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I’ve used spent .17hmr and 22lr shells to punch holes in leather belts before. Just put the projectile end where you want the hole and smack it with a hammer.
Those 25mm cases are stout for not being made of steel.and lighter than steel cases
That looks awesome! I'll be asking Mrs. McGee to pick up some of these.Hardened cotton APPLICATORS. Not the fuzzy, soft ended ones, like Q-Tips. Found in the makeup section of CVS. Great for cleaning in all sorts of nooks and crannies.
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Good thread...That looks awesome! I'll be asking Mrs. McGee to pick up some of these.
Johnson’s Paste Wax is your friend if you carry a rifle in the rain. Take the action out of the stock and give it a couple of coats. It keeps the water off the steel long enough for it to dry out without rusting. It’s also a good all over treatment for guns in storage
I spent some of my working career in optics, and was exposed to new uses of common materials, that's where I picked up on using Q-tips.
Some of that has migrated to my loading bench and gun cleaning routine, but without the "dispenser" we used on the optics bench.
OK, so it's a roll of toilet paper …
The reason we had a toilet paper holder for optics is a roll laid on the bench on it's end would collect dust/dirt that would scratch optics.
I don't have a holder on my loading bench but I do have a roll of toilet paper
Try it, I won't tell anyone,
You're saying it attracts dust that would otherwise settle on the optic?
The TP is used to clean optics, and any dirt/dust collected while sitting on end could scratch the optics when used for cleaning.
thanks for asking,
Damn quoted myself...Good thread...
I use cheap/Walmart brand Q-tips that have the wound paper centers, not the plastic tubes.
The tip can be cut off at an angle (after use), creating a pin point end that can be used to clean small crevasses, or pin point drip oil into a small space.
You can cut it off again and again to create a new point.
I use dykes to cut them, can we still use that word