50 Caliber Pens

[Les Elm]

Parker and Cross refills.
To add to inventory for upcoming Gun and Sportsmen Shows Shows.
These have been great sellers for me!
Used a once fired 50 Cal Brass Military Casing with New Commercial Hornady .510 50 CAL 750 GR A-MAX Copper Bullet with Aluminum Tip.
Cleaned with liquid Brasso, polished Brass and Copper with FLITZ and applied 4 coats of Lacquer using the "Dipping Method".

Les

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[Lupe Duncan]

Those are AWESOME :eek: Les.

Are they hard to make???

[Peter Hay in Aus]

Les the Innovators Innovator.

Beaut pens with a neat lasting finish to add to your arsenal. Impressed yet again.

Kind regards and best wishes for the sales. Peter.

[Les Elm]

Those are AWESOME :eek: Les.

Are they hard to make???

I have a couple of Tutorials if you are interested.

Les

[Steve Schlumpf]

Man - do those ever look real! I can see why they are such big sellers for you! Best of luck at the sportsman show!

[Lupe Duncan]

I have a couple of Tutorials if you are interested.

Les

I would really appreciate it Les.

Those are great!

[James Combs]

I have a couple of Tutorials if you are interested.

Les

I would be interested in the tutorials also.

[BILL DONAHUE]

Les, Beautiful work! I've made some of these too, and have had one engraved for a friend who is a retired Marine pilot. Question - what do you sell them for?

[Scott Woodson]

188819Les, Can you explain the "dipping method" to me, I've made a few of those with the kits from penn state ind, but every time I attempted to coat the casing with laquer it turned an off color and peeled after a few weeks of use. Here is my attempt. Round is a piece of black gold matrix true stone. Engraving was lasered with cermark.

[Mark Hubl]

Man those look cool. I can see why the shooter crowd likes em.

[Jim Burr]

Les has tutorials that are worth there weight in gold!! Think I have all of them. Nice 50's Les!!

[Les Elm]

188819Les, Can you explain the "dipping method" to me, I've made a few of those with the kits from penn state ind, but every time I attempted to coat the casing with laquer it turned an off color and peeled after a few weeks of use. Here is my attempt. Round is a piece of black gold matrix true stone. Engraving was lasered with cermark.

Scott,

This is what I use of a Lacquer coating of all my brass Cartridge pens:

To finish the brass cartridge and copper bullet to avoid tarnishing, first clean the Brass Cartridge and Copper Bullet with Liquid Brasso, polish with FLITZ and wipe down with Lacquer Thinner.

Apply 4 coats of Sherwin - Williams Opex Clear Acrylic Metal Lacquer thinned with Lacquer Thinner to a 40% Lacquer and 60% Lacquer Thinner mixture.

I use the dipping method to accomplish this, first by plugging the bullet nib hole with Bee’s Wax, install a piece of tight fitting dowel into the 7mm brass tube and install a piece of tight fitting dowel into the cartridge casing neck.

I use a tall glass jar a dip the bullet and cartridge and blot off the drips with a piece of blue shop towel saturated in lacquer thinner and hang vertically to dry.

Les

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[Scott Woodson]

Les,

Excellent, I'm going to the store now to pick up some supplies, thanks for sharing....the shine from the laquer is beautiful.

Scott

[Diane K Brown]

I would like to view the tutorials.

[Sid Matheny]

Great pens as always Les!

Sid

[Keith E Byrd]

Those are very nice! I would like to see the tutorials!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are beautiful Les. I can see why they go over big.

[Erik Johanson]

Not sure if you posted the tutorial or not for your process in making those beautiful pens, but I too would be interested.

[Jim Bodin]

I would like to see the tutorials. Very nice work.