Hey guys, I hope you’re all doing great. So basically, I just made the harlot and I used .22 LR blanks. After I fired, the cartridge case cracked on the side and there are now tiny residues in the barrel. I just glued the air rifle slugs on the front off the blank. Can anyone tell me what these are? I used .304 stainless steel, 8mm OD, 6mm ID.
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Take a Q-tip and see if the residue wipes away, it’s likely just the powder residue from the blank. Case cracking probably comes from the chamber being slightly oversized for the blank. A note for the slugs, since the blanks are crimped at the tip and the air gun slug rests on it, the blank opens up and damages the bottom skirt of the slug when its fired because there is no space, which would mess with your accuracy. You might be able to increase accuracy of the slug by gluing a printed spacer or a BB between the slug and blank.