Got to thinking last night - possibly as a result of the article in
recent Model Railroader about building an oversize load. I'm also a
shooter, and I was thinking about uses for shell cases (centerfire,
rimfire and shotgun). They come in all kinds of sizes and I find a LOT
of .40 S&W and 9mm cases at the range. I have no use for these as I don't
have guns in those calibers and it's really not worth the effort to clean
an resell them. From time to time, I have .45, .38 and .357 cases that
are not reusable and I also can get a number of shotgun shells - mostly
in 12 ga or .410. Seems that the .410 3" shells resemble the oversize
load built in the magazine, though shorter, of course. I also have a good
supply of empty airgun pellet tins - they are about 2-1/2" in diameter
and 3/4" high.
At any rate, ideas about how to utilize these would be appreciated. BTW -
I 'do' N scale.
I'm also diabetic and accumulate a steady stream of test strip containers
- they're about the size of a 35mm cannister but very heavy duty.
I have utilized the pellet tins and test strip containers to hold small
parts - coupler parts, track nails, parts for Atlas track turnout
controls, etc.
- posted 11 years ago