Easier to Grab My Balls

onetuza · 10-01-2011, 09:43 AM

I'm new to C&B and during my first range visit I was surprised to find it difficult to grab my balls out of the box they came in, I suppose due to the relative weight. I'd seen others put individual recesses in the base to hold 6 or so, but I wanted something different.
Well, as an anal retentive Virgo, I set about to remedy this problem. Below is the result:

First I put a snap top on a small water bottle to use as a dispenser. It works great. I dump a bunch in my hand and load the tubes. I took my standard hinged stand and glued brass shoulder washers and lengths of 1/2" i.d. clear acrylic tubing to it. I slanted the cuts at the bottom so I can grab a ball with thumb and index finger. Pull one ball, the next drops down in place. 9 each tube, 18 total, enough for three rounds.

When the revolver is removed, the vertical portion of the stand easily flops over even without the ball tubes. If for some reason I had to remove the revolver with the tube full, my balls would likely end up all over the floor, so I recessed and glued in two cylindrical neodymium magnets in the base and screwed in two flat head screws into the bottom edge of the hinged portion. Holds well and can be closed with minimum effort. I also added four large peel and stick rubber thingies on the bottom of the unit to keep it from slipping around while loading.

So, now I'm ready for my next project.
BTW, the glue used was E6000 crafts glue.

Brisk44 · 10-01-2011, 09:56 AM

Well it seems you"ve got your balls well in hand, Good job. And thanks for the tip! Also welcome to TFF.

carver · 10-01-2011, 10:13 AM

Welcome to TFF! Man, you really need to get a pattent on that! Anyone into BP would love to have one. Design another for long guns, and pattent it too! Production would be a simple task, and would not cost a lot!

Double D · 10-01-2011, 10:19 AM

Not sure if you saw something similar and created that or you did that from scratch, but its pretty darn cool. Welcome aboard!

quigleysharps4570 · 10-01-2011, 12:46 PM

Very nice.

onetuza · 10-02-2011, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Double D

Not sure if you saw something similar and created that or you did that from scratch, but its pretty darn cool. Welcome aboard!

Totaly from scratch. My own idea. Believe it or not, I thought of the bottom chamber firing revolver about six months before I saw the Rhino advertised in magazines. http://www.defensereview.com/wp-cont...Firearms_1.jpg

These ideas float around on the astral plane waiting to be acted upon.

dustydog · 10-02-2011, 02:50 PM

Then do something with it!You have witnesses that have seen your idea published online,we can assume you want to retain intellectual property rights to it?If so,state so,and run with it!

terminator · 10-02-2011, 03:25 PM

Nice job!

joncutt87 · 10-02-2011, 06:37 PM

Very nice

brad87 · 10-23-2011, 04:15 AM

now that, is freakin brilliant, sir. if i shot bp pistol, i'd be making myself one of those ASAP

pinecone70 · 10-23-2011, 07:23 AM

This is a good idea, those little suckers are tough to catch in the box, especially in cold weather.

jjmitchell60 · 10-23-2011, 10:29 AM

A habdy little trick to BP balls for rifles (can be used for revolvers as well I reckon) and single shot hand guns is to find a piece of cane that the balls will fit into. Cane has a natural barrier in it every so many inches so cut one end below the barrire and one end above. The end with the barrier in it will be the bottom allowing you to stack balls in it and use a cork or wood stoper on the open end to close it up. You can then carry enough for a 1-2 day hunt easier than carrying them in a possibles bag loose or in a ball bag plus when you want a ball, uncork the olen end and you can easiely get one ball out at a time. When on a day hunt or a short 2 day hunt I carry them that way so I only carry a limited amount of stuff in my possibles bag or just carry a haversack with no possibles bag plus a powder horn. Cane can also be used to carry pre-set powder charges as well thus you do not have to carry a powder horn.

10-01-2011, 09:43 AM	#1
onetuza Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2	Easier to Grab My Balls I'm new to C&B and during my first range visit I was surprised to find it difficult to grab my balls out of the box they came in, I suppose due to the relative weight. I'd seen others put individual recesses in the base to hold 6 or so, but I wanted something different. Well, as an anal retentive Virgo, I set about to remedy this problem. Below is the result: First I put a snap top on a small water bottle to use as a dispenser. It works great. I dump a bunch in my hand and load the tubes. I took my standard hinged stand and glued brass shoulder washers and lengths of 1/2" i.d. clear acrylic tubing to it. I slanted the cuts at the bottom so I can grab a ball with thumb and index finger. Pull one ball, the next drops down in place. 9 each tube, 18 total, enough for three rounds. When the revolver is removed, the vertical portion of the stand easily flops over even without the ball tubes. If for some reason I had to remove the revolver with the tube full, my balls would likely end up all over the floor, so I recessed and glued in two cylindrical neodymium magnets in the base and screwed in two flat head screws into the bottom edge of the hinged portion. Holds well and can be closed with minimum effort. I also added four large peel and stick rubber thingies on the bottom of the unit to keep it from slipping around while loading. So, now I'm ready for my next project. BTW, the glue used was E6000 crafts glue. -->

10-01-2011, 09:56 AM	#2
Brisk44 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,747	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Well it seems you"ve got your balls well in hand, Good job. And thanks for the tip! Also welcome to TFF.

10-01-2011, 10:13 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,219	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Welcome to TFF! Man, you really need to get a pattent on that! Anyone into BP would love to have one. Design another for long guns, and pattent it too! Production would be a simple task, and would not cost a lot! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-01-2011, 10:19 AM	#4
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,054	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Not sure if you saw something similar and created that or you did that from scratch, but its pretty darn cool. Welcome aboard! __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

10-01-2011, 12:46 PM	#5
quigleysharps4570 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 161	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Very nice.

10-02-2011, 02:50 PM	#7
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Then do something with it!You have witnesses that have seen your idea published online,we can assume you want to retain intellectual property rights to it?If so,state so,and run with it!

10-02-2011, 03:25 PM	#8
terminator V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 130	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Nice job!

10-02-2011, 06:37 PM	#9
joncutt87 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kannapolis, NC Contributor Posts: 1,419	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls Very nice __________________ Four words to live by: aequitas, veritas, decus, sacrificium

10-23-2011, 04:15 AM	#10
brad87 Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 85	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls now that, is freakin brilliant, sir. if i shot bp pistol, i'd be making myself one of those ASAP

10-23-2011, 07:23 AM	#11
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls This is a good idea, those little suckers are tough to catch in the box, especially in cold weather. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

10-23-2011, 10:29 AM	#12
jjmitchell60 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raised in Buzzard Roost near Frog Town in hillls of Kentucky Contributor Posts: 1,471	Re: Easier to Grab My Balls A habdy little trick to BP balls for rifles (can be used for revolvers as well I reckon) and single shot hand guns is to find a piece of cane that the balls will fit into. Cane has a natural barrier in it every so many inches so cut one end below the barrire and one end above. The end with the barrier in it will be the bottom allowing you to stack balls in it and use a cork or wood stoper on the open end to close it up. You can then carry enough for a 1-2 day hunt easier than carrying them in a possibles bag loose or in a ball bag plus when you want a ball, uncork the olen end and you can easiely get one ball out at a time. When on a day hunt or a short 2 day hunt I carry them that way so I only carry a limited amount of stuff in my possibles bag or just carry a haversack with no possibles bag plus a powder horn. Cane can also be used to carry pre-set powder charges as well thus you do not have to carry a powder horn. __________________ Oath Keepers NOT ON OUR WATCH www.oathkeepers.org 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes Duty... Thomas Jefferson