shotgun cartridge whistle.

[fishfish]

just before christmas i picked up a feed bag full of cartridges from a shoot,and having made watertight stash pots i wondered what to do next and i came up with the idea of making a whistle out of one and here is how i did it:

any size cartridge will do:

next cut a v slot on the top thus:

next get a dowel,stick or turn a bit of wood to the correct size to fit into the shell end ,not tight and not loose then slice a small fiple off the wood,ie a flat surface about 1/8 of the thickness of the wood:

now push in till the end of the wood is flush with the flat side of the v cut:

now to secure the wood either glue or pin in place:

and here it is,a good shrill pitch and easy to make:

now will some one tell my kids to stop blowing them!

 

[Lister]

wouldn't you be a bit dubious of putting your mouth on something that previously contained gunpowder etc?......was going to make an inneundo joke but i figured i don't want the wrath of Toddy again

 

[fishfish]

if your worried about it chuckem in the sink or dish washer.

 

[Lister]

if your worried about it chuckem in the sink or dish washer.

I figured you'd do something like that anyway, was just making an observation, good idea though

 

[huntersforge]

Nice job fish. Good use of a throw away item. I like it

 

[OliveDrabnotDPM]

Nice idea. I like it.

 

[Bowlander]

looks good, never thought of doing that. If you knock out the percussion cap and melt out the plastic from 2 cartridges you can hammer them together and make a whistle - I've used them for calling wigeon.

 

[fishfish]

yep i know the one,we use them to call fox in.

 

[treebloke]

I was going to say I was impressed until I saw the stale on your hammer.

I have seen them made from a bit of Willow about the same size.

 

[johnnytheboy]

Good idea!

 

[Buggane]

Great idea, Fish. I like your knife handle too!

 

[Niels]

I like it! I will give this a try soon.

 

[dwardo]

Nawt wrong with that hammer
Cool idea fish nice one.

 

[fishfish]

cheers guys.

my name is justin and i abuse hammers........