How big a hole to drill in pigeons?

[Maillemaker]

How big a hole should I drill in clay pigeons for the yellow garbage sack ties?

Do you use a spade bit or a regular bit?

Thanks,
Steve

[Wayne Shaw, 1985V]

Steve 1/4 or there about. Tim Scanlon has a way of sharpening them makes them cut quick. if you e mail him he can tell you better than I
Wayne Shaw Harlans Light.

[MR. GADGET]

Get you a piece of drill rod and make the end into 4 flats like a chisel point.
Key was always drilling from the back in the box from what I remember....

But it was pre covid was the last time I did them.
One of the teams use a square bar if I recall with a point on it. They were doing it fast.

[Lou Lou Lou]

Have even made one from a coat hanger. Flattened the end and shaped into a spade type.

[Maillemaker]

Thanks all. I've got 600+ to drill. :)

Steve

[Joseph Plakis Jr, 00302V]

Steve
Go SLOW & DO NOT TRY TO FORCE your way through. I used a battery powered drill & a spade point drill made with drill rod.
I placed the drill on the box where the first clay was and let the weight of the drill do the work. Force it and you will break
more that you have good clays. If you are doing them in a drill press one at a time again go slow.

Joe Plakis Jr 00302V
Hampton Legion.

[Maillemaker]

I've drilled a crap-ton of these things I just couldn't remember the size bit. 1/4" seemed small.

Steve

[propertymanager]

1/4 inch either oil hardened drill rod or fluted bit work best. Grind 3 flats on the drill rod converging in a point at approx a 60 degree angle. If using a fluted bit, regrind the cutting edge to approx 60 degrees.
Drill the pigeons from the underside and you can do entire stacks still in the box.

Tim

[Maillemaker]

Thanks all! 1/4" it is!

Steve