Introduction: The Real Bullet Necklace or Earring

NOTE: The author is not in any way responsible for any harm anyone could possibly cause upon themselves, anything, or anyone else by doing this process.

Taking a real bullet, removing flammable parts, and reassembling into jewlary peice that can be hung by necklace or attached to an earring

Step 1: Taking the Bullet Out of the Casing

NOTE: The author is not in any way responsible for any harm anyone could possibly cause upon themselves, anything, or anyone else by doing this process.

Take any bullet, preferably center fire rifle cartridges are easier because they have a larger surface to grab onto. In this process i use(d) a 5C Collette to grab onto the bullet face. I then used a small channel lock wrench to twist and pull up on the casing. *be sure to not pull all the casing all the way off, or gunpowder will spill all over your work surface* I then placed the half dissembled bullet in a ziploc bag and finished pulling the bullet out of the casing by hand allowing the gunpowder to spill into the bag. *it is advisable that you dispose of the said gunpowder in a responsible manner*

Step 2: Getting Rid of the Firing Cap

NOTE: The author is not in any way responsible for any harm anyone could possibly cause upon themselves, anything, or anyone else by doing this process.

The best way i figured to get rid of the firing cap is to place it on a concrete surface, *like my garage floor* AWAY FROM ANYTHING FLAMMABLE. Place it Cap side up, with the opening where the bullet was on the ground. I then took a metal punch and stuck it with a hammer while the punch was sitting on the cap making it fire off on to the concrete. I then took the metal punch and pounded out the remains of the firing cap out the back by placing the punch on the inside of the casing, leaving a hole in the back of the casing.

Step 3: Attaching the Eye Bolt Rings

i bought the smallest eyebolt screws that i could find at the hardware store. placed them in the hole that was left after taking out the primer and soldered them in place.

Step 4: Replacing the Bullet

once the casing cools down, i use(d) slip fit LocTite to glue the bullet in place to reduce the chance of it falling apart. (ive had some bullets fall into the inside of the casing) for this process i used a bench press, a bullet press would probibly work best, but i don't have one of those at this time :/

Well thanx for reading my instructable.

-Rose

Next steps are showing how i made one for myself, using my traditional birthstone. I personally plan on making more like it.

Step 5: Stone Bullet

few weeks ago, my friends, amid conversation about making these bullet jewelry pieces, came up with the challenge of shaping a bullet out of a stone. The reason we came up with the idea was i wanted something more to add to the said bullet necklace, i wanted a birthstone, add 2 and 2 together and i have fun. Anyway tangent done.

I attempted to glue the rock to a pin that was .3 inches because 7.62 mm is roughly .3 inchs ... aka 30 caliber. anyway, if i was patient enough i bet it would have worked, it would have given a good guide to make sure i didn't cut to far into the stone. however, i just wore leather gloves and just slowly etched away the stone with a dremil in a boxy manner so that i could round it out later.

*not, wear glasses of some sort, the stone likes to fragment into small bits if you press to hard, hurts bad when you get some rock in your eye*

Step 6: Getting the Size Right

i kept slowly etching away at the stone with the dremil to get it to the right size, one thing that i found best was the just get the rough size of the bottom of the bullet shape, and keep a lot of spare above, i was able to press the mostly shapen bullet into the casing and just shaved away at it more until it looked right.

Step 7: Finished Product

after i got it to the right size, i just took it to a buffing wheel to remove the damaged and discolored stone. it makes for an interesting conversation piece.

-Rose