50 Caliber Parkers

[rdabpenman]

Double Twist Brass and Copper Ballpoint.
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.
As always comments and or suggestion appreciated.
Thanks for looking.

Les

[Doug B]

Very different Les. I've seen 50 cal kits that I did not care for but yours are great! Did the bullets come with the aluminum tips? Where in the world to they twist???

[sdb777]

Hornady 750gr AMAX projectiles come with aluminum tips...sort of the ballistic tip(little plastic piece) for the 50BMG.

Was a couple of different reasons for using the aluminum tips. First was the BC(ballistic coefficient), second was the weight of the loaded bullet(keep from deforming the tip if dropped), and to make the projectile expand better when hitting a soft target(thin steel).


I digress..............Sorry Les!
Your finished product looks great! Great shine to those brass cases.


Just curious....what does the headstamp say on them?





Scott (bet those are heavy....very cool) B

[sawduster]

Be interesting to see a pick of them with common object to get an idea of the size. That'd be one handful of pen. Very nice!!

[Ruffnek]

Great looking pens, Les. Not your everyday item.

I wouldn't try to pass through airport security with one of those in my pocket, though. ;D

[rdabpenman]

Feb 27, 2010 10:05:49 GMT -6 sawduster said:

Be interesting to see a pick of them with common object to get an idea of the size. That'd be one handful of pen. Very nice!!

This photo shows the 50 Cal with a Weatherby 300 Mag for size comparison.

Les

[rdabpenman]

Feb 27, 2010 0:25:07 GMT -6 Doug B said:

Very different Les. I've seen 50 cal kits that I did not care for but yours are great! Did the bullets come with the aluminum tips? Where in the world to they twist???

Doug........

It a doubles twist so to exstend and retract the refill just twist the bullet either clockwise or anti-clockwise

Les

[sawduster]

Thanks for the comparison photo, Les. Definitely a handful of pen, and not something to carry around in a shirt pocket. ;D

[rdabpenman]

Feb 27, 2010 4:48:37 GMT -6 sdb777 said:

Hornady 750gr AMAX projectiles come with aluminum tips...sort of the ballistic tip(little plastic piece) for the 50BMG.

Was a couple of different reasons for using the aluminum tips. First was the BC(ballistic coefficient), second was the weight of the loaded bullet(keep from deforming the tip if dropped), and to make the projectile expand better when hitting a soft target(thin steel).

I digress..............Sorry Les!
Your finished product looks great! Great shine to those brass cases.

Just curious....what does the headstamp say on them?


Scott (bet those are heavy....very cool) B

Headstamps often contain multiple pieces of information. The maker is almost always identified. Military ammunition usually includes date information, and civilian ammunition often has caliber information. Sometimes dates are fairly obvious (44 = 1944; 72 = 1972; 6 12 = June 1912, etc.). Sometimes the caliber information is either spelled out or abbreviated (30-06; 38 SPL, etc.) and other times, such as on German made DWM ammunition, a catalog number code is used for the caliber. Sometimes information on the headstamp indicates the type of load (VII Z on .303 British indicates Mark VII ball ammunition loaded with nitrocellulose powder.) Sometimes markings are deliberately deceiving, as with some .30 carbine ammunition ammunition marked LC 52, made by the Chinese, or .30-06 marked B N 4 40 made in the U.S., both probably intended to arm allies while hiding their source of supplies. Sometimes the headstamp only indicates the maker of the cartridge case, or distributor of the loaded cartridge, or the using activity, not the actual "manufacturer" of a loaded cartridge.


I have some Head Stamped IVI 07 ( Industries Valcartier Inc., Valcartier, Quebec, Canada ) Manufactuered in 2007

And some Head Stamped LC 05 ( Lake City Ammunition Plant, Lake City, MO ) Manufactured in 2005

Les

[Doug B]

Thanks for the explanations and the pics Les. Those are just too cool. Are you going to add those to your swap posting? I would be interested.

Now wait a minute...there is nothing actually turned on those is there? Is that legal here? No wood, no turned material at all...

Just kidding I'm sure you did the drilling on a lathe.

Those are really great Les and would be a great item to put on my display table. Please let us know if you are willing to offer some of them in the swap forum. But, I would need to know the conversion from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars.

[maverick31]

those are very cool. 2nd what doug said

[rdabpenman]

Feb 27, 2010 13:00:58 GMT -6 Doug B said:

Thanks for the explanations and the pics Les. Those are just too cool. Are you going to add those to your swap posting? I would be interested.

Now wait a minute...there is nothing actually turned on those is there? Is that legal here? No wood, no turned material at all...

Just kidding I'm sure you did the drilling on a lathe.

Those are really great Les and would be a great item to put on my display table. Please let us know if you are willing to offer some of them in the swap forum. But, I would need to know the conversion from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars.

Doug......

I will be posting a Parker style and a Cross style on the Swap Forum shortly.

Here is a Currency Coversion link that I use:
www.xe.com/

Les

[jb34]

Very cool. I will be heading over to check what you put in the swap forum.