Cartridge Chess — A Clever Idea for Gun Guys
Fall is here, and winter is coming. What are you going to do when it’s too cold outside to go shooting? How about a game of “Cartridge Chess”, with chess pieces sourced from your own ammunition collection? We think the Cartridge Chess set is pretty clever, and it’s bound to be a conversation-starter at home or at the hunting lodge.
Create Your Own Cartridge Chess Set
This is a 3-D rendering found on the Cheaper Than Dirt Facebook page. We’d like to see a chess set with actual cartridges (assembled without powder or primers), perhaps with .32 ACP pawns and the 50 BMG and .338 LM as King and Queen.
Challenge: How many cartridge and shotshell types can you identify? The Pawns look like 9mm or 40sw pistol cartridges, while the Rooks (Castles) are obviously 12ga shotgun shells.
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Tags: Cartridge Chess, Chess, Chessboard, game, King, Queen
Not a good way to teach children proper safe handling of cartridges. And I won’t mention the eventual corrosion of the brass on finger tips while snacking.
John
I don’t think you would use live rounds but make up dummy rounds with no powder or primers from your reload pile. You could put a clear coat on them to keep the brass from dulling. Also just use FMJ so not to have any exposed lead on your hands.
From what I reload I could make, 9mm, 38 specials, 45 ACP, 45 Colt, 12ga, 30-30, and .223. So I would have one more type then needed for a chess board.
The board isn’t set right. Look carefully at the position of the Queen piece.
EDITOR: Good eye, JT. On a chessboard the King is normally the tallest piece and should directly oppose the other King, both in the ‘D’ line. In the 3-D Rendering, if the tallest cartridges are the Kings, then the brass-colored King should be on the fourth square from the left, not the fifth. Another way to understand it, is that each Queen should be on a square of its color (white Queen on white square, black queen on black square). Here, the two tallest cartridges (the Kings) should be directly opposed. See: http://chess.about.com/od/rulesofchess/ss/Boardsetup_6.htm
Cool idea! Got to make this for man cave entertainment. Might use 30-06 and 308 for king and queen. Not everyone has a 50bmg laying around.
i was curious if it was at all possible to purchase this chess set
I’m also keen to buy this set. The only other ones I’ve seen aren’t nearly as good as this one…..
The King should always be on it’s own colour at the beginning of a game!