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You guys may have this one but it works super for making card wads outta old milk or OJ cartons.Got it from Buffalo Arms and it cuts very fast,precise and clean.

Quite a gadget. But please straighten me out about milk cartons. Back in "the dark ages" (according to my hair) those milk cartons were waxed cardboard which was very good for card wads. But aren't today's milk cartons plastic coated cardboard? Even if they are plastic coated (which I'm not sure of) perhaps very little of the plasic would contact or end up on the inside of the bore. Anyway, with the thought of plastic on the milk cartons, I have avoided using that as a wad material. Another reason is that we don't drink very much milk these days...

Good question Mike read about that on other BP forums.I used a hair dryer to melt some and I'm positive it's food grade paraffin wax exactly like they coat veggies with prior to shipping,at least with the OJ product I'm buying.

Interesting thread. I'm very new to this genre, but I'll throw in that I like Redding Competition Seating Dies for straight walled cases, to help assure straight bullet seating. I have a set for the .45-70, and recently found it works fine for the .45-90 as well.

Flyboy, That sounds good. Maybe I'll try some OJ soon. For now I'm using plain single cardboard, like tablet backing.

Well don't mix them. The Minute Maid OJ and Lemonade cartons I punched are at .026" and the milk cartons run.020". "Consistancy is the last refuge of the unimaginitive" but it sure works good when BP loading. Magnum Man

I bought a set of those cheap hole punches from the 3$ bin at the parts store. One of those is just right for 44-45 cal wads, and I could really get a batch of wads made if my hammerin hand didn't give out.
I then bought one of the Cornell press mounted wad punches for the 44 2 1/4, and that's really working well.
I use the rubberized cork gasket material from NAPA for wads in the 44 patched loads. And am thinking the bags inside of cereal boxes might make good wad's for sammichin grease cookies.

A "Hempe" hollow steel punch for 1/2" recently found its way to my door for $4.95. The only marking on it is "1/2" so I don't even know where it is made but I do suspect it isn't in the US. However, it is punching cardboard and leather or felt for my .50 wads rather nicely. It needs a hammer for inspriation, of course, but I don't punch a large number at any one time. I can't complain about this tool and it was cheap enough.

My 'possibles' bag includes a ratchet wrench, with extension and socket, for removing the breech plug from my TC Omega.

No matter how tight that plug becomes, it's no match for the leverage of the wrench. The cheesy little plug remover thingy that TC provides just doesn't cut it.

I love that box. The blanket idea is pretty cool but having the revolver strapped in like that is a great idea. What is it by the way? Looks like a small dragoon of sorts.

These are some of my gadgets

Capacity 165 cartridges. I have several of these now. This is the first and crudest.


Wet and dry patch dispenser, required 10 cartridges for score, timer, earplugs and a couple extra bullets in case I mess one up.


Line box for silhouette. 90 cartridge capacity and everything else I need.



At some matches, we have to move between firing points (800, 900,1000 yds) and we need carts or wagons. I built this cart which folds flat and slides into any car or truck. It also holds shooting box (I made a different box for this purpose), two rifles, cross sticks, spotting scope, tripod, tarp, shooting matt and cartridge box.

Nice set up you have there......the pistol is a big Uberti Dragoon

Huh. I didn't get the scale right at all. I had a .45 Uberti dragoon once, should have known better. If I still had it, I'd try for a whitetail with it.

Brent

Brent.

It would have been nice if you would have put a self propelled drive on that cart so if I ever had to pull it and mine through that swamp pit at Lodi I wouldn't have to stop and catch my breath so often.

Kurt, you need to get on that bike (and I don't mean a Harley) and start pedaling! Time to get in shape. Mother's Day Match is just around the corner (well maybe a couple corners. But hop to it!



I'm working on my off hand hard. This will be the year.

Pedal bike wont help, been doing that. It's a COPD thing.

"Double Pour Dumpster" ......holds .850 Lb. Melt, and with the blocks pictured (Leeth 550 "Gordon") moves about 1200 Gr. of alloy in one pour.



"Open" ( ram retracted)



...and closed" Closed" ( ram extended) Breech seater built out of a small welder's clamp, drops into any Sharps '74 Block Mortise and and seats a .45-83 540 in a 45-70 chamber



Blowgun Drop tube, '03 Springfield Mag Spring retains cartridge



'nother shot of that"Double Pour Dumpster"



Priming tool from hell,....just all cobbled up, and right where it needs to be, in terms of 'development'



C. is a .45 cal powder compression die made up from scrap, and a $5.00 Flea Market Starret Micrometer. RETURNABLE , and repeatable

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Items I have made include wiping rods, chamber swabs, wind flags, cross sticks, and bore guides. My only claim to fame (notoriety? ) is when my bore guides were mentioned in a Single Shot Exchange article.

I've sold a few items, but they are produced one at a time, labor intensive, and I can't make minimum wage on them, so I occasionally make something for somebody who will appreciate them. My stuff isn't all that unique or special, but it is as good or better than competitive products, if only because they are well thought out and and range proven, and I won't compromise on quality. I get a chuckle when somebody says "Ya gotta get Brand X because that's what all the top shooters use". Well known doesn't always mean the best.

Paul








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I havent done much lately as far as building gadgets except a set of case forming/sizing dies and a base swage die for my new .44-100 st.

I'm jealous. My BP range box is an orange Home Depot Homer box