African Big game Caliber Custom Tampers

[bungee]

Inspirted by African big game calibers like the .470 Nitro Express, .416 Rigby, 505 Gibbs and , why not, the venerable.458 Win Mag, I did this custom pipe tampers.
My father use to mark his special "secret" handloads with some kind of red paint marker, hence the red dot on the tampers.
How do you like them?
Cheers,
J

 

[cobguy]

Cool ... I use expended .30 shells all the time and they are perfect size.

 

[bungee]

I thought about using a spent .470 Nitro shell but the damned thing's ring is way too big at .646 in!
Besides I wanted to do something representing the cartridges and how I remember them from my father's reloading bench.
Cheers,
J

 

[aldecaker]

I like 'em. I have a few stray .30-30 empties kicking around my shop that get pressed into service sometimes.

 

[calabashed]

Very nice, they certainly put me in mind of big NE rounds.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Fantastic!! Love the tamps. Enjoy!!

 

[cortezattic]

Thanks for posting all those pix! Love the look of 'em! :clap:

 

[jkrug]

Well done! Those tampers look great. :clap:

 

[oldredbeard]

Very nice work.

 

[okiescout]

Great looking tampers. Treasured memories.

 

[gloucesterman]

Well done and very creative. A handsome set with great memories attached.

 

[ejames]

Nice ! Usually see tamps made with the brass not the "bullet".

 

[foolwiththefez]

Those are very nice. I'm not usually a fan of the bullet/case tamper aesthetic, but that is a very elegant take on it.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Great looking tampers and a very original idea.

 

[lochinvar]

Very cool. I may have used my .416 Rigby empties once or twice.

 

[ejames]

My favorite brass to use is the 500 Mag. and 45-70.