed at all. I'm wondering if they can be shot again. Maybe their are small deformities that I can't see.
My pellet trap is stuffed with old bed sheets and towels. The pellets get stopped there before reaching the duct seal. Most of my pellets are shot out of break barrel spring guns.

 

[Beer Nap]

Nope, never a good idea. Melt them down, use a mold and make new ones. I also have found ones that look like they could be shot again but really, for what a pellet cost it seems foolish. If I was needing my next meal then absolutely.

 

[Moog]

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

I have/do but ONLY on my cheapo slingers that I don't care if they get hurt/easily replacement parts

 

[MikeVV]

Seems odd, that there's no rifling marks on the head or skirt..?

Mike

 

[Firewalker]

Melt 'em down and re-cast!

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

If they are not horribly disformed; I re-send them
Mainly from veryyyy low powered slingers with the exception of this. Shot 9 times. Took 3 feral cats even; just seemed to fall out of the backside of the shots and lay on the ground next to the kill. saved it. Still have it
Crosman red flights in .22 slung from my 2289

 

[dizzums]

just turn um around backards .. its like a great big holler point ..

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

I'd be afraid of embedded grit gouging up my bore.

 

[Moog]

I'd be afraid of embedded grit gouging up my bore.

That's definitely something to think about.

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

I bought a slinger JUST for this test

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

Figured I could get a barrel easy for it if it got hurt. no problems; pellet was inspected and cleaned of debris before reuse. The pic was the final use before I cleaned it off. Still clung to a bit of fur from the last kill's pass-through

 

[Scouty]

Somebody did this with lead free pellets shot into rubber mulch. Multiple times as i recall. I thought about duplicating it but decided against it. Would save some money if shot multiple times but not enough to buy a new barrel. Knew I wouldn't likely take the time to clean them each time.

 

[qball]

Yes, have reused pellets but in very specific situations.

QBall’s cheap A$$ indoor lead-free shooting setup

Hey Gang I’ve been tinkering with my 1701p and now that it’s winter which means it get dark early and cold(I know I’m a softy CA wimp) I’ve been thinking about a indoor setup. One thing I’m very hesitant about is lead dust, I really don’t like that idea. Then today I saw a thread about lead...

www.airgunnation.com

 

[Septicdeath]

I have a single mold I made .25 a double .22 and one for a 50 cal muzzleloader
you can feasibly make them in any caliber. They shoot okay. Not as great as a premium pellet. But if you really needed ammo they work in a pinch.

materials.

6.35 mm drill bit

6.25 mm drill bit

1) pliers

2) 2pcs. dill bits ( 1 smaller than the cal. and the other the same as cal.)

3) vice or vicegrip

4) drill

clamp the pliers with a vice grip

make a punch on the desired location

drill the pliers using the small drill bit.

make sure that you do not drill through.
once in a while open the pliers to see your progress.
again clamp the drilled pliers.
drill the opening with the big drill bit with a depth of 1to 2mm or more.

Different pellet weights are achieved by depth you drill your mold.

This can be achieved for any caliber using the proper drill bits.

 

[Fuciliere]

I re-use the pellets to check chrony speed and testing, rather that wasting a new pellet, i use reuse pellet.

 

[Scouty]

Yes, have reused pellets but in very specific situations.

QBall’s cheap A$$ indoor lead-free shooting setup

Hey Gang I’ve been tinkering with my 1701p and now that it’s winter which means it get dark early and cold(I know I’m a softy CA wimp) I’ve been thinking about a indoor setup. One thing I’m very hesitant about is lead dust, I really don’t like that idea. Then today I saw a thread about lead...

www.airgunnation.com

That's the thread I was thinking of.

 

[Peskådot671]

Once it leaves the barrel, it ain't coming back.

 

[elh0102]

I can't afford a $2M house, or a new Ferrari, but I can afford new pellets. Shoot'em and have a beer. Life is short.

 

[qball]

I can't afford a $2M house, or a new Ferrari, but I can afford new pellets. Shoot'em and have a beer. Life is short.

One thing for sure is I do not like to shoot lead pellets indoors after looking inside of the LDC and shroud, very fine lead dust! Since tin pellets are hard and when captured correctly(3fpe) I was able to shoot them accurately for over 10 shots. A ton of fun while still pretty darn accurate for my terrible offhand shooting.

Did I mention some of us are cheap? This is less than half of a cent a shot!