Behind the 8 ball

[hornadylnl]

I'd seen where someone was making these a few years ago and I started looking for them tonight. I found the guy on glocktalk. Another WIZARD in the making? - Glock Talk

I'm getting an 8 ball and they're $15 shipped. I tried a dillon roller handle and didn't care for it on my lnl ap. The stock ball is rubbing my palm raw after several hundred cranks.

 

[william]

That's cool. I made my own once for an old jeep. Took the ball drilled a hole about an inch deep. Then I epoxied in a piece of steel tube that I tapped to the correct thread size for the shifter. My new 4x4 toy has demilled grenades threaded to the transfer case shifters..

 

[hornadylnl]

I don't really have a way to drill a pool ball. Would a standard drill bit work?

 

[william]

That's how I did it. Normal drill bit nothing fancy...I did use a drill press.

 

[Aszerigan]

Hey - I wonder if you could get one of those skull style Rat Fink shifter heads to put on your press. Ebay... here I come. That would be SWEET !

 

[ANeat]

Hey guys, Im the guys that make/sells the billiard ball handles. If youre interested in doing your own its a 5/8-18 thread on most of the reloading press's that have a thread on ball. There are a couple of odd ones. RCBS made some that were 1/2-13 threads, and of course Lee's wooden ball is just glued on.

I generally sell 8 balls but If the demand is there Ill order in whatever folks want.

 

[hornadylnl]

Glad you found the sight. Hopefully my thread is a good plug for you. For the price, I won't even attempt to make one. I've got a lee classic cast as well that I need yo make a new handle for. Once I do, I'll order another ball. My money order will go out to you tomorrow. Thanks!

 

[william]

Looks like he just threaded the pool ball....even a better idea than gluing a piece of pipe in there. They look good.

 

[IndianaResident]

. My new 4x4 toy has demilled grenades threaded to the transfer case shifters..

Not to demean the 8 ball, but this just sounds perfect.

 

[william]

IndianaResident...The grenade would look cool on the loader, but I think it would be a little hard on the hand. I first put a grenade on my shifter. After a day of trail riding my hand felt like I had a live grenade go off in it.

 

[hornadylnl]

Got my 8 ball today! I won't be able to try it out much til Sunday but I can already tell that it's going to be a 1000% improvement over the stock ball.

 

[Shadow]

 

[hornadylnl]

I bet even that skull is more comfortable than the stock Hornady ball.

 

[william]

Now I'm jealous....Where are you getting these from. Does the maker have a website or just PM him?

 

[hornadylnl]

Now I'm jealous....Where are you getting these from. Does the maker have a website or just PM him?

The maker is actually the poster in post #6. You can try pm'ing him here but I don't know how much he frequents here. I found him on glocktalk. I just ran 200 through the press and the ball is very smooth. The stock ball is fine for a few hundred rounds but if you run several hundred through a day for a couple days, the rib on the stock ball really rubs my palm raw. I tried a dillon
Roller handle and didn't like the ergonomics at all.

 

[william]

Thanks I sent him a PM. I don't use glocktalk. The ball on my Dillon doesn't have a rib but I think a bigger ball might be cool and that skull is pretty neat. I guess I could just make my own, but I don't have a hookup on free pool balls anymore.

The maker is actually the poster in post #6. You can try pm'ing him here but I don't know how much he frequents here. I found him on glocktalk. I just ran 200 through the press and the ball is very smooth. The stock ball is fine for a few hundred rounds but if you run several hundred through a day for a couple days, the rib on the stock ball really rubs my palm raw. I tried a dillon
Roller handle and didn't like the ergonomics at all.

 

[kevinm]

ANEAT Balls are the best I'v had mine for about 2 yrs. thanks ANEAT.

 

[Aszerigan]

ANEAT Balls are the best I'v had mine for about 2 yrs. thanks ANEAT.

Oh... that's just TOO easy....

 

[johncarbaugh]

A Hurst T-handle shifter would look sweet and they come with all the adapters for all types of threads.UNIVERSAL HURST T-HANDLE - BRUSHED FINISH

 

[hornadylnl]

A Hurst T-handle shifter would look sweet and they come with all the adapters for all types of threads.UNIVERSAL HURST T-HANDLE - BRUSHED FINISH

I'd think the ergonomics on that would suck after about cranks in a sitting.