Weapon grade needle case

[John Fenna]

Here is my proto-type needles case made from two used cases - a 25-06 over a 22-250 - the inner one slightly thinned and the outer slightly stretched out to give a good friction fit. Both had their bottlenecks ground off.
The cords are plied linen thread twisted up to fit in the groove in the shell cases.

I could do with polishing the brass a bit more and may replace the linen with nylon cord but I will see how this goes first
My thanks to Silverback1 for sending me loads of used brass to play with

 

[MartinK9]

Nice bit of recycling there John.

 

[Damascus]

Hi John

My father during WW2 had the same idea and I still have he's needle case, he used a 303 and 9mm case. During my time in the army I did try 308 (7.62) and 9mm case and again a nice fit. Using 9mm its a smaller top and goes over the big case.

as long as it works.........

As they say on the Simpsons "my two cents worth".

 

[Corso]

saw a very nice matchcase made from a coupole of brass shotgun shells a while back - planned to do the same myself at some point

 

[palace]

Nice bit of recycling there John.

.308/762 brass Russian in both lengths or our 51mm (NATO) fit fire steels & make a good handle, to expensive to use my Lapua reload cases though.

 

[British Red]

Needle cases work brilliantly with .357 magnum over modern Nato 5.56 (civi .223) you can cut off the bottleneck or not from the .223.

 

[John Fenna]

It looks like there are lots of options out there - I just used the brass I was given
It works well, but it would be fun to try other rounds if there was a kind doner out there....

 

[British Red]

How many thousand do you need John?

 

[John Fenna]

How many thousand do you need John?

I know I am reknowned for my sewing ... but I do not need that many cases
A few of each would do me nicely

 

[British Red]

Give me a shout in a couple of weeks once I'm off site and I'll post you some

 

[Dreadhead]

nice job looks handy that!

 

[John Fenna]

Give me a shout in a couple of weeks once I'm off site and I'll post you some

Many thanks in advance!

 

[topknot]

Nice one John.

Topknot

 

[the interceptor boy]

cut then at the groove makes nice little buttons for your garments Mr fenna, cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[Buckshot]

That looks great John
Well done
That looks better than using my 44 cases I think