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(@teleamp)
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.22 ball made from table salt. Are there molds/presses that do this. 

 

Shooting flies with the old Crosman 150 is a blast (literally for the flies)...



   
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Maybe you could modify the gamo viper shotgun shells to shoot salt instead of lead balls?

it is a .22 Caliber 



   
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Gratewhitehuntr
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Posted by: @fortvancouver-trading

gamo viper shotgun shells

These look neat. OTOH, the page says... FOR USE IN THE GAMO VIPER AND SHADOW EXPRESS SHOTGUNS ONLY!

The issue likely involves a lack of clearance for the rim.

 

You could press salt in a metal tube, then extrude it out the end, and section into pellets. Like a core sample.

Maybe very lightly shellac the salt first? 8oz cut?

Instead of extruding, you could find a plastic drinking straw of the proper diameter.  Pack, cut, hope the piece clears the bore.

 

A secondary thought... wow it must be dry there. FL is so humid this time of year, a pile of salt becomes a puddle in short order.



   
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Frank_in_Fairfield
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Make sure you clean that barrel….



   
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blackswordshinobi
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WILL THIS TOPIC  sorry for the caps if you have 22 cal mole  that can compress  the salt  to ball like musket ball mole  i am still learn  how make  bullet for bulldog just incase I run out but  good topic  salt bullets or balls 



   
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Frank_in_Fairfield
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We took salt pills while in Vietnam.

Something to do with malaria.

I think the malaria pills we took depleted our salt levels.

No salt?

You die!



   
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Gratewhitehuntr
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The behavior you will need to understand in order to make a salt pellet work is called "Obturation"

Better to just stockpile proper ammunition.



   
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RockDoc65
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Or...

https://www.bugasalt.com/



   
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Gratewhitehuntr
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@rockdoc65 

but have you seen the high speed carnage? Like shootin' apples with the 22.

Here is my 🥷 way.  Pro tip. If you're gonna chase and spray, close your mouth! 🤣 



   
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