Retro-Fit Stops?

[04fox8 168]

Just been reading back through some archive material on this site for the last day or so, and got me thinking I'll dig out my snares and give it a go again. Haven't been at it for years, same old story, time / commitments / work etc.

I know the legislation has changed, and I cannot now do as I used to - setting on fences, and I know that all snares should be fitted with 'stops' to prevent choking the catch. (When I was a lot younger- 30 plus years younger , I was always told, If they weren't dead when you found them, I'd set them wrong, but I suppose times are a changin')

 

Anyway, It is obvious I will need to retro-fit some 'stops' to my snares, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas what would be easiest / quickest / cheapest option/s?

 

It apears obvious what to do when making them from scratch (which me and my brother did for Hrs and Hrs when we were young) but looking for suggestions as to what to use on those that are already 'assembled'.

 

I had contemplated small, say 5mm or so cuttings of copper brake piping, but it's a bitch to split. The other thing that went through my mind was the small 'caps' which come with spark plugs and are seldom used, but they don't clear the 'loop' where the string attaches. The last thing that I had in mind was split shot fishing weights which may be able to crimp on.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

I have around 300 snares which would need the treatment, hence the criteria of quick / cheap.

 

Thanks Folks.

[Holdaway 2]

Copper brake pipe is the way to go, use a plumbers pipe cutting tool to cut to length. Set at 6 inches from the eye.

 

H

[heritage 202]

I honestly wouldn't bother.., when you work out the cost of materials and the hrs & hrs of labour involved you'd be better of scrapping those old wires.....using the methods shown on this forum you could replace all 300 snares in no time at all..... You can still salvage things like pegs & eyelets if required but if you look into the costs you'll see that starting from scratch is the best thing, if you intend to get back into snaring then having the tools & skills to spin brass will come in handy as all wires need replacing at some point....atb

[The one 8,585]

Same here all my snares are sitting waiting on me putting stops on them now and i don't think its worth the bother im thinking about making more and crimping another eyelet on them as i make them. I started a few putting electrical spades on them but you have to cut the y bit off and open up the connector and then crimp it on it took me ages to do ten

[04fox8 168]

Fair points, but I'm tight!

Had considered the sparky terminals like you say, but thought, 'They cost money'. I know the brake pipe does too, but I have heaps of it!

 

Just thought, how would a .22 air gun pellet work?

 

One good smack with a happer, then fold and grip it on? Similar to using the split shot weight?

 

I just wondered with the wide variety of folks on here from all different walks of life, if anyone had came across anything simple, and in abundance?.

 

Not against making up new ones, but seems a shame to waste the old ones after having kept them all this time. (They're not the same 30 odd year old ones tho, well, not all of em!)

[heritage 202]

What you really need to consider is the material that your "stop" is made from....lead is soft & would fail under pressure and crimping on a stop made of a harder material may damage the brass.... There are lots of people in your position all of whom are looking for the perfect (retro-fit) stop but as yet no one seems to come across anything that is quite right....about the closest thing I can think of is a correctly sized pop rivet that's had the pin knocked out, these can be slid onto the wire and crimped on the shank leaving the domed head to contact the snare eyelet....I can make a Tealer in a minute & spin brass even quicker so I'm afraid my vote still lies with starting from scratch.....Atb

[Butler 396]

Just tie a knot in them.

[04fox8 168]

Like the Rivet idea now. That's something else I have an abundance of (got a few landies to keep going)

Not sure about the knot, would it not be too big??

 

When I get back home I'll give them all a try tho.

 

Anyone on here work in a 'factory / fab-shop' that punches 10-12mm holes in any alluminium? The resulting 'scrap' from the hole might do it??

 

Just thinking out loud and open to ideas.

 

Cheers.

 

PS, Time's not the issue, it's the parting with cash that gets me!!

[peeps_76 17]

hi all,

 

i tried the knot option but one slipped pased the knot so stopped that. now i just untwist the wire at the required place and seperate the wire into two lots of three then fit in another eyelet and retwist the snare. did 25 in about 45 min. eyelets were real cheap and fairly quick. no failures yet but on done a few trials.

 

regards Peter

[04fox8 168]

Never actually thought on doing that

But think I could make new ones in the time it would take (like someone else pointed out)

Got another 2 weeks to think about it, then I'll be back home and giving something a go!

 

Cheers