Yep, semperfi71 .... They do work great to tighten up barbed wire. They also make great bumper jack handles and you can pound the barrel into the ground to hook your winch cable to when ya get stuck. It usually doesn't bend it too much and sometimes you can just shoot the mud out of the barrel when yer done.

Some say it's a great nose picker too.... but only if ya get a Patridge front blade on it and have large nostrils.... My wife uses one to press raw meat into the meat grinder.... There just ain't no barrel length as useful as the 8 3/8...... I love the 8 3/8 Mags! Been hunting with them for 35 years...