Brass rods at hardware stores come in about 1 foot lengths and quite a few small diameter sizes. You should be able to find one just the right size dia. Then cut to length and bend the end to make a loop for whatever lanyard system you choose. The pointy end works best (in my opinion) when it is filed off square and not a point. One rod will yield several picks. Being brass they look great as they tarnish.
John Vive le Roy!
Posts: 513 | Location: Colony of Maryland | Registered: 04 November 2007
Loyalist Dave,,,multi tasking,, I like it would it have to be PC/HC?? to be accepted. Safety pin could hold your sash in place,, adjust the length of straps!!!! lots of other uses,,I like it.
Loyalist Dave,,,multi tasking,, I like it would it have to be PC/HC?? to be accepted. Safety pin could hold your sash in place,, adjust the length of straps!!!! lots of other uses,,I like it.
LOL
When it comes to actually making the flinter go BANG, a hang-fire or a flash-in-the-pan isn't all that safe on a target range and usually means not getting the venison so..., SOD the PC stuff and it's hidden up your shirt sleeve anyway...
LD
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove
Posts: 3843 | Location: People's Republic of Maryland | Registered: 10 November 2004
I've only had to use a vent pick ONCE. I loaded the first shot of the day without really cleaning the oil out of the bore. Oil blocked touch hole, so I had to poke some grains of fine powder into it to get it to reach the main charge. Otherwise, I have never had a use for one... and that could have been done with a small whittled stick.
Posts: 48 | Location: Kentucky | Registered: 02 August 2011
I have rarely needed one, but when I do its a good thing to have.
So, I took a very small, thin nail and I sunk it into the end of a 1/4" dowel. I cut off the nail head and filed it just enough to take the burr off. The dowel handle I cut down so that it is only about 2" long. The nail sticks out about 1/2" from the end of the dowel. So, the whole thing is about 2 1/2" long.
I keep it in a leather pouch in my shooting bag along with my ramrod attachments such as my jag, ball puller, etc.
Know what you believe in. Fight for your beliefs. Never compromise away your rights.
my Karma is such that if I don't have a vent pick, that's when the vent will clog. If I don't have a spare couple of flints, that's when the flint in the lock will drop out. If I didn't reload and wait 20 minutes before going after the deer, that's when a second deer would wander by or that's when I'd find the deer I had shot, and need a second shot..., and so on.., and so on...
LD
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove
Posts: 3843 | Location: People's Republic of Maryland | Registered: 10 November 2004