Slingshot pellet moulds

hotspur

Can anyone advise where I might buy such a mould either in Ireland or a reputable place online? I'm looking for one for my father to make lead ammo for slingshots. Thanks.

Rovi

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Moved from Hunting to Shooting.
The subject is still rather tenuous in Shooting to be honest, but I'm pretty certain that Hunting is probably the last place it should be.
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The blackpowder people have been moulding spherical bullets for centuries, perhaps something like this might be suitable?:
http://muzzleloadingandmore.com/products/accessories/molds_round_balls/index.htm#Lee%20Round%20Ball%20Bullet%20Molds

landkeeper

just get a bag of m16 nuts they fly true and hit hard in my time we used 3/4 in ones far better than lead balls or stones/pebbles

greenpeter

landkeeper wrote: »

just get a bag of m16 nuts they fly true and hit hard in my time we used 3/4 in ones far better than lead balls or stones/pebbles

m16:eek: you must have arms like pop eye:D

kildare.17hmr

Bag of 750x 9mm steel balls for less than 20 quid, thats what i use and they work a treat;) link below

http://cgi.ebay.ie/750-x-3-8-9mm-Catapult-Slingshot-Ammo-/230513496829?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET

elius

You can buy them in the outdoor shop in Waterford was tempted to buy a slingshot and ball bearings last time i was in there regret it now..

kildare.17hmr

I have serious crack with mine, loads of pigeons, the odd squirrell and the very odd rabbit if ya can get close enough! Not great this time of year with all the cover on the trees but october to may its great ya can knock out of the trees all day long!

hotspur

Thanks a lot for the replies.

Grizzly 45

Check the Countryside news[?] that UK newspaper style mag in Easons
.A couple of weeks ago I saw a slingshot ammo mould for sale in there.

kay 9

Which slingshots ye using lads? I used to have a black widow but those cobras look the biz. What other brands are there? Cheers

Thomasofmel

I have the Barnett black widow and cobra - great toys the aiming joke on the cobra looks cool but is useless. Use 9mm-10mm steel ball bearings
I was told that these are illegal in Ireland - is this true :eek:

Grizzly 45

Thomasofmel wrote: »

I have the Barnett black widow and cobra - great toys the aiming joke on the cobra looks cool but is useless. Use 9mm-10mm steel ball bearings
I was told that these are illegal in Ireland - is this true :eek:

No

kay 9

Thomasofmel wrote: »

I have the Barnett black widow and cobra - great toys the aiming joke on the cobra looks cool but is useless. Use 9mm-10mm steel ball bearings
I was told that these are illegal in Ireland - is this true :eek:

Is the cobra much better if any than the back widow? I see that there is a new pro diablo 2! That must be the rolls in the slingshot world:D

Thomasofmel

kay 9 wrote: »

Is the cobra much better if any than the back widow? I see that there is a new pro diablo 2! That must be the rolls in the slingshot world:D

Yes, shoots better and more accurate. The black widow though is handy to carry with you as it folds small, whereas the cobra is quite bulky.

Tackleberrywho

Tut Tut

Sling shots indeed!:p

elius

Going to buy one of these the weekends the endless joy they use to give me in my youth. Going to go with the daddy the black widow...:D

Tackleberrywho

elius wrote: »

Going to buy one of these the weekends the endless joy they use to give me in my youth. Going to go with the daddy the black widow...:D

Youth is wasted on the young

Be VERY careful with sling shots, I know of a lad who lost firearms licences over one!

Not to be used on game (pidgies are classed as game)

4gun

did you ever try to use suitable fishing weight moulds, somthing like this

http://www.barlowstackle.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=1520&CATID=59

jap gt

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Youth is wasted on the young

Be VERY careful with sling shots, I know of a lad who lost firearms licences over one!

Not to be used on game (pidgies are classed as game)

i assume rats etc would be ok, i dont see the point in getting a firearm and then using a slingshot for game, tbh he deserved to lose his licence if thats what he was doing

Tackleberrywho

jap gt wrote: »

i assume rats etc would be ok, i dont see the point in getting a firearm and then using a slingshot for game, tbh he deserved to lose his licence if thats what he was doing

he was killing birds in a grain yard with mates and the gardai raided thought there was a party or something.

Short story shorter.

They all go done!

kildare.17hmr

Black widow is the one to go for, only about 13 quid but make sure you invest in some spare bands because they break the whole time!

Eddie B

This is the job!

Have a great Warrener dvd showing travellers poaching with this type of sling shot!
By jasus they were good!:D

kildare.17hmr

Watched all that lads videos before, he makes some serious sling shots!! I think its crazy that wrist straps are illegal in germany but ya can carry a pistol

Grizzly 45

ANY type os slingshot is now illegal in Germany.Courtsey of the anti nuke,and commune wars in the 1980s.Rioters used them against the riot police,with glass marbles,to pretty devasting effect.
Carrying a pistol,unless it is a blank firing and you have whats called ia "little gun liscense" in a public place is a no no.It is a hard job to get a carry liscense for a real pistol over there.Unless you are an endangerd person.IE you would have to be in the Steve Collins in Limerick category of things,before they would consider it.

kildare.17hmr

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

ANY type os slingshot is now illegal in Germany.Courtsey of the anti nuke,and commune wars in the 1980s.Rioters used them against the riot police,with glass marbles,to pretty devasting effect.
Carrying a pistol,unless it is a blank firing and you have whats called ia "little gun liscense" in a public place is a no no.It is a hard job to get a carry liscense for a real pistol over there.Unless you are an endangerd person.IE you would have to be in the Steve Collins in Limerick category of things,before they would consider it.

Didnt no that, this guy says in a few of his videos he cant use the wrist strap as they are illigal in germany, if the slingshots are also illegal why would he not use the strap 2??? or is it only recently they were made illegal? I may go and talk to the german car valeter in work and ask him again, he's into shooting aswell and showed me pics of his toys back home.

hotspur

4gun wrote: »

did you ever try to use suitable fishing weight moulds, somthing like this

http://www.barlowstackle.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=1520&CATID=59

That's exactly what I wanted to pick up but was hoping to find somewhere in Ireland / UK / Europe to get one. Cost of postage from America is more than the item costs.

Grizzly 45

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Didnt no that, this guy says in a few of his videos he cant use the wrist strap as they are illigal in germany, if the slingshots are also illegal why would he not use the strap 2??? or is it only recently they were made illegal? I may go and talk to the german car valeter in work and ask him again, he's into shooting aswell and showed me pics of his toys back home.

They have been illegal since around the mid 1980s.
He can check it under paragraph 1.3.7 of the German weapons laws.[Waffengesetz,verbotne gegenstande]

Precision catapults [IE like Barnett Cobra,Black widow etc]with a wrist brace,or simmilar devices.OR the capability of having such installed.[IOW the mounts or holes drilled for taking a wrist brace]

kildare.17hmr

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

They have been illegal since around the mid 1980s.
He can check it under paragraph 1.3.7 of the German weapons laws.[Waffengesetz,verbotne gegenstande]

Precision catapults [IE like Barnett Cobra,Black widow etc]with a wrist brace,or simmilar devices.OR the capability of having such installed.[IOW the mounts or holes drilled for taking a wrist brace]

sorry i read your original post wrong grizzly, i thought you were sayin all slingshots were illigal!!

My bad:D

4gun

hotspur wrote: »

That's exactly what I wanted to pick up but was hoping to find somewhere in Ireland / UK / Europe to get one. Cost of postage from America is more than the item costs.

Any decent tackle shopshould have these molds for making lead shot for fishing, definitely the ones in UK

Deise Musashi

I got gang moulds for making round fishing weights from "Ronnie Sunshine's" on the E-Bay.

Flatband catties using gold theraband are the business, Fish makes a good one!

http://huntercatapults.co.uk/