borderlands 2 sniper rifle ammo

[Tobar the Bear]

I am going to make sniper rifle ammo from borderlands 2 to put on y shelf. I have shell casings (variety of .30 caliber shell types) and I'm going to sculpt some bullets for them because using live ammo is something that I do not want to do and also because the bullets in borderlands 2 are bright blue. I may or may not post many wip pictures on this if it doesn't get much attention.

 

[xdmray]

post up pics anyway. To the people who are interested, the pics would be cool to see. A lot of my builds hardly get any traffic, but for the three people who subscribe, they look forward to updates. I always love me some borderlands builds.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

Okay I will post pictures if I remember to lol. Once I acquire more of the shells I need I will start the rest. I am going to try to get more .30-06 casings. If I get lucky I may get some .300 win mag or .300 Weatherby mag. I want something large. The everything in Borderlands is really exagerated and the sniper rifles should have something with serious stopping power. Right now I don't have enough of a large enough shell.

 

[BRDencklau]

Post ze pics! Actually, this sounds pretty dope.

Subscribed.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

The biggest problem I have is getting reference. When I play Borderlands 2 I try to draw/ get reference from the ammo pickups when I don't habitually pick it up. XD There aren't very many reference shots of just ammo.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

So i got some decent photos of the ammo but i cant scale them because surprise surprise. My laptop broke. Again. I did notice that the front of the idk what you would call it I guess clip is that it isn't flat. Its got a diagonal line across it where it splits and the pieces are angled

 

[BRDencklau]

I have the art of Borderlands 2 book. Let me see if there is any good reference.

 

[BRDencklau]

These are photos taken directly from the books ammo page. I hope they aren't too blurry.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

Thanks a bunch. Once I can use my laptop again I'll see if I can scale them to see how big they really are. Ill check different shell types from .25-06 up to .50 bmg to see what makes the most sense.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

So I'm thinking in-game the .50 BMG is the most likely. This said I don't exactly have $50+ worth of .50 ($7 a piece or more so buying more is not happening) but .30-06 is something I have PLENTY of. (Main deer hunting shell my whole family uses) so I may use them even though they aren't long enough because you only see an inch or so of it in the clip.

 

[BRDencklau]

Seems like a modest compromise. The .30-06 is a great rifle.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

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Seems like a modest compromise. The .30-06 is a great rifle.

I agree. Plus you can get them in a ton of different forms and configurations.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

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[Tobar the Bear]

So here's what I might do. Take 8 .30-06 shells. Go out to the garage and pull the bullets. Dump the powder. Remove the primer. Take it over to the loading table and reseat the bullet.This way I can have real bullets and weight without the risk or liability of the live shells.

 

[BRDencklau]

Makes sense.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

Now on to how to make the clip thing.

 

[GunnerBill]

Not sure of your local laws but you might want to drill an obvious hole in the brass just to show it's not real.

 

[Tobar the Bear]

Where i live the laws are pretty relaxed about ammunition etc.