Shell casings crafts

How to Remove Brass From a Spent Shotgun Shell: All other methods I've found online suggest using a candle or lighter to heat up the brass, which will partially melt the plastic. However, common sense says that leftover gun powder (which is highly flammable) that may be left over in an expired s…

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Make a Whistle From Spent Shell Casings: First and foremost this Instructable inspired by Mrballeng and his .223 whistle. Really like the idea, made a few by soldering but it was a fair amount of work. I then found super glue works well when whistle is used as a desk top …

Do it yourself shell casing clock!

Finally - finished the project I started awhile back with the remnants of bullet casings that DH had collected for me. He and several o...

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How to remove blasting caps from shell casings: See previous post for list of tools and materials. Blasting caps in bullets are just what they sound like - a small cap (or cup shaped piece) which contains gunpowder which explodes when gun is fired, sending the bullet on its destructive way. Before decorating or applying etchant resist, you will need to punch out the spent blasting caps. You can drill though the ends using titanium bits, but punching them out is usually faster and easier. The…