Chilean Mauser Band Springs

[Patrick Chadwick]

"It might come in handy one day" is the packrat's motto, and

"I knew it would come in handy one day" is the pleasant justification for keeping the other 99% in the drawer.

So how about trying this?


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It is a fret clamp for a guitar - the thing basic guitarrists use when they have been strumming the same open-string chord for years, and want to live dangerously and try another one, without actually using their fingers!

It opens out, and the clamping faces are covered with leather strips.

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It's too tight for most rifles, but could be opened out (or maybe they come in larger sizes).

Glue a little piece of hardwood stick, about 1/8"-3/16" square onto the small clamp face, and you're in business for high-speed, risk-free, spring depression and barrel-band removal!

So why haven't I done that?
Well, you see, supposing I got a guitar one day...?