ammo holder

[Thadrick]

So I was waiting for leather to dry a little and thought I would fiddle with this.

 The removed material at the bottom needs to be the diameter of the cartridge (in this case .429" -44 mag)  The oval punch should be close to that plus the thickness of the leather doubled (.429 + leather doubled)  The stitching down the case wall needs to be measured with a couple strait edges holding the leather and bullet down to a flat surface. In my attempt, my punched hole is a little too long. The stitching holes I just eyeballed the radious going under the bullet. 

 Knowing these measurements I think I could build a pattern.

Then the stitching on the back piece I think would be like a normal piece except the radioused part under the bullet might need to be punched during assembly?

On a bottle neck case,  Ill probably have to work that out but I think the oval hole might need to be  higher?

Edited Wednesday at 07:10 PM by Thadrick

[dikman]

I wonder if that slit Bruce mentions is actually the result of a narrow sliver of leather being removed? If that was done top and bottom it would allow the leather to be pushed together to bulge up a bit, then stitched and finally wet formed.

[Thadrick]

 Not exactly the same but kinda the same idea.

 I have a couple other projects going on and then Ill see if I can figure out something like this for my 7 SAUM.

[Thadrick]

[Dwight]

That would be very easy duplicated on a laser engraver . . . 

And using some oddball scrap leather . . . shouldn't take over 3 or 4 tries to get the first pattern done for it.

I don't need any such cartridge holder . . . but if I did . . . I think I would like that pattern . . . especially if I were using something bottle necked like a .308 / 30-30 /  30-06 or so.  Would be a good deal for a deer hunter . . . maybe even incorporated in a butt stock cheek weld riser.

Shouldn't be too hard to do . . .  even sew the thing on a big rig machine like a Cowboy 4500

May God bless, 

Dwight

[chuck123wapati]

Good job my friend, you got it!!! I've never had luck carrying tapered cartridges in a buttstock type holder so I quit even trying open type holders of any kind. You will have to let me know how it works on the trail.

[AlZilla]

Wow, very nice and impressive work. Tweak the dimensions and this should work for any cartridge.

[Thadrick]

1 hour ago, chuck123wapati said:

Good job my friend, you got it!!! I've never had luck carrying tapered cartridges in a buttstock type holder so I quit even trying open type holders of any kind. You will have to let me know how it works on the trail.

Me neither, I have however had luck carrying them open on a sling (two side by side lengthwise).  Its also something that might be able to incorporate into a scabbard. Putting them on a butt stock causes a lot of snagging. 

[Thadrick]

31 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

Wow, very nice and impressive work. Tweak the dimensions and this should work for any cartridge.

Thank you.  Should be able to improve the looks with a little more time than an hour also? Winters coming so maybe lots of time to expand on the idea.

[Cumberland Highpower]

Long ago I used to make Shotgun shell belts (20ga only) and I did a similar thing.   On mine the loop was essentially "closed" and the shell had a stop of sorts that way. The bottom looks pretty similar, although with 2 slits showing per shell rather than your 1.   What I used was a die that cut a piece for 5 shells at a time and stitched them to the belts.  Usually a total of 4-6 and then I would stitch a flap that would cover the 6 and secure with a stud when folded down over.  Basically fully enclosed from the elements.   I got the pattern idea from a Russian shell belt 20 or 30 years ago.

If I stop at my old shop sometime soon I'll take a photo. There's a 30 year old prototype still hanging on the wall....!!!

 

EDIT:

I guess I have the die that I used here at the new place:

 

Edited Thursday at 06:36 PM by Cumberland Highpower