Just a quick drain-dump of what I think I know: Old wool felt jackets and hats can be found at op-shops and normally come 1/8" - 3/8" think And a good coat will last quite a while! My lube is a...
Liked On: 27-10-2023, 09:34 AM
From memory roll width was 900mm and minimum cut length was 500mm A good size chunk that will make many hundred wads. I use the 9.5mm grey for all my felt wad needs With a good punch, decent...
Liked On: 26-10-2023, 04:30 PM
I would go in and pick through their scrap bin and buy offcuts,but our locals were very helpful. Any punch works as long as it is sharp and end grain soft wood for a backing. 236135 236137...
Liked On: 26-10-2023, 12:03 PM
The A and B grade is the same density just prettier For punches just buy good individual ones from and engineering supplier Don't waste your time on cheap sets and crap imports The...
Liked On: 26-10-2023, 11:55 AM
https://www.shuk.co.nz/ They have wool felt in various thicknesses as well. 236077 236078 236079
Liked On: 26-10-2023, 07:45 AM
I tried a simple home made hit it with a club hammer type punch for 20ga wads using Pinex wallboard which is about 10mm thick. It seemed to work a bit but the edge of the punch rolled over after a...
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 04:26 PM
Card, greased pinex then shot is my version the grease sort of glues the wad together and makes it much easier to load. Pin in the wad and a quick dip in beeswax /lard 1:1 then allow to harden .
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 04:20 PM
I think 25 mm is the old thick Pinex, not the Michelangelo version of ceiling tiles. To make the holesaw into a knife rather than a messy ripping saw. Effectively a rotary wadcutter like my mate's.
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 04:00 PM
The cutter I used belonging to a mate was specially made to cut 12g wads. Back then those sorts of things were available. It had a sprung centre plunger that popped the wad out once cut. Even if...
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 03:50 PM
I used to use ceiling Pinex. Can you still get Pinex though? Mate had a special 12g cutter that you put in a drill press for making wads. IIRC I had one thin stiff overpowder wad (cut with correct...
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 03:30 PM
So, just rang the registry number as I cant get the bloody thing to work. Wont accept password. Spoke to a really nice Indian lady who was immensely helpful. All guns registered in 15 minutes....
Liked On: 20-10-2023, 03:10 PM
My god. The database just full of rubbish already, the chumps. When I tried to find a match for an old single barrel 12 ga Champion, I get a choice of a single shot, or an 8 shot! Since when did Iver...
Liked On: 20-10-2023, 02:29 PM
I wonder would fuckedifiknow would pass as a serial no.:)
Liked On: 20-10-2023, 02:08 PM
Dog food - dog roll I assume? Talk to it - ok. I already talk to myself a lot so talking to a bird is probably a step in the right direction. It will possibly cure you of shooting magpies -...
Liked On: 20-10-2023, 11:29 AM
The fruit is for......scale lol235611
Liked On: 19-10-2023, 11:08 AM