March 2, 20197 yr Popular Post 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.
March 3, 20197 yr Popular Post just got a supply of donor pens (Zebra F-301), now i need to generate some empty shells.....
March 4, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, lew said: Cool!! How is the top of the second shell fastened to the pen shell? compression???
March 4, 20197 yr Author 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.
March 5, 20197 yr Author 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.
March 5, 20197 yr 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
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.