Sure , my brother and dad are a lot taller than me but I know where it comes from . My dad ' s dad was shortaverage and so are his siblings . If anything he ' s the anomaly . <| sep |> Like Captain Kirk or Archer of the Enterprise ? Hell , the British ship Enterprize features in the Enterprise opening credits . <| sep |> I feel sorry for you lot if it does happen , breaking that particular duck is a very , very dubious honour . <| sep |> Theres an article in an old Popular ScienceMechanics that describes how to make wax bullets , pretty much the same process you described . They used a sheet of wax think they melted it themselves and stuck empty , primered pistol shells into the wax to make the bullets . The open end of the cartridge would cut a ' wad ' out of the wax sheet , which would become the bullet when the primer is hit . They also suggested using a pistol you didn ' t really care about due to damage to the rifling or something AFAIR .