Reloading 37mm chalk rounds

[DFBrews]

I picked up a deftec launcher couple 3 weeks ago ordered some shells to reload and have been working on making a cheap easy to make chalk round. I have only done some preliminary testing around 10 shots and only 2 had actual powder in them even with just a primer My lobbing distance is about 50 yards. the 2 with powder maxed out my 200 yard range with only 15 grains of triple 7 behind them.


the projectile themselves are half of an easter egg and cap from a spray can of brake clean. I am a diesel mechanic and we go through a bunch of it a week so there is never a short supply the cap is plastic and is the perfect size for use in the 2" nylon hulls with a primer in it is an air tight seal.







Finding easter eggs right now is difficult to say the least. I came across the perfect sized ones in the party section of walmart they come in a pack of 6 filled with knock off silly putty. cost is $1.97 so 12 projectiles for 16 cents a piece they measure right at 36 mm OD


I fill the easter egg half with chalk then put the plastic cap in behind it and hot glue it in with the top of the cap against the chalk. this gives it a weight forward design like shotgun slug in flight they have been very stable and always hit nose first either direct fire or lobbed in.








here is the completed round. After gluing in the cap I take a rounded rod heated up a bit and run it around the glue to make a smooth surface that sits flush on the shell.





3 more completed rounds

[ray1970]

I think I've seen those at Toys-R-Us.

[00tec]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003B7...ref=mp_s_a_1_1

[275RLTW]

Nicely done!

[DFBrews]

I think I've seen those at Toys-R-Us.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003B7...ref=mp_s_a_1_1

thanks coloccw it has been fun I have a m79 stock and forend coming for it as well

I will have to check out toys r us

and 00tec i dont know if those ones you linked are the right size need to be just a hair under 1.5" when easter comes around i am going to stock up on the right size ones

[ray1970]

I meant those toy rounds you are making. Not the Easter eggs.

[DFBrews]

I meant those toy rounds you are making. Not the Easter eggs.

I am working on the form 1 so I can shoot the fun stuff like buckshot and flethcettes right now all i can shoot are flares, smoke and OC and CS rounds

I will give you 20 bucks if you run into the CS or OC cloud from one of the crowd control rounds... we could even start a pool bet you could make 100 bucks or so

[Great-Kazoo]

Try Hobby Lobby, michaels or other craft store.

[ray1970]

I will give you 20 bucks if you run into the CS or OC cloud from one of the crowd control rounds... we could even start a pool bet you could make 100 bucks or so

[Irving]

I am working on the form 1 so I can shoot the fun stuff like buckshot and flethcettes right now all i can shoot are flares, smoke and OC and CS rounds

I will give you 20 bucks if you run into the CS or OC cloud from one of the crowd control rounds... we could even start a pool bet you could make 100 bucks or so

Start collecting cash and let me know when you're over $200.