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I had tried with some .357 Mag shells I got from my brother-in-law.
First tried to hammer through a piece of scrap material as is but of
course the shell wasn't sharp enough to cut. I had put them aside to try
and sharpen but when I found that cutter.....well, it was just too good
to be true.

Mark 

Jim Cobb wrote:
> 
> 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
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