Making your own hollow points
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Making your own hollow points
by IslandTimes on Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:15 pm
This was posted on another forum and I wanted to see what you guys think of it. Tried to copy the pictures but couldn't figure out how, so here's the website.
sportsmansguide.com
Apparently, it's a kit that lets you drill small holes in either a 22LR or 7.62x25 tok round, in theory giving you cheap hollow point ammunition from FMJs. Opinions on the other forum were mixed, so what do yall think?
sportsmansguide.com
Apparently, it's a kit that lets you drill small holes in either a 22LR or 7.62x25 tok round, in theory giving you cheap hollow point ammunition from FMJs. Opinions on the other forum were mixed, so what do yall think?
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by Xd357 on Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:41 pm
If you do it just for hunting or plinking I'd say go for it. Home defense is a no go for me.
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by BigDaddyQ on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:44 pm
Looks like it could work. Probably won't be concentric on the inside giving you unstablized flight and decreased accuracy, but it may work for you.
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by Beladran on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:52 pm
Mihec bullet molds.... All I gotta say... Hollow point so deep you can hide small creatures in it
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by captain-03 on Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:05 pm
BigDaddyQ wrote:Looks like it could work. Probably won't be concentric on the inside giving you unstablized flight and decreased accuracy, but it may work for you.
Probably right ----
Beladran wrote:Mihec bullet molds.... All I gotta say... Hollow point so deep you can hide small creatures in it
For 22s - just buy them that way (HP) .. for all others, cast your own would the "best" way to go.
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by sidroski on Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:54 pm
Like to see one in use. Ever since Beladran let me use his, I'm hooked. When I got a good plan, I'll run it across ya'll. Let us know/see the results.
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by fullermd on Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:04 pm
There've been a number of such tools for 22 over the years. They mostly get reasonably good reviews for aiding in accuracy and expansion. Useful for target shooting or varminting probably. I guess if you had to defend yourself with a .22 with bulk pack ammo, they might help, but you probably have bigger problems in that case...
Paco Kelly's Acu'Rzr (down about 2/3 of the page) is a common one. Gunblast has a complimentary review of it (the original in 2002 with some updates, and a quickie on a different nose shape last summer), and there's one at leverguns with some pictures too. There was another one I remember hearing about years ago, that was a die you dropped the round into and then licked a file across the nose a few times; can't remember the name.
Here's another thread reviewing a different related tool; I believe it's the one this guy is selling.
I've never read anything about them in calibers other than 22 rimfire. I seriously doubt you'd get results remotely comparable to premium hollowpoints in centerfire rounds.
Paco Kelly's Acu'Rzr (down about 2/3 of the page) is a common one. Gunblast has a complimentary review of it (the original in 2002 with some updates, and a quickie on a different nose shape last summer), and there's one at leverguns with some pictures too. There was another one I remember hearing about years ago, that was a die you dropped the round into and then licked a file across the nose a few times; can't remember the name.
Here's another thread reviewing a different related tool; I believe it's the one this guy is selling.
I've never read anything about them in calibers other than 22 rimfire. I seriously doubt you'd get results remotely comparable to premium hollowpoints in centerfire rounds.
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Re: Making your own hollow points
by Gebirgsjaeger on Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:18 pm
Pretty needless to me. There are so many HP bullets out there that ithink you could buy enough for the costs of those tools.
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