kudu4u: Here's an idea for you.

For those of you familiar with David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh, this from "Shooting Sportsman", July/August 2000:

“Legend has it that the best rifle pads are covered with tanned Cape buffalo scrotums (scrota, if you are a stickler for Latinate grammar, probably a moot point if you’re one of the buffaloes in question). Because just about everything that can be used in gunmaking has been used a some time for other, we don’t doubt that some of these pads exist, but we have a hard time believing the leather is any better than pigskin. We’ll put it on if you want it, but you’ll have to conduct your own negotiations with buffalo to get the material.â€

I am going to use one for my muzzle loader round balls ( no pun ) and one for a change bag in my truck................JJ

For the last couple of years we have been banding our bull calves (domestic cattle) to castrate them rather than knife cut. This especially works well for bigger yearlings (500 to 700lbs). In the process of them drying up and falling off they begin to have unique odor. One morning while riding pastures and checking on some cattle my dog found a few under some trees where the cattle had been resting. I picked a few up and put them in a large zip-lock bag, labeled them as "scrotum jerky" and sent them to a buddy priority mail.

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Originally posted by rogue1:
kudu4u: Here's an idea for you.

For those of you familiar with David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh, this from "Shooting Sportsman", July/August 2000:

“Legend has it that the best rifle pads are covered with tanned Cape buffalo scrotums (scrota, if you are a stickler for Latinate grammar, probably a moot point if you’re one of the buffaloes in question). Because just about everything that can be used in gunmaking has been used a some time for other, we don’t doubt that some of these pads exist, but we have a hard time believing the leather is any better than pigskin. We’ll put it on if you want it, but you’ll have to conduct your own negotiations with buffalo to get the material.â€

Best idea yet. Kosher too.

It appears as though we've been measuring our buffalo incorrectly....instead of estimating inches of spread....40 inches...45 inches and a whopper 50 inches.....we only have to estimate the size of balls that will fit the...well...you know.....

A hunter and his Ph come back to camp and tell everyone that all they saw was golf ball size today but will look for bigger ones tomorrow. The hunter has insisted on baseball size as a minimum but tennis balls might work.

There was a rumor that a couple soft ball size buffs were available but no one had seen them lately. The golden ring in the rowland and Ward book was a real bowling ball bag taken in Tanzania in 1926 by a German hunter.

Hey guys....forget the horns.....focus on the balls!!!

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Originally posted by vapodog:
... The golden ring in the rowland and Ward book was a real bowling ball bag taken in Tanzania in 1926 by a German hunter.

Hey guys....forget the horns.....focus on the balls!!!

Excellent method for Non-entries in the Non-Record Book of The Outer Circle.

Cindy Garrison has been known to indulge in Rocky Mountain Oysters Mbogo with the sundowner crowd. What a showgirl.

i think if you added a thumb you could make mittens for cold hunts...

earmuffs???

i like the idea of the pipe/tobacco pouch

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Originally posted by rogue1:
kudu4u: Here's an idea for you.

For those of you familiar with David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh, this from "Shooting Sportsman", July/August 2000:

“Legend has it that the best rifle pads are covered with tanned Cape buffalo scrotums (scrota, if you are a stickler for Latinate grammar, probably a moot point if you’re one of the buffaloes in question). Because just about everything that can be used in gunmaking has been used a some time for other, we don’t doubt that some of these pads exist, but we have a hard time believing the leather is any better than pigskin. We’ll put it on if you want it, but you’ll have to conduct your own negotiations with buffalo to get the material.â€

I am actually interested in this idea... Who could do this?

I am actually interested in this idea... Who could do this?[/QUOTE]

Bulldog: Perhaps David Trevallion could do it? He is the technical competence behind that quote and a Purdey-trained stock maker. He said it could be done so make him back it up. Then again, I'm sure there are some contributors to this board who could do it.

David Trevallion
9 Old Mountain Rd.
Cape Neddick, ME 03902
Tel: 207-361-1130
Fax: 207-361-1169
Contact: David Trevallion
45 years of experience as a custom gun stock maker


If you can get it done, I'd surely like to see a pic of it. I have a Cape buffalo scrotum that was removed at my suggestion for this purpose but it was given to me instead. If this sample of one is representative, I'm thinkin' it'll take a master to fit one one over a recoil pad 'cause this one just doesn't look like it would fit. (Perhaps this one was from a small bull? Maybe he had just come out of some cold water?) But then what do I know? Masters of their trades make the impossible look easy. Have a go at it. Good luck.