borrowedtime69
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I need your advice please. I would like to have more self defense ammo, mostly for my 9mms. The hollowpoints are pretty expensive and only 20 rounds per box. I need a way to get more defense rounds cheaper.
I remember the Paco Tool that was advertised in backwoodsman magazine, where you put your ammo into a block of metal with the hole/s drilled in it then use a file to flatten out the tip to make what they called a small game bullet.
Would it work to make a Paco Tool for my 9mm fmj ammo to make flat nosed bullets with the lead exposed? I know I would have to have it hold the shell & bullet tightly so it wouldn't be lopsided & thereby inaccurate. I remember from somewhere that people used to use a Phillips screwdriver to make "dumb-dumb" rounds so people have been customizing ammo for a long time now. It might be advantageous to take a 147grn truncated fmj and use that for this purpose.
has Anyone ever tried this? Will it work? It would be great to be able to buy cheaper fmj ammo & make them into defensive rounds! Thank you!
I remember the Paco Tool that was advertised in backwoodsman magazine, where you put your ammo into a block of metal with the hole/s drilled in it then use a file to flatten out the tip to make what they called a small game bullet.
Would it work to make a Paco Tool for my 9mm fmj ammo to make flat nosed bullets with the lead exposed? I know I would have to have it hold the shell & bullet tightly so it wouldn't be lopsided & thereby inaccurate. I remember from somewhere that people used to use a Phillips screwdriver to make "dumb-dumb" rounds so people have been customizing ammo for a long time now. It might be advantageous to take a 147grn truncated fmj and use that for this purpose.
has Anyone ever tried this? Will it work? It would be great to be able to buy cheaper fmj ammo & make them into defensive rounds! Thank you!