Help, reducing size of lead balls

[Lawrie Amatruda]

i remember seeing it and thinking what a good idea as i have a .24 lead ball shooter
i planned a tin possibly the ones you get with the better quality 41/2" slitting disks in, emery paper on one side and a spigot attched to the bottom with shims to control how much the balls were reduced by
i was going to spin it with a cordless drill and possibly do it under water to keep lead dust down and to keep the emery and the balls clean
sadly not done it yet

Ped,

If the .24 lead ball shooter is the so called (.25 calibre) Apache, you need No. 4 buckshot if you can get hold of them.

Cheers

Lawrie

[MartynB]

you need No. 4 buckshot if you can get hold of them

America, perhaps reloading site ? If they'll ship

[Shed tuner]

Ptdunk did a thread in the collectible section on exactly this mate...

Here:
https://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread...own-lead-balls

[--ped--]

Ped,

If the .24 lead ball shooter is the so called (.25 calibre) Apache, you need No. 4 buckshot if you can get hold of them.

Cheers

Lawrie

it is Lawrie i do have a few and can get no4 buckshot from a mate in the US but post would be a bit dear and with how the world is going anti gun i decided not to get some shipped
i did look briefly in the UK but didn't see any in small numbers so i'm going to get a mold and cast my own .25's as i have a Daq smoove bore barrel that will use them and i figured to reduce some to .24 to see how they go
i need to fix the Apache as the valve nut thread in the cylinder is nearly stripped so my plan is to make a tap oversize to recut the threads then make a new retainer

[Lawrie Amatruda]

it is Lawrie i do have a few and can get no4 buckshot from a mate in the US but post would be a bit dear and with how the world is going anti gun i decided not to get some shipped
i did look briefly in the UK but didn't see any in small numbers so i'm going to get a mold and cast my own .25's as i have a Daq smoove bore barrel that will use them and i figured to reduce some to .24 to see how they go
i need to fix the Apache as the valve nut thread in the cylinder is nearly stripped so my plan is to make a tap oversize to recut the threads then make a new retainer

Hi Ped,

I get lead balls from a company here called "Clay and Game", they do quite a selection of lead shot, you do have to order min. 5 kg, last time I bought 4.5 lead balls which would have cost me approx. 4 times more if I bought the Gamo type, They have No 4 shot, but I don't know if that is the same as No. 4 buckshot, worth a look.

Cheers,

Lawrie.

[--ped--]

cheers Lawrie i'll have a look for them