shot pouchs

[sloe bear]

 I'm looking for ideas for making a couple of small shot bags,maybe to hold a dozen shots for a short hunt ,any ideas out there? I have plenty of soft deer skin as well as some heavy stuff pictures would be nice. thanks for the help

[Kermit]

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/267/3/BOOK-GTLO

[Tim Crosby]

 I started another thread instead of making it look like I was Hijacking this one since it is so large. I hope it helps. The book Kermit offered is a very good choice.

   Tim C.
 

[Artificer]

I'm looking for ideas for making a couple of small shot bags,maybe to hold a dozen shots for a short hunt ,any ideas out there? I have plenty of soft deer skin as well as some heavy stuff pictures would be nice. thanks for the help

You didn't mention whether the pouch was going to be for round balls or small shot like bird shot?

Here is an older thread for some ideas:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=9295.0

Last time I made a "ball" pouch, I used soft leather and a turned spout and plug  like the one in the following link.  I've never carried bird shot in it, though, and from the link above, I can see it would be better to use a harder leather for bird shot.

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_100_357&products_id=7942

When I made my "bird shot" shot pouch, I found an original spout (something like the one in the link below)  and used thicker, but soft cowhide leather and made a "shot snake" with it.  However, I REALLY got carried away with how much room I sewed in for the shot. When Max Vickery saw it, he said something like "Hon, I do believe that shot snake will hold more shot than any one I've ever seen."  GRIN.   Later on, I went back and stitched it up so it would not hold near as much.  Grin.

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_100_353&products_id=7866
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