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Aaron Rushton
06-01-2011, 05:15 PM
hi all,
well this is pretty specialised and very basic, but can is a great aid if your into airgun shooting! if you have a single shot rifle then getting a quick follow up shot can mean the difference between going home with or without a second rabbit in the bag. pellets pick up fluff and dust whilst in your pocket, and can also easily be damaged. also when your on a Hunter Field Target course, these have the added bonus of telling you how many shots you've taken so far by just counting the empty holes! they're seriously easy to make and all you'll need is:
scrap piece of leather/ scrap piece of rubber/welly boot
shoelace or paracord
a hole punch (3mm i think for .177 and 4.5mm for .22)
a stanley knife
all you do is cut out your piece of leather (6cm x 4cm for 15 .177 pellets) depending on the amount of pellets you want to hold. don't make these too big as they're designed to hang round your neck. punch out your holes, you can score lines with a pencil and put wholes down those if you want them to look neater but i don't really care much for neatness. next cut a slit (or slits if you look at pics below) and thread through the cord, about 2 and a half foot should do. my hole punch broke (exploded) half way through the leather one so i had to use a hammer to punch the attachments in. the green one is wellington boot which i found is much eaiser to make holes in but less durable btw. to push out the pellets you just push the head from behind. these pellet mates only work with diabloe style waisted pellets and slug pellets will not work.
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Aaron

Aaron Rushton
06-01-2011, 05:17 PM
btw just click on the pics to expand.

scorpian
07-01-2011, 08:49 PM
NICE IDEA, will have to make one and try it out, cheers mate.

Regards- Steve

paul standley
07-01-2011, 09:00 PM
Clever idea Aaron, never thought of that, nice one...

CanadianMike
07-01-2011, 11:24 PM
Nice mallet!

Hehe, after seeing how much you guys love your airguns, the seed has been planted in my head to get a rifle at some point because I love shooting and airsoft can only give me so much accuracy (my sniper rifle can shoot 3/4" groups at 30ft when it wants to). I don't hunt, but shooting for targets I adore. So this is a cool idea.

Fletching
07-01-2011, 11:51 PM
That's a good idea mate. I've used a square of plasticine for the same purpose, but having a permanent solution sounds good!

Steve

JEEP
08-01-2011, 10:31 AM
Nice work.

Similar ones, in wood, were actually used by the native Americans and trappers, during the 1700s and 1800s, for holding lead ball shot for their muzzle loaders.

ian c
20-11-2011, 07:43 PM
very nice i have a similar pellet holders made out inner tubes with holes punched into it to hold the pellets i have used cycle inner tubes and motorbike inner tubes, 2 of them are strips with ten holes for ten pellets each and a round patch with 25 holes for 25 pellets.

Ashley Cawley
21-11-2011, 03:28 PM
Simple ideas but good ones :) Thanks for sharing.