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Many moons ago I shot paraffin bullets in my .357 Blackhawk. As others have said, a primer and NO powder. I don't remember whether I used standard or magnum primers. You can either push the cases through a bar of paraffin, or melt the paraffin, pour it into a flat pan to the required depth and then insert the unprimed cases. Both techniques are a bit messy, but nothing really bad. Wax bullets will damage drywall ...

Ask me how I know.

Thanx for the insight ... thought with the "just Primer" loads it would be like a paintball type of thing ... mask and cathcer chest protector. Gotta admit, that does sound like fun ... little extra motivation NOT to be slow

But the format you mentioned sounds interesting too .... what distance are those targets away from the shooter??

The targets were fairly close, perhaps 5 or 6 yards. My club has another quick draw shoot the day after Christmas that I will be unable to attend. I do plan on giving it a try sometime. It does, indeed, look like a bunch of fun.