hagman187 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was in my local gun shop on saturday looking at some sillosocks flappers for my rotary, the bloke was selling them for £50 a pair. I couldn't beleive how basic these things looked so i thought I'd have a go at making a couple. Has anybody here tried making any of these? if so what success have you had with them? Also any tips on materials and what to do and what not to do etc. Any suggestions appreciated. Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Stubby??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yep. made a few now. all work on their day, i only really use them now when i have no dead birds to start with. the crow ones work well as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Stubby??! I see Im getting famous for my mad scientist moments have a look out for some "for sale signs" that have fallen over in the wind these are made from twinwall plastic sheet, simular to corrigated cardboard, you can cut,bend and staple this for the main body of the pigeon, the wings can then be made from the stiff material from an old roller blind, you'll need to spray it all grey and add the white stripes/flashes, use ultra violet white if you can get it, you can buy the thumb screw connectors for the underside/attachment to bouncer/magnet from evil bay, or as I did, used the nozzle's from tubes of contractors silicone (most DIY shops would probably give you a couple free) stapled inside the ar$e end of body, then they simply push fit, dont forget some fishing line to stop the wings spinning around, either buy the carbon rods for the wings, or use carbon fishing floats thats my idea anyway, Ive only used the above way to make crow decoys with solid wings, not flappers good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagman187 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I like it, thanks for the ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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