Mike Connally Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I guess the ultimate recycling is just to reload them. I have about 40,000 empties in my basement and 5 different reloaders. I have several hundred pounds of shot and probably 20 pounds of different types of powder. Shells are inexpensive enough right now that I haven't bothered to reload for many years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 A mate of mine made a fruit bowl by hot-glueing empties together... I've also heard of people making beaded-curtains with them :blink: They also work quite well to keep hide netting on the poles - Just slip an empty cart over the top of the pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Christmas morning must be a magical time in your houses :blink: I use my empties for brightening up landfills :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 stick them on the top of bamboo canes down on the allotment saves poking your eyes every now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 to make them take out primer hold onto the plastic case and warm the brass over a gas flame rotating as soon as you start to see the plastic lip onto the brass remove frome flame .hold the brass with a tea towel and twist off leaving a nice shiny brass where the primer used to be is splayed, you need to knock that flat and then on one half you need to open out slightly. i have an oversized punch when it fits just inside the other knock together with a rubber mallet .to finish use a ball pean hammer to slightly concave each half and then use paracord to make a lanyard,atb wayne one more thing suck dont blow I like that, think i'll give it a go. Thanks for explaining how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 just so people are aware the small brass has ,i think the best sound as its higher pitch to the tall brass ,atb wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 That would make sense. Any mechanical noise (I would have thought) would dissipate more than the report, wouldn't it? that what i read mate, that down range they make enough of a change to the noise the quarry hears for it to be worth the extra weight and effort, tbh you do really notice the effect on the XS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk6052 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I've seen people use them as holders for clipper lighters, they push straight into a 12 bore cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodit Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) stick them on the top of bamboo canes down on the allotment saves poking your eyes every now and then Good idea do it myself. A good friends Dad came back from pub and decided to water his tomato plants yup you guessed it cost him an eye. Sodit Edited December 5, 2011 by sodit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I made a couple of these little matchbox thingys the other day and the hardest part was slicing the cartridge (the one that you don't remove the brass) from cleanly through. I tried my sharpest knife and it was still a pain getting the cut clean and straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ging125 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 I have seen people using these as carp feeders when fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitty tree Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 hello thunderbird. i am new member to the site . i do a lot of fowling you can make widgeon callers from winchester and ely brass heads once you have got plastic of. put them inside each other it is a good snug fit and just make a dent in till you get the right call effect.some times if the heads are a bit loose small amount of super glue does the trick. (these work very well tried and tested) ps just another use for spent shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Thanks, I went wildfowling for the first time at the weekend, really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitty tree Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Thanks, I went wildfowling for the first time at the weekend, really enjoyed it. hello thunderbird. glad you enjoyed your fowling trip any luck . it gets in the blood mate like when you catch your first fish as a youngster. i have been at now 32 years and still not bored with it. thanks for reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey999 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I made a couple of these little matchbox thingys the other day and the hardest part was slicing the cartridge (the one that you don't remove the brass) from cleanly through. I tried my sharpest knife and it was still a pain getting the cut clean and straight. I made some of these a while ago after seeing them in a Ray Mears book. I used an old pair of nail scissors to trim the top as these were small and nimble enough to keep the cut straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I made some of these a while ago after seeing them in a Ray Mears book. I used an old pair of nail scissors to trim the top as these were small and nimble enough to keep the cut straight. Good idea, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spara Dritto Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 So far, I've made a cartridge clock (numbers out of the brass heads). Used the cartridge as a mould for a candle (keeping the brass as the base) and also a match box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 cartridge display and last year i collected spent carts of 8 diff colours then used four green ones for 12, 3, 6, 9, then bought a cheap clock and stole the mecanism from it and put them together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 hello thunderbird. glad you enjoyed your fowling trip any luck . it gets in the blood mate like when you catch your first fish as a youngster. i have been at now 32 years and still not bored with it. thanks for reply. Didn't shoot anything (the three of us didn't, all the birds were flying straight down the middle of the river) but loved the experience being out there, a real first for me. Whilst I didn't shoot anything I did come away with something, as the kind person (and PW member) I was with gave me a brace of Mallard as he'd had a good day the day before. I'm going again, definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davva Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Are the brasses made of brass, stupid question I know , if so, can you weigh them in at a scrap metal merchant. Most are brass plated steel - So pretty worthless really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamekeeper1960 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I thought rabbits foot had disappeared, used to have one ages ago, not seen any since. Not as PC in this day and age, bring back the good old days . Might make my own the next rabbit I shoot . Strange but they never seemed to be lucky for the rabbit Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced Tiger Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Strange but they never seemed to be lucky for the rabbit Dave. They have four of them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've done a few.take the end off 1 and cut another off straight then use the removed cap as a top for the cut 1 it makes a tight fit for odds & ****! also if you show smeone it normally confuses them as the cartrige has a brass each end!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 An empty cartridge pressed onto a hide pole holds the netting on nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davva Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've done a few.take the end off 1 and cut another off straight then use the removed cap as a top for the cut 1 it makes a tight fit for odds & ****! also if you show smeone it normally confuses them as the cartrige has a brass each end!! Someone did this and used it for a case to hold their daily tablets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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