I use 9mm with 550 Paracord or 3mm braided leather glued and wrapped around 8ga bare copper wire. It makes a very nice bracelet. No need for magnets because the bare 8 ga wire is rigid enough to hold its shape. I've made about 40 of these. I've used 45s but the 9 mm fits better. Nice video thanks!
Really fun and relaxing. Your presentation is great. I wear my friendship paracord most of the time, just finished my 40cal bracelet. A blast. Thanks again.
I do mine a little differently. I use gutted cord, and put the wire core inside a piece of gutted cord. I then put a skull bead in the middle, then use E6000 glue to glue a piece of cord to each end and let it set. I then wrap to the skull and back to the end on each side, then glue that in place and let it set. I then trim the ends, then glue the casing in place. It comes out nice and tight. For extra decoration, I put a turks head with a pineapple interweave on each side of the skull, then a simple turks head near each casing. The turks heads help keep everything in place, and look really nice.
Who knew? 🤷🏼♀️ I got 12 gauge copper wire 3ft for $1.12. I have a LOT of 9mm Luger casings. My boyfriend does his own ammo reloading so we have a kitty litter size bucket full of 9mm brass we reuse and I just made my first bracelet with 9mm casing. I use the ones without the spent primer and took some birthstones I got from hobby lobby and use June for my birthday and July for his birthday. Turned out pretty cool. I think I was having trouble wrapping the cord around the wire. But I managed to get it done. Thanks for sharing the video!
+Stewart Buckley Copper is not magnetic so I am not sure that putting magnets in the casings would do anything other than taking up space in the casing. If you are suggesting the magnets for health reasons...that would depend on if you believe in the health benefits that some believe magnets provide...just my 2 cents worth take if for what you will.
Not for health reasons, but I do wear a anion bracelet that generates negative ions! I don't think brass would block the attraction. I just tested with 1/4 inch aluminium and it's OK. Cheers :)
ah ...ok I get it now the magnets are to attract each other and close the bracelet...good idea...sorry I did not get what you meant when I first read your comment. Cheers : )
I have wanted to make this bracelet and didn't know where to get the casings, but I ordered them from your website. I hope to have them within the next day or so. I was only able to find 12 gauge wire when I went to Wal-Mart, but I will go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy some 10 or 8 gauge wire. Love shopping at Bored Paracord
Flush cutters or micro flush cutters. Though, they really are made for super thin wire, like 20 to 36 gauge. Cutting 12 gauge solid copper wiring destroys those things. Because the idea of those little things is a precise cut, not a heavy cut. Some regular old flush wire cutters that you can pick up at wal-mart would do just fine for what you need to do in this video.
the primer ignites the power in the shell casing which in tune propels the lead bullet . Your video is great thanks for the time you took and inform us. I will let you know how I did with my new bracelets. Deeman
Great vid, thanks! I didn't have spent .40's or 9's but had a handful of spent .45 casings. To make that work, I used 12 gauge wire doubled over. Still a little gap but the doubled over idea may work for .40 cal and 14 gauge wire (for example). This does make the bracelet a little wider/flatter, which doesn't look bad.
Didnt have the copper wire, so I used tie wire, its a little more ridged, Doubled the wire and used the drill, it made a perfect twist. Plus the wire will allow you to pinch the cord at the at the end to secure it good. Plus the drill is awesome to twist the cord. It works well with 1,2,3 cords to give more color.
10 or 12 gauge wire copper is what I would use. I'm an electrician those two gauges even going down to 14 which is smaller than 10 and 12 are ideal. You get past 10 gauge wire into 8 and such its getting pretty thick and hard to work with. Great video tho going to have to make one of these!
I wonder if you can use small magnets at the tips of the casings and make them magnetic, then use a flexible cord (or as is). Might try that, it'll give me something to get into.
We have pretty good gun laws and gun culture here in the Philippines. I own an M&P9 Shield, Several Gen4 Glocks plus the big 10mm G20, and two .357 revolvers and I live in Manila! I could just go to the outskirts of the city or somewhere remote and I just have notify the PNP and I could go crazy.
Why didn’t you glue the wire and paracord first like you did at the second end? Also, why not double the wire back on itself then glue to paracord and stick into the shell?
Another idea instead of the inner copper wire. Put small magnets in the bottom of the casing. That way you could use a braid instead of a wrap. You could develop one that is more flexible and a bit looser.
What about two rare-earth magnets glued into the ends of each shell casing? This way you could have a flexible weave / braid and dispense with the wire.
Thank you for posting this tutorial. Ever since I saw these bracelets the other day posted in your Facebook group I've been wondering how to make them but couldn't find a tutorial. I wonder if .45 casings would work or is that too big?
Have you ever thought about burying a rare earth magnet inside the bullet casing and building a regular weave after gluing in a double strand of paracord? I wonder if it could work as a magnetic clasp. Maybe you would need to drill out the spent primer, but it could work...hmmmm
I have those same type of glue sticks. So, what I do is pour some alcohol on a paper towel and rub the glue stick. That way I'm able to remove some of that slippery crap. Your glue gun then works better. Who needs shiny glue sticks anyway? By the way, nice bracelet tutorial.
I had a jacket once that had a copper / bronce wire in it around the neck and it made me extremely sick you have no idea how by body reacted, extremly sick, i had to take it out.... so my question is what kinda wire can i use instead ? a regular metal wire ?
hi, sorry if i ask about the wire and the buletts i m new in Paracord and i dont understand the sizes well i think the bulett is 9mm but the wire please tell me the size by the way good job.
Wow sone of the question! Copper wire cost more I make them with brake line ! Cost less and comes bigger and smaller. If their spent shells you can resize down to the size you need ! And yea it copper wire not brass
I have no idea how the shiny knuckle plated casing look after they sit for a while (those are found on self defense rounds) but normal brass will petina
Hi guys I just tried this tutorial and the copper wire will not stay in the shell casing. The paracord will but the wire slides right out. I am letting it set for 10-14 minutes before even wrapping the paracord and the wire pulls right out. What am I doing wrong??
Hello, I was wondering if there was anyway you could make me a 9mm bracelet. I'm not very good at making these things and I would love to have one. If not I completely understand. Thank you in advance.
Cool,but here in Brasil you will be arrested by cops if uses a .40 ou anyone caliber to make a bullet bracelet. Believe it or not. Here,we can't carry neither a empty 22 caliber case.
+Sam S I don't see why they would care. Spent casings aren't a threat. That said, stupid people abound, someone may complain and force them into at least looking at it, so I'd make sure the primers are spent. As soon as they see the dimple in the primers at least they know it's completely inert.
+sticustom What about home construction sites? But i do see why you could not use Aluminum wire. It just might be easier wearing. Give it a try, and please let me know how it works.
+Stan Krieger tried making this with some 2.35mm copper wire I managed to find. I don't know if it was the glue but I glued the end in place and the glue wouldn't hold the wire or the copper. I retried and gave the glue extra time to cure and it still wouldn't hold. Tried a third time and again it wouldn't hold. The wire and paracord just kept pulling out. So I gave up.
+green98cavy Yeah fiddling around last night that's what I came up with. I glued 2 different colors into the casing along with the stiffener, and braided a snake knot. Came out ok, I think 45 acp casings would look better, but 44 mag is what I had already. The casings won't fit over the braid, so you have to stop braiding when the other casing will cover the rest.
maybe ask a local gun range and ask if they have some spent casing you can rumage through (most have buckets full of them that they either reloaded or recycle some how) and look for 40cal
Acorn nuts would look good for this as well. And that would have an added benefit of not calling too much attention if you need to enter a government building....
