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Offline Will Bison

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Displaying ammo collection. How to do it?
« on: November 29, 2004, 02:03:12 PM »
This is my first post in this section of the forum. For many years I have picked up odds and ends of single cartridges. Thus far I have the following categories; US Centerfire 19th century, Blanks all years and types, pinfires, rimfire, shotshells representing most guages, pistol all types, and transitional/weird/experimental. Total number of rounds is probably 2000 plus or minus.

Right now I have them all stored in Ryker boxes and that's great because they stack well in minimal space. I'd like to display some of the cartridges on my office wall but a cardboard Ryker box just looks tacky.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm thinking perhaps 30 to 50 rounds in a wood frame or whatever. I just don't know how to do things like that. Front Window design is not my forte'.

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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2004, 10:03:54 AM »
It's best to lay them out on a piece of colored hard board, or heavy cardboard. Find a large picture frame first, that will hold the number of cartridges you want to display. When you lay them all out, take a Sharpie, or fine tip pen, and put a dot on either side of each case. This will give you a mark to drill a small hole for a retaining wire. After drilling a hole for each cartridge, get some small copper wire, and push it through the holes, securing the cartridge to the board by twisting the wire together on the back.
 Rainbow or circular patterns look better than straight rows. If you need more room, a small half circle inside of a larger half circle will get them all in. Try to type up labels to glue on beside each cartridge, to identify the caliber. This is similar to what the ammo makers did with their bullet boards in the past. If you want to get really creative, you could get a picture of a big game anaimal, and have it blown up as a background for your display board.
 Good luck!
Ballard, the great American Rifles!

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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2004, 04:26:58 PM »
That's a cool idea. Sounds like a start and a great Winter project.

Thanks

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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2004, 04:24:12 PM »
Glad you brought the subject up! I think I might look through my cartridge collection, and put together a small board of cartridges for all the calibers I have guns in! Then I could not only label the caliber, but also the model of the gun.
 Take care Will!
Ballard, the great American Rifles!