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Offline elk killer

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need ideas.....
« on: July 14, 2010, 03:53:32 PM »
looking for something to carry soaked felt wads in,,
doesnt have to be pc correct,,just something for the shooting bag,,
tired of using a plastic bag for them,,,
needs to last for all day of shooting in the great outdoors.....
only flintlocks remain interesting..

Offline Robert Wolfe

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 04:23:02 PM »
I use an Altoids tin.
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SuperCracker

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2010, 04:27:07 PM »
Shoe polish tin

Daryl

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 05:18:26 PM »
We use the small tins as well. Too, I have a couple tins that Track sells. They both work perfectly, however the one I prefer is the striker and flint holder in silver (nickle) or brass that has the hinge about 1" up from one end and is rounded on both ends.  It holds enough patches up to .54 cal for a day's shooting- about 70 shots. They will stay wet for up to and past a week as the fit is very good.  The top overhangs the front by a smidgen, making it easy to open. The other, almost as good and the one I've used since 1986, is Track's 'snuff' tin, with the hinge across the back end. I soldered 2 little squares of brass on the bottom front sides to make opening easier with cold fingers.

Daryl

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2010, 05:44:06 PM »
For wads, one of the Speer plastic bullet boxes would do as they'd carry a number of wads.  Hidden in the bag, you'd only gag when using it.

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2010, 07:57:43 PM »
They will stay wet for up to and past a week as the fit is very good. 

Polish tin with a piece of bicycle inner tube glued into the top as a gasket. Poof.....airtight.

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Offline elk killer

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2010, 01:02:54 AM »
yea waterproof was what i was wanting
and have them stay wet for all day,, ;D
only flintlocks remain interesting..

Offline SCLoyalist

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2010, 01:55:20 AM »
A small pill bottle from the pharmacy, maybe with the non-childproof cap, or a 35mm film canister (probably so rare these days one would pass a perioc correct).

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Re: need ideas.....
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 04:20:14 AM »
They will stay wet all day for 2 days in a Sucrets tin as well.