SpudFiles

I was wondering, would melting down a huge candle in to many small barrel sized slugs work at all, or just desintergrate as soon as they left the barrel? Thanks,

Mav

thats what i wanna to! i bought 6 huge candles at the dollor store just in case i can

make a mold with a pipe and a cap
it will make a mess though

I made some candle slugs and they worked quite well. I shot tem from a 1" barrel. I put chunks of lead in some of them and some small bolts were threaded in while the wax still soft. When I shot t hem at a piece of plywood the wax would flatten out and bounce off but the slug would go through.I made them using pvc couplings as a mold.

Wax is harder than rotten potatoes. I have launched rotten potatoes. The potatoes survived: wax will survive launch.

And taterjim - don't you mean PVC <i>nipples</i>? Couplers would form a slug significantly bigger than the barrel.

As to melting down candles, it'd most likely be cheaper to buy strait up parrafin. I don't know exactly where you'd find it... see if you can find the canning section of your store. If you can't find it, just ask an employee.

Ok thanks guys. I found about 10 small candles in my house the exact size of my barrel. I must first build my cannon, but as its rainy and wet, i dont realy want to be in my shed for too long. But ill tell you how it goes. Thanks all!

wouldn't the candle grip to much in the barrel?

It should'nt, I mean, it would fit tight and to the barrell, but it should'nt be held back at all.

In answer to your question , I used a 3/4 " coupler to make ammo for a 1" barrel.. the coupler fits the OD and is larger than 3/4". It worked really well. I could put a piece of wax between 2 couplers and literally just twist it as I pshed them together.and it would shape the wax.