what do you think?
heres what they look like on the snares

Whjat size wire? It's hard to tell from the pictures. They look good though, I assume you'll be adding an extention cable to make these in-line swivels?

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dont anybody have an opinon?

They are good look'n swivels.
I dont see no nead to make snare swivels out of 9ga. wire. Unless the wire is soft annealed wire.Then why would you want to make a swivel out of soft wire in the first place?

ive made some like that this year what did you use broom handle and a 16d nail. the work pretty good ive held alot of beaver with them this year with no failure

They are nice looking swivels but I have found that the first few twists around the stake and there plugged with grass or debris and rendered useless. I no longer use a swivel at the stake and have found that an in-line swivel right after the desired loop size for the species being targeted is much more effective at reducing cable kinkage.

TexA, I have to agree with ya.When you said "some" but you dont get a bent up 11ga. swivel very often. I have them bend once in a while. But never brake.I just cant just-a-fi The extra weight,and the extra work involived in making them.Once I make a swivel.I'll use it on all my snares .Not just coyote snares.I have more bent up by deer than coyotes.Again never had one brake.

BEING A PLUMBER I HAVE ALL KINDS OF PIPE AROUND, I USED A PEICE OF 1/2 GAS PIPE, DRILLED A 1/4 HOLE THOUGH THE SIDE OF THE PIPE AND USED A SCREWDRIVER FOR THE MANDRAL. TO BEND THE #9 WIRE AROUND THE SCREWDRIVER I USED A 3/4 NIPPLE CUT A SLOT IN THE END WITH A SAWSALL,PUT A 90 DEGREE ELBOW ON IT THEN ANOTHER NIPPLE,90, NIPPLE, TO MAKE A HANDLE. ITS CRUDE BUT WORKS.

I dont rember hearing about 9ga. swivels.Till Neal of the Snare Shop started pushing them.

Can you take a pic and show me the tool you bilt? The swivels look real nice. I think the larger wire 9 this the way to go.

i am going to work on this set up more today.i think that i will try a peice of 1" pipe where i have the screwdriver to make bigger loops on the swivels. i think a 1/4" flat washer will fit in my 3/4" pipe handle, that will help keeping the pipe centered on the screwdiver. this is not a fast system but when you dont have anything better to do its not bad. the first swivel i made took 15 min. once i go it all figured out i made 24 in 40 min.

My swivels need to keep their shap to function correctly ie. swiveling around the stake and allowing the end stop to spin. #9 is the only way to go when you use the system I do. Looks like a very good inventive way to build swivels deerhunterplumb. On suggestion would be to use a bigger pipe and pound the end into an oval shape instead of round to give your stops more room to swivel.

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here is a swivel that i made, big improvement i think how about you? there is a quater next to it for size reasons.

I would give your swivels a good test. Hook your cables up to a lawn tractor or a 4 wheeler and give them a little pull to see what happens.