Belly Belt for Speed Loaders...

[Twice boom]

Link

That's me hard at it :grin:
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Few little thing yet to do on it before it's ready for use.
Hope you find it interesting.

Twice Boom.

 

[rabjr]

Pretty nifty TB, what are doin that takes that many speedloaders lol? :hmm:

 

[Twice boom]

Bird Hunting Swamp.Lol.

I figure 18 loads aught to be right for a morning hunt. Two in my barrels and 16 loads in my Belly belt. Now if my shooting was better I wouldn't need as many.....
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I'm making the loaders to contain the shot and powder in the same loader.I'm hoping it works out as planned..... :hmm:

Thanks.
Twice Boom.

 

[rabjr]

*slaps forehead* I didn't even give bird hunting a thought. Makes sense! Now if the Dove hunting was as good here as it was in the early 70's I'd have to try it with a flinter and would see how a belt like that would indeed come in handy. Only I'd probably need a double belt . :grin:

Neat idea TB! :thumbsup:

 

[Roy]

I'm making the loaders to contain the shot and powder in the same loader.I'm hoping it works out as planned..... :hmm:

Twice Boom.

I would be interested in seeing your loaders too. Nice belt and workmanship btw :thumbsup:

 

[Twice boom]

*slaps forehead* I didn't even give bird hunting a thought. Makes sense! Now if the Dove hunting was as good here as it was in the early 70's I'd have to try it with a flinter and would see how a belt like that would indeed come in handy. Only I'd probably need a double belt . :grin:

Neat idea TB! :thumbsup:

Best bring your loading box for dove shooting.that belly belt wont make it.. :wink:

 

[Twice boom]

I'm making the loaders to contain the shot and powder in the same loader.I'm hoping it works out as planned..... :hmm:

Twice Boom.

I would be interested in seeing your loaders too. Nice belt and workmanship btw :thumbsup:

The loaders I'm making out of 1/2" copper tubbing. That's my next project while waiting for the pouch studs to arrive from leather supply.
I'll post few pictures when I get them made...
Any ideas on a faux finish for the loaders.

 

I like it Twice Boom. Very nice. :hatsoff:

 

[Roy]

What do you want the loaders to look like for a faux finish? Copper is pretty neat you can do a lot with it.
Thats a good idea, I like it. Once a year I go on a snipe hunt in South Georgia. A lot like a dove field I guess, sort of a shooting sport. Next year I'm taking my flinter, just trying to come up with good ideas for speed loaders or atleast pre measured shot and powder.

 

[jeepwj992002]

Belt looks pretty neat. :thumbsup:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

*slaps forehead* I didn't even give bird hunting a thought. Makes sense! Now if the Dove hunting was as good here as it was in the early 70's I'd have to try it with a flinter and would see how a belt like that would indeed come in handy. Only I'd probably need a double belt . :grin:

Neat idea TB! :thumbsup:

Do you have the Asian collared doves up there yet? They showed up here a couple years ago and are now very prolific, AZ just set a limit of 15 on them, but expect it to go much higher. Even CA has taken notice of them, and set no limit whatsoever on them. These doves are much different than native species, they expand their ranges, but do not migrate and nest up to three times a year.

Some knowledgeable people are now saying they may fill the nitch that passenger pigeons once did.

 

[rabjr]

Not that I'm aware of. As far as I know we only have the Mourning Dove here. Used to have a lot here but most of the farms in my area found it more profitable to switch to growing Turf. That and "No Hunting" signs everywhere caused the Dove hunting to decline. They are still around but nothing like the pre turf days.

 

[Twice boom]

Thanks Guys.
Roy,I supose copper will look okay. I just thought maybe I could improve on the looks on the copper a bit by a faux finish of some sort. I thought to porcelain the copper tubes in a bright colors of some sort, but the high heat will melt my solder job . I'm stumped, no fresh Ideas.. :haha:
Come up with any ideas ,pass them on.
Thanks .
twice B.

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: I'll mess around with some tomorrow and see what ideas I can come up with.

 

[Twice boom]

You're a good man Roy :hatsoff:

Twice Boom.

 

[Roy]

No idea yet for the copper.... but I'm working at it... I was thinkin that could use cain/bamboo. already has the dividers in it and with carefull measuring and drilling you could hollow them out a bit more :hmm: I'm toying with plain paper cartridges too, could literally have everything I need all in one cartridge and wouldn't have to deal with carrying empty containers around that take up the same amount room empty. But this would be for a lot of shootin and not just a few shots that you are set up for. :v

 

[roundball]

"...I'm toying with plain paper cartridges too, could literally have everything I need all in one cartridge and wouldn't have to deal with carrying empty containers around that take up the same amount room empty..."

Have to be sure to keep them where they'd stay dry.
If you're not concerned with being "PC", the idea of using sections of PVC pipe (from John Shorb, former owner of October Country) make good ones for PRBs...haven't tried them with shot.

1)Place a section of folded (double thickness)wax paper over one end of pipe held in place with tape wrapped around the pipe (or a rubber band)

2) Pour the powder charge in from the other end so the powder is resting down on the wax paper end;

3) Seat PRB down on powder;

To use, place wax paper end on muzzle, use shorter to drive the powder & PRB through the wax paper into the barrel.
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For shot loads in PVC (or copper, etc) I guess you'd have to change step #3 to "seat wads"
And add:
Step #4 = Pour in shot
Step #5 = Seat OS card on shot

Don't know if it would work with shot loads...but works great with PRBs...especially with .62cal PRBs for which there are no commercially available pocker reloaders (that I'm aware of)

I'm already pretty well invested in a bunch of Blue & Gray plastic powder & shot holders for use with smoothbores.

 

[Twice boom]

My father made a belly belt with cain loaders for his premeasured powder and shot .That was back in the mid fourties . He Hunted with a single barreled 16 . The only issue I had with making my loaders out of cain was what to make the lid out of, besides cork.
I also kicked the paper cartride idea around which is a good one ,but not so good when you been hunting all day (chukar for me,and I'm old, 63 :grin: ) and have to sit around rolling paper cartridges ,cleanning gun barrels ,feeding dogs and yourself. So that's the reason for going with the premeasured loaders.

Then there's that little thing called nostalgia. My father was a poor man and when we started to come along (6 of us) he sold his gun and what ever went along with it. So here I am trying to live and experience what the old man did,hunting with a gun that was made in 1847 trying to experience again what the original owner might have hunting with that gun....
I guess ,bottom line, I'm crazy and a romantic..

I bet you are too,eh?
Greg.

 

[Roy]

Its just fun to come up with new or old ideas. Recreating the wheel :haha: This is my 16 that I built for me :grin:

I haven't shot it enough with RBs or shot to really get it where I need it yet. I did find that a lubed wad under the patched ball made things a lot better though (I also learned not to try to load both the wad and the prb at the same time :redface: ). I am planning to take this to Iowa this year too for pheasants, quail and bunny hoppers :grin: and to use it here for deer and bear. Its a bit too long for a grouse gun where I hunt I think.

 

[Roy]

Have to be sure to keep them where they'd stay dry.

I figure one of Swampy's double bags oiled or snow sealed down well should do the trick unless I fall in. But then again I could cheat and use Zip lock baggies on the inside.