On another forum I've been in a discussion about the use of wax bullets, and that reminded me...........
Years ago I bought some practice cartridges in .38 Special. The cases were green plastic with three scallops around the rim. These took small pistol primers. The bullets were dark gray, nearly black, plastic, softer and more "rubbery" that the cases. They were short wadcutter shape, with tail fins on the base. Who made/marketed these now are forgotten by me.
Speer sold a practice round and I bought these for .44 Special/Magnum. These had a red plastic case, slightly shorter than a .44 Special case, with a black wadcutter bullet. And they took large pistol primers.
I was fascinated by these for awhile but soon the novelty wore off. They would penetrate one side of a corrugated box, which was handy as you could retrieve the bullets, punch out the fired primer and seat a new one, then snap the bullet back into the case.
A memory from out of my past...........
Bob Wright
Years ago I bought some practice cartridges in .38 Special. The cases were green plastic with three scallops around the rim. These took small pistol primers. The bullets were dark gray, nearly black, plastic, softer and more "rubbery" that the cases. They were short wadcutter shape, with tail fins on the base. Who made/marketed these now are forgotten by me.
Speer sold a practice round and I bought these for .44 Special/Magnum. These had a red plastic case, slightly shorter than a .44 Special case, with a black wadcutter bullet. And they took large pistol primers.
I was fascinated by these for awhile but soon the novelty wore off. They would penetrate one side of a corrugated box, which was handy as you could retrieve the bullets, punch out the fired primer and seat a new one, then snap the bullet back into the case.
A memory from out of my past...........
Bob Wright