Well here is the 7mm mag pen with mule deer antler that my nephew wanted me to make for him for Christmas. I put out a request to see if someone could press and drill the bullet for me, but after talking to Mannie (Monty) & Rick (rherrell) I decided to give it a go. I bought the bullets and started to make the pen. I can't thank Mannie and Rick enough. These little bullets are tricky to drill. I don't have the best equipment, but it turned out great (IMHO) and I really excited to give it to him at Christmas. I think the finial would be better suited with the euro style top it seems a little to skinny for me with the slimline finial. This was a first for me making a bullet casing pen from start to finish. I learned a lot and I know what I need to get and do for any future pens. If anyone is waiting to do one of these because they think they don't have the right equipment, don't wait. I did it, you can too. Rick has a great tutorial in the 2008 library article page. It helped me immensely. Thanks a lot to everyone that helped and offered to press the bullet for me.
7mm mag pen. A first for me.
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dntrost
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Looks great I have wanted to make one but still haven't! Great job and I am sure your Nephew will love it!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
jttheclockman
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Nice work and I will second Rick's tutorial. That is what I used mostly to learn these.
toolcrazy
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Very nice.
desertyellow
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Looks great
bitshird
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Great job and I am sure your Nephew will love it, I think it looks great, I do agree about the finial though, Woodnwhimsies is now selling lots of spare parts, I think they had extra euro finials.
rd_ab_penman
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Nicely done!!
george
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Very nice work. I will try my first during holidays, and your words gives me confidence.
rherrell
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Great job Les, I KNEW you could do it!:highfive: