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freightbike · New Member

At fiftyeight years old, I recently purchased a Benjamin 22 caliber pump up single shot pellet rifle. I mounted a scope mount and weaver scope to it. The breach is a little hard to reach with my old fingers and I've been having a hard time getting the pellets oriented the proper direction. I bought one of those pellet pens, but since my gun is not a break barrel design, it's pretty useless for me.
I think I've come up with a solution for this problem. Using a lid from a small plastic storage bin, like you would store shoes in. I cut some strips about a half inch wide with one side of each strip adjacent to a molded curve in the lid surface to give it some stiffness. I use a 1/8 inch leather hole punch that I got at a craft store to punch a series of holes along the plain edge of the strip about half an inch apart and set back from the edge about a 32nd of an inch. I clip the holes to make a kind of keyhole shape the will hold a pellet in the middle where they narrow down. Then using an exacto knife, I cut away at the sides of the holes, angling away about a 16th of an inch or so and make an indent a quarter of an inch deep and as wide as the space between the holes.
When finished, I have a strip that I can load up with pellets, place each round in the breach, close the bolt on the round while pulling away the strip, chamber and fire. I can load up as many as I wish and not have to fumble with individual pellets.
Now all I have to do is figure out how to make something that will do all that pumping for me. Smile

Pictures when I can figure that stuff out.

Slavia · Moderator

Pictures are good. Give it a try, and if you need help give us a shout.