Vent Pick Holder

[Cattywompuss]

So... I have a nice .50 dandy of a deer rifle in the Bucks-ish county style. Has a vent pick holder under the cheek piece. I like it and keep a brass wire pick in it. Oddly, unlike most I've seen, I keep the butt end of the pick on the lock-ward side of the holder. I always see them stuck in from the butt-ward end of the rifle and think, well, that might fall out.

Anyway, are there commercially available pick holders or are they all made one-off from sheet brass for whatever rifle they are meant to go on? I cannot find any for sale on the usual sites like TOW or Pecatonica. If they are only made for each rifle, then fair enough, I will make one. All that is to say that I want to put them on my other rifles and am wondering if this is going to be a fabricating job, or something I can buy. For what it's worth to them inclined to comment: I always purchase things done better by those who are good at it, rather than cobbling together something home-made. My wife is an artist, but I am merely a patron of fine art.

 

[DuncNZ]

Some pick holders were just small wire loops under the cheek piece , I think the brass ones are part of the individual gun makers stock art

 

[Cattywompuss]

Some pick holders were just small wire loops under the cheek piece , I think the brass ones are part of the individual gun makers stock art

Indeed, I have seen those. They seem well enough, but I was just wondering if there are any commercially available sheet brass ones.

 

[Dave Marsh]

This is where I got mine. Parts and supplies page 2 (knobmountainmuzzleloading.com) or
www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/mbs3cart/agora.cgi?cart_id=2593512.26282&product=Inlays&user4=Vent%20Picks

 

[Nameless Hunter]

Muzzleloader Builder Supply.

https://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssup...5464993.13583&product=Inlays&user4=Vent Picks

 

[oldwood]

I've been building and using m/l rifles for 50+ years. I personally wouldn't put a touch hole pick under a cheek piece , unless it was on a southern rifle where the rifle wouldn't be correct as per someone's instruction. When loading a rifle , I need the pick, where I can get to it w/o having to flip the gun over , and back ,to use the pick. My choice , is to have the pick on a lanyard hanging from the strap on my shot pouch. Keep it simple. ....oldwood

 

[Dave Marsh]

To each his own. We all have our preferences and I prefer mine under the cheek piece and not dangling in my way on my shot pouch.

 

[Cattywompuss]

I've been building and using m/l rifles for 50+ years. I personally wouldn't put a touch hole pick under a cheek piece , unless it was on a southern rifle where the rifle wouldn't be correct as per someone's instruction. When loading a rifle , I need the pick, where I can get to it w/o having to flip the gun over , and back ,to use the pick. My choice , is to have the pick on a lanyard hanging from the strap on my shot pouch. Keep it simple. ....oldwood

Reckon I'm blessed to still be supple enough not to have to flip the gun at all when I pull mine from the holder. One day I may not be so nimble. As a Southerner, born of old stock that arrived 100 years before America was an actual country, I'm not worried about HC. But I do like not having to dig a pick out of my bag or having it jangling on a string. Simple as can be.

 

[oldwood]

Catty , good for you brother...oldwood