FX DRS Pro .22 Cast Bullets?

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harrympope

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I have one coming in the mail and am curious who is casting bullets/slugs for these barrels and if so what mold are you using and what diameter is working?

I'm a bullet caster of 40 years and have a few short .22 bullet molds and sizers to size them down to .218 as of now. I shot a few short 35g bullets sized to .220 in my seneca and they shot decent but magazine feeding was dicey and they would often fall backwards out of the mag and lock the gun up.

another question, does anyone make a 1-16 twist .224 barrel for these?
 
harrympope said:
I have one coming in the mail and am curious who is casting bullets/slugs for these barrels and if so what mold are you using and what diameter is working?

I'm a bullet caster of 40 years and have a few short .22 bullet molds and sizers to size them down to .218 as of now. I shot a few short 35g bullets sized to .220 in my seneca and they shot decent but magazine feeding was dicey and they would often fall backwards out of the mag and lock the gun up.

another question, does anyone make a 1-16 twist .224 barrel for these?
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What alloy are you using for airguns and do they have lube grooves ? As for the barrel, it's probably a custom machining item. .

I want to cast and size for 217 but don't have a mold and haven't made any sizing press tooling for it made up yet.
 
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harrympope said:
I have one coming in the mail and am curious who is casting bullets/slugs for these barrels and if so what mold are you using and what diameter is working?

I'm a bullet caster of 40 years and have a few short .22 bullet molds and sizers to size them down to .218 as of now. I shot a few short 35g bullets sized to .220 in my seneca and they shot decent but magazine feeding was dicey and they would often fall backwards out of the mag and lock the gun up.

another question, does anyone make a 1-16 twist .224 barrel for these?
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If you want a 1:16 , get yourself a Redmans .22lr barrel liner from Brownells. Almost a perfect fit, you’ll need to do the finish work on the length and taper one end slightly to get it in the barrel adapter. I fit one to an MK2 Impact and worked great. The only limit then will be bullet length.
 
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6gun said:
What alloy are you using for airguns and do they have lube grooves ? As for the barrel, it's probably a custom machining item. .

I want to cast and size for 217 but don't have a mold and haven't made any sizing press tooling for it made up yet.
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The alloy.
I use mostly is recovered Indoor range scrap which is a lot of 22 bullets and just a few harder ones. Hardness works out to about 10-12 bhn. And the bullets I have used do have lube grooves.
I have a couple of Korean guns in 50 and 35.And I shoot harder bullets out of those and they shoot phenomenal. They are traditional pistol style bullets .
 
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Hobbyman2007 said:
If you want a 1:16 , get yourself a Redmans .22lr barrel liner from Brownells. Almost a perfect fit, you’ll need to do the finish work on the length and taper one end slightly to get it in the barrel adapter. I fit one to an MK2 Impact and worked great. The only limit then will be bullet length.
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I thought about that I have a little lathe I run but i'm not very good at it but I can make simple things.
 
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