Friend of mine likes his .308 rifle and gave me some shells to see if a pen could be made using them.  Well yes I can.  I found the .308 shell was a bit short so I figured a spacer to make it longer was needed.  Looked at various ways and materials for making the spacer and ended up with cutting the top off a second shell the necessary amount would be best.  I like how they turned out and since I had a few .30-30 shells I made a couple from them too.  The .30-30 shell was a tad longer than the .308 and on both I had to press a piece of 5/16" brass rod through the boss for the bullet to enlarge it for the pen guts to fit.

 

 

 

 

 

yur another one w/ irritating talent....

 

just got a supply of donor pens (Zebra F-301), now i need to generate some empty shells.....

Cool!!

 

How is the top of the second shell fastened to the pen shell?

2 minutes ago, lew said:

Cool!!

 

How is the top of the second shell fastened to the pen shell?

compression???

35 minutes ago, lew said:

Cool!!

 

How is the top of the second shell fastened to the pen shell?

 

32 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

compression???

 

Stick got it right.  They were both drilled with the Letter "O" Drill and are a snug fit.  Once the pen is threaded together everything is nice and tight.  The top of the shell is solid brass until the powder chamber starts which is close to 3/8" from the end so it doesn't wobble around.

Thanks

I soo want to know how to make these. 🤣🤣🖊

7 hours ago, Charles Nicholls said:

I soo want to know how to make these. 🤣🤣🖊

Here you go Charles.  Use the letter "O" drill bit to drill the hole in the end after removing the primer.  I would love to see you make these so any questions ask freely.

 

 

What kind of MOA can I expect out say a thousand yards?   And  how's it do punching paper  against the Creedmore guys?

Nice pens