Bullet pens

[ravo]

I have made a few pens using rifle casings. They are all 30 caliber (30-30,308,30-06)because they fit good to the slim line kits I used. My question is 'What other kits work for other calibers?' Thanks for your ideas.

 

[OSCAR15]

Ray, I have not made bullet pen yet, but from the varied casings I have seen posted here, I think you will have quite a choice!

 

[laspringer]

ravo,
I have used a cigar kit for a 300 short mag.

Alan

 

[Skye]

I've heard of people using 9mms on cigars.

 

[arjudy]

.338 WSM and .340 Weatherby Magnum work well with Euro kits.

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.338 WSM/Deer Antler

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.340 Weatherby Magnum/Buffalo Horn

 

[alamocdc]

Originally posted by Skye
<br />I've heard of people using 9mms on cigars.

9mm would be too small for cigars. I use 45 auto and the fit is perfect.

 

[Skye]

Crud, that's the one I was thinking of. You're probably who I heard it from, lol

 

[Fangar]

I usually use a 300 winchester magnum casing with a slimline nib. These are Flat top finials and clips with a 7mm mechanism, cross refill. I also use the perfect kit 8mm with a parker refill and the same 7mm nib reamed out.

Cheers,

Fangar

 

[bonsaibill]

the 45-70 shell works perfectly for the cigar kit.

 

[FireMedic4Christ]

50 cal and 38 special with slimlines. Ideas borrowed from others. Haven't taken time to figure out how to post yet.

Brian

 

[Skye]

50 cal? I'm afraid to ask, dont think I've seen one yet I've liked, maybe you'll suprise me [xx(] []

 

[byounghusband]

Skye,
Check out the .50 BMG pen that Paul Sherman did:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13333
[:0][:0] Suprised??

 

[Skye]

Well executed (no pun intended) but I still dont dig the size of the thing. The pic he has of the multiple pens, I like the other ones better, just cant get into the big honkin shell look. To each his own though.

 

[FireMedic4Christ]

The pics aren't the best, but I managed to get some posted in my photo album if interested.

 

[byounghusband]

Brian,
Can you turn the 50 to advance the pen, like the one Paul did? If not, how did you build this one?
I like your .38. I did one like that with Pauduk, but messed up my measuremnets and the tenons didn't line up.[B)]

 

[FireMedic4Christ]

Mine is made like Paul's. Thanks for providing the name as I was in the shop and going from memory. I'm working on a similarly made one with a cigar pen. The bottom is made like the longwood style pens. The bottom end has a piece of wood turned to shape with a tenon to fit inside the casing and has the end of the brass tube that fits inside a wood dowel glued in the shell.