For those of you who shoot rifles or pistol, you can make a quick and 
dirty punch by taking a suitable calibre shell (I think a 30 cal shell 
will work for a P-valve) and sharpening the mouth of the casing using a 
fine file or band sander. It is a single use tool as the brass collapses 
the first time you hit it (Which means, students? Don't hold it with your 
fingers).

But if you put a good edge on the mouth of the case, put your fabric or 
neoprene on a soild wood backing and give it a good whack, it will cut 
anything softer than brass.

For the idiots out there, you  want to use a *spent* cartridge who's 
primer is dented, don't pull the bullet out of a case to use, for christ 
sakes. And whatever you do, don't spend the bullet by holding the pointy 
end up to your forehead and hitting the primer with a tack hammer.

Some of you *might* get away with putting the bullet in one ear, hitting 
it with said hammer, the bullet will then pass through empty space and 
out the other ear. But make sure your superwings aren't in the line of 
fire or you might puncture both bladders.

 Jim

Sender: Mark Melendez  Date: 7/27/98 10:51 AM

>For anyone interested I've found a cleaner way to make the hole in the
>drysuit for p-valves. Instead of a soldering iron use a grommet hole
>tool. It cuts a very clean hole and if you're like me it appeals to your
>anal retentive nature. I got one from -you guessed it- McMaster-Carr,
>catalog page 2815.
>
>Mark
>
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