They're made of a "dark wood" which is probably something cheap and stained but they have brass tips and it seems like a pretty solid little piece of machinery.

I'd been looking for one of them for a while (I've been using a ghetto method involving the range rod handleto start my balls, hard to explain) and the only one I had foundwas made of plastic at a local store for 15 bucks and I'm sure you just scoffed at the price as bad as I did.

Anyway, I happened to see these while passing through the sporting goods and decided to get one and try it out. I'll let you know if it splinters as soon as I can get it to the range.

This also means that Walmart also has all of their black powder stuff back in stock, even at the ones that don't sell firearms any more...or at least in my area.