[Caveat: I'm a fairly experienced reloader and doing my homework on this matter, I'm not just going to throw stuff together whilly nilly.]
The grouse thread the other day got my wheels spinning a bit more again. Been reading up and still have some more resources to work through on faster double base pistol powders which are a different combustion method than slower rifle powders in centerfire bottleneck cartridges paired up with cast lead bullets and working the load down to subsonic velocities.
This deviation started by looking at the Hammond game getter which shoots swaged buckshot for your caliber using a hammerset 22 blank. Got my head spinning that as a reloader I could liked get a pile of lead bullets for similar cost and likely obtain much better accuracy. Plus carrying a few preassembled rounds in my pack would probably be easier to deploy.
Anyone have any experience on that front? A subsonic 22lr sounding shot that is really a 145gr 7mm bullet going 900-1000fps with a known hold point from my hunting zero sounds like a handy tool in some small game situations.
The grouse thread the other day got my wheels spinning a bit more again. Been reading up and still have some more resources to work through on faster double base pistol powders which are a different combustion method than slower rifle powders in centerfire bottleneck cartridges paired up with cast lead bullets and working the load down to subsonic velocities.
This deviation started by looking at the Hammond game getter which shoots swaged buckshot for your caliber using a hammerset 22 blank. Got my head spinning that as a reloader I could liked get a pile of lead bullets for similar cost and likely obtain much better accuracy. Plus carrying a few preassembled rounds in my pack would probably be easier to deploy.
Anyone have any experience on that front? A subsonic 22lr sounding shot that is really a 145gr 7mm bullet going 900-1000fps with a known hold point from my hunting zero sounds like a handy tool in some small game situations.