Weird thought/question.....

[Gerry52]

Have any of you 3D printer guys ever thought about or tried printing plastic pellets? I figured speed would be off the charts & destabilizing but I was thinking about guys who are "locked down" in winter & shooting in their basements. Don't think I've ever seen a thread on here regarding this. Got me curious.

 

[Revoman]

Gerry!

I believe that there in fact was a brief thread last year regarding some sort of plastic pellet, not necessarily 3D printed, but along those lines. It was in the 'Projectiles' Forum.
While a can't recall the exact wording, I think that even Ballisticboy hadda reply in that thread (?).
I might be dreaming, but I believe it's true.

Mike

 

[TnCnDn]

Have any of you 3D printer guys ever thought about or tried printing plastic pellets? I figured speed would be off the charts & destabilizing but I was thinking about guys who are "locked down" in winter & shooting in their basements. Don't think I've ever seen a thread on here regarding this. Got me curious.

Dang now I gotta get into airsoft, will it ever end?

 

[Pale_Rider]

I can see them working in a low power .177 pistol.

I like the idea of 3d printing sabots for the big bore ammo.

 

[rikkochet]

They were available in the late 1950's / early 60's as I recall.
I only saw them in .177 wadcutter style. They were very light, and hopelessly inaccurate beyond a few yards even from a rifle barrel.
I don't know who made them, or where.

 

[Vana2]

Many years ago someone gave me a bunch of "Hyper Velocity" plastic pellets with an in-bedded BB (or small bearing) to try.

I only fired one through my FWB124 and didn't like the harsh shot. The pellet might have gone supersonic but it was almost like dry-firing the springer - NOT GOOD

Had forgotten about those projectiles, might try one in a PCP just for giggles.

As a teenager (back in the 60's), I experimented with adding BBs and nails to the .22 caliber pellets for my Crosman 101. Learned then that it was a waste of time and effort as those abortions were way too heavy and nowhere as accurate as normal pellets.

I still think the to be true with the composite pellets being marketed today - expensive, gimmicky and not practical.

Cheers!

 

[Gerry52]

At least no one said I'm an idiot for asking (yet). I tried some kind of "penetrator" pellets with sabots waaay back in my 1st year of pcp's. That's not what I really meant. I meant a TRUE Diabolo shaped repro.

 

[Motorhead]

SKENCO Hyper velocity pellets

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Many years ago someone gave me a bunch of "Hyper Velocity" plastic pellets with an in-bedded BB (or small bearing) to try.

I only fired one through my FWB124 and didn't like the harsh shot. The pellet might have gone supersonic but it was almost like dry-firing the springer - NOT GOOD

Had forgotten about those projectiles, might try one in a PCP just for giggles.

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As a teenager (back in the 60's), I experimented with adding BBs and nails to the .22 caliber pellets for my Crosman 101. Learned then that it was a waste of time and effort as those abortions were way too heavy and nowhere as accurate as normal pellets.

I still think the to be true with the composite pellets being marketed today - expensive, gimmicky and not practical.

Cheers!

Those would be the old "Co"MARKSMAN", Laserhawk 1297 Hyper Velocity airgun ammo .
"The original vandal pellet" as Roz called them. When he was an airgun dealer in MI he got them in and refused to sell them.
Thinking they were intended for the Marksman pistol with the tip barrel that fired bb's pellets & darts. From a 16fpe pcp that certainly break the sound barrier. They also certainly leave plastic shreds in your LW barrel. Yup. Staggering penetration o pine at 10 yards though a 3 shot group was 3".
John

 

[Scotchmo]

From about five years ago:
For fun, I made some .257 caliber PLA slugs and pellets (shown in green). The slugs were a tight fit and the pellets were a little loose. I took two shots with each.

At 2200psi

8.1gr slugs
1668fps (50fpe)
1651fps (49fpe)

2.8gr pellets
1760fps (19fpe)
1748fps (19fpe)

 

[bigHUN]

I have a decent 3d resin printer, needless to say it is much more precise with x-y axis 50 microns then the filament machines no matter the price range. The engineering resins would survive the stresses but not me - too much slavery work even to test these out @ POI.

 

[Headshots]

I can see them working in a low power .177 pistol.

I like the idea of 3d printing sabots for the big bore ammo.

I agree it would have to be something you could turn the power way down on and springers would not work well because of piston slam .

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Up close" x-ring" rubber in .45 clocks some fps!

John