Perfect fit wads

[Forum Admin]

Why not make your own out of hot glue? I cast some hot glue slugs the other day to test out a valve and realized that they can be made for a perfect fit in any barrel. I took a 3/4" piece of my barrel material, greased it lightly with petroleum jelly, greased a bit of plastic from a milk jug, and set the barrel material on the plastic. I then filled it with hot glue an put it in the freezer for a couple of minutes to harden. I then cut it into 1/4" lengths to be used as a base wad. If you are muzzleloading, ram that one down the barrel first. Then goes your ammo, whether it be shot, a bullet, or a dart. Then a wad made of a piece of paper towel to keep the ammo in and you are ready to shoot. My t shirt dart went audibly faster this way, tomorrow I will verify the results. Thanks to boar for getting me started down this line of thinking. 

[boar]

glad it seems to be working you might try the foam its the stuff they sell at lowes and home depot in blue or pink it is denser than styrofoam and cuts with a section of barel real fast and easy (read make a bunch real fast) you can usualy pick up scraps of it here and there

Boar

[Forum Admin]

I've seen that foam at lowes I'll have to give it a shot. I like the idea of using foam as it would be lighter than hot glue, so you should be able to achieve better speeds with it.

[FighterAce]

I've seen hot glue crack into small pieces any fly off when you hit a hard target so you might want to be careful if shooting close range.

[mouz]

oil clay slugs shatter upon impact, at super high impact force it becomes like glass.