cast bullet small cal. bullet boxes

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GWarden posted this 15 February 2019

Being frugal I would rather make something than spending money for something. I made up some boxes to hold small caliber cast bullets that allowed a fella to easily get the bullets out of the container. I had a bunch of extra RCBS die boxes that were just waiting to be used, rather than being tossed. The two photos show that a fella needs to removed the plastic pieces that are on the inside of the die box. I used a Dremel tool with a small cut off wheel. 

 

The second photo shows the wood bullet holder than goes in the plastic die box. for .22 and .24 cal bullets I used a 1/4" brad point drill bit. This box will hold .22 cal bullet- Lyman #225438 in the box, and one 24 cal- RCBS 95gr cast bullet. Simple to make and free. I use these for going to the range when I load at the range, and just for storage in the reloading room. One can put foam rubber, styrofoam or just some layers of newsprint to keep the bullets from falling out of the holes if the box gets turned over.  

I'm sure others have made some similar boxes out of wood than look a lot nicer than these.

 Bob

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Bill2728 posted this 15 February 2019

Ya know, when all the brass is filled and all the lead has been cast and its too nasty out to shoot, a man needs something to do.  You have found a fantastic way to keep busy!  Those are awesome.

 

Bill

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 16 February 2019

... nice to see people are still able to make one neat thing at a time ...   

... and i hear you can still custom order a gun with wood on it .... 

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think i'll go rub a little ballistol on my old M54 about now ... and grin a bit ...

thanks, ken

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GWarden posted this 16 February 2019

Ken

A man after my own heart. There is just something special about a rifle with a  solid wood stock, granted the new stocks might be more stable and all that good stuff. A friend that builds some beautiful rifles admits the laminate; he refers to them as the "plywood stocks" are more stable, but solid stocks sure do look nice. Restocked this .22 with a piece of "solid" wood.

Bob

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 16 February 2019

...  wow, that wood is much more than " solid " ...

in my stash i have an old rusty, crusty, stevens favorite, 22lr, ... rotten wood and a broken crossbolt in the action ... mainspring broken, .... wallowed out chamber ...   not very collectible  .... 

but i bet it has a story ...  i plan to try to resuscitate it ...   maybe the word is " re-create " ...  i have been soaking it in kerosene for a year ...  

ken

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