i need some ideas

[Lead Chucker]

I think there is a fair bit of infomation online if you look around... a quick search came up with:
http://hometown.aol.com/dschwdturn/qew/DuckCalls/qqduckcallmaking.html

Some other possibilities would be small priming flask, wooden containers for anything from patches to patches to balls.

 

[bwhoffman]

Backwoodsman mag had a how to on the fire pistons a few issues back, maybe a year ago?
that would be cool.
so would a spoon. the duck call is a good idea as well. wood vials maybe?

 

[omarick1948]

i also have a piece that is 1" by 3" by 5"
and one that it 1-1/4" by 1-1/2" by 5" and another that is 2-1/4" by 1-3/4" by 5" that last one is a gorgeous piece of spalted maple!

any other ideas...since i don't own a gun a loading block would be kind of useless to me...sorry guys.

thanks

Son

Son!.. Are you playing with us?...

 

no i am not playing with you. i have a old mate who sent it to me through the mail.

all 4 pieces are absolute truths!!

Son

 

[paulvallandigham]

If you google fire pistons, you will find a video, and pictures of the things. You can buy one for about $35.00 and then you can inspect them to your heart's content to see how they are made. Its doable, but you probably will need a reamer for the size hole you want to make for the plunger. You are trying to trap and compress the air, to raise its temperature to the flashpoint of your tinder. The smoother and closer the hole in the wood is made to fit the plunger, the better it traps the air, and the easier it is to raise the pressure to get the temperature up to the flash point.

I bought one made of lucite, so I not only could see how it worked, but could show other friends how they work.

 

[BrownBear]

I've never bought into the debate about whether they're PC or not, but I love making wooden powder measures. Drill a half inch hole in the end grain, then remove wood from around it to shape. Add desired amount of powder, mark and trim. Thought I had photos on photobucket, but no dice, so you'll have to use your imagination.

 

[CARBABY]

Make yourself a turnscrew. That’s a fancy name for a screwdriver. Usually the head of a turnscrew is hollow ground (straight ground) not tapered. Thus when using on the screw it does not deform the slot into a “V” shape. Do a google search under turnscrew and shotgun and you should come up with something. Cased guns, pistols and shotguns of high class usually have one in the case. I have a set of dueling pistols that has a turnscrew with a shaft that is interchangeable - screw driver on one end and nipple wrench on the other. That’s on one end of the wood handle, the other end has a
removable wood threaded cap with hollowed out compartment for other accessories such as nipple pick and someother do-dad.

 

[ursarojo]

how about powder horn plug. There would be enough left over for a matching stopper.

like one of the other guys said it would make really nice small tool handles for the cased sets of pistols.

 

[eric o]

How about putt'n them out for blanket prizes, then you can get something you want and can use and someone can get some nice wood. :hmm: