I made a short starter from a left over piece of the hard wood ram rod I made for my .32 caliber rifle. I used a ball from a broken .50 caliber short starter I had and put a piece of 1/4 inch aluminum rod on it for the stubby part of the starter. And then did the same thing to the loading end of the short rod as I did with the hardwood ram rod I made for it. I put a .22 caliber shell casing over the rod, cut off the rim of the shell casing, and hollowed out the wood a little to accept a round ball.