OT-Cream of Wheat

[perry owens]

I normally use COW as a filler when fireforming 0.348 Win brass into 11.15 x 57R but now I am back in England I find the stuff is not sold here. Does anyone know a substitute that won't ring the chamber?

Perry

[Hillbilly]

Perry ...just a guess but I think this may have about the same consistancy as COW...

Pablum.. it's that nasty baby cereal... I dont know if you call it the same thing in the UK.

Maybe you could re-grind oatmeal or corn meal in a blender and get the same texture or something similar to raw Cream of Wheat.

[Nath]

Would corn flour do it Perry ? Ground linseed from a health food shop????

Nath.

[Nath]

Oh yeah, in the past I have used tea leaves as a buffer for shot shells- juat a thought.

nath.

[Charles]

coffee

[perry owens]

I think COW works well because the grains are soft but coarse. I need to avoid anything fine ground that might form a plug. Even the coarse ground cornmeal in the " world foods" section of the supermarkets here seems to be too fine.Next time I am babysitting I will root around the baby foods. Tea leaves sounds a good idea Nath - next time the missus is out I'll grab a handfull of Earl Grey.
Perry

[marlinman93]

Corn meal.

[Bronco]

I have never fire formed cases so this is a question rather that a suggestion. Wouldn't a wax bullet work??

John

[Griff]

Dacron, or something called Pufflon(sp?).

[20cows]

Grits!

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Freeze dried potato ... tiny flake size. If the flakes are too large, they could be reduced perhaps by rubbing between the palms. Not sure if instant mashed potatoes are available over yonder though. No shortage of them here in the southern US, I can assure you.

[airedaleman]

Grits!

Grits? In the UK?

[TX Gun Runner]

I've been using instant cream of wheat to fire form case for 30 plus years . 5.0 of Unique and fill the case up with Instant cream of wheat and spit ball to seal it and pop it in a safe direction .. I'm make some now 30-40 krags blown out to 40 cal

[Nath]

Earl Grey..!!!! Southern softy brew that is! Get some proper Yorkshire tea n' put some hairs on ya chest

Don't shoot it upwind or you'll realise why we stopped using it

Nath.

[Rusty]

You might try polenta (Italians use it a lot) or couscous.

[Jaguarundi]

Semolina maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semolina

[Gobblerforge]

Now, what does the cream of wheat do? Just a case filler? I'm lost here. I never fire formed anything.
Gobbler

[TX Gun Runner]

Now, what does the cream of wheat do? Just a case filler? I'm lost here. I never fire formed anything.
Gobbler

The C of W take the place of a bullet and when you shoot it , the pressure jump up over 15,000 psi and force the brass to form to the chamber it is shot in , it is actually 100% formed and that is closer then factory ammo or brass in a normal or standard cal gun . Hope that helps you . .

[Gobblerforge]

Alright. I'm hip with the fire forming but not the COW. Do you cook it first and let it dry some?

[kimwcook]

Hey, Perry. If you can't find an alternative. I don't know what kind of restrictions, if any, are on sending you some COW, but let me know and I'll send ya some. Sure isn't a shortage of the stuff here that I'm aware of.

[Doc Hudson]

I think COW works well because the grains are soft but coarse. I need to avoid anything fine ground that might form a plug. Even the coarse ground cornmeal in the " world foods" section of the supermarkets here seems to be too fine.Next time I am babysitting I will root around the baby foods. Tea leaves sounds a good idea Nath - next time the missus is out I'll grab a handfull of Earl Grey.
Perry

You Englishmen and your derned tea!! LOL

Did you use Earl Grey or English Breakfast Blend? LOL

Try runing some oat meal through a blender and see if it gets fine enough to do the job. You might want to try pinhead or steel cut oats and toast it a bit before grinding, that might cut donwn on the tendency to clump.

FWIW, Earl Grey and Oolong Sou Chong are my favorite hot teas. But I use Louizianne for iced tea.

[otteray]

Alright. I'm hip with the fire forming but not the COW. Do you cook it first and let it dry some?

No!
Just shoot it as is from the box!

[Gun Runner]

Some years back I was fire forming some /06 cases to make 338/06 cases. Small powder charge with a piece of kleenex stuffed on top of the power and filled the rest of the case with COW, and a wad of kleenex to keep it from falling out. Was shooting in my back yard and my Yuppie neb. called the law. Here comes 2 S/O units. Both of them knew me. Asked what I was doing cause the Yuppie had called.
Told them to tell her I was feeding the birds COW. They laughed and went and told her that, and her comment was OH THATS OK THEN.

Gun Runner

[gamekeeper]

I'm so glad someone has at last found a use for Earl Grey tea! Shooting it out of a gun is best thing for it.

[TX Gun Runner]

Here in Tn we have bee's that bore a hole in wood the size of a marble . A 357 or 44 mag case filled with corn meal with make you the great white hunter of the insect world and won't damage the wood . It all so works on warps and mud dabbers . The hornets will chase you , so make sure you have a good escape plan .

[Rusty]

Hunting wasps? Has it come to that?

[KCSO]

Toilet paper works just fine.