bullet starter suggestions

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Lee McNelly

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i dear ol older brother has a bullet starter that can smack a bull elepehant in the --nts and get his attention

The ones we see for sale would not hurt a church mouse if hit in a sensitive spot so

Ive been looking at wooden mallet small to medium size for the basis on which to build.

and to use ideas from other bullet starters a short stub and a longer one all made of wood as well

any ideas on parts or hints please respond
 

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Go to smackin a bullet with a mallet and you're going to deform it. Short starters have a cup to protect the shape and it's driven in with the heel of your hand. It doesn't need to be any more than that.
 
Like Hawg said, the little concave brass nub is for fitting over the projectile so it won't deform as you seat it into the rifling at the muzzle. Then use the longer section to seat it a little further down and then just push it the rest of the way down with the long ramrod. This is all you need....

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Here's a link to get that short starter for $9.70

https://secure.tcarms.com/store/muzzleloader/


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I have a homemade one similar to what Bill Akins shows.

Mallets were issued to the riflemen of the Experimental Corps of Riflemen who carried a big .69 caliber Baker pattern rifle. When the Baker's caliber was changed from .69 to .62, the mallet was no longer an issued item.
 
A false muzzle for loading is fine if it was made with the gun. Most if not all rifles using a false muzzle are full blown target rifles many of which are chunk guns.

The short starter can be made from a 2 inch wooden ball from a craft store and a couple of dowel pieces.
 
A wooden crab mallet forms the basis for making a solid starter that will hold up to being struck with a mallet.
The handle becomes the starter rod which can be reduced in diameter if desired to fit most any bore size.
These can make cheap and durable starters.
One of my favorite commercial starters looks exactly the same as this crab mallet except it has a non-maring composite rod in place of the handle and it's all black.
I've seen these wooden crab mallets available at a Walmart that was located in a coastal town where local people do a lot of crabbing...no, not that kind of crabbing, the other kind of crabbing. :D


http://www.crabville.com/59960/709343/Utensils/Wooden-Crab-Mallet.html
 
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