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Horn Sockets
The Horn Socket is designed for fishing in small tubing sizes
(1 ¼”, 1 ½” and 1 ¾”) where
it is not feasible to use Type B or Overshot Sockets. O’Bannon
Horn Sockets have a lower bowl with integral hard wickers. When
the socket is lowered gently onto the catch and rotated to the
right, these wickers cut or thread onto the catch. Rod body breaks
are caught with conventional wickered slips in the upper bowl.
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the wickered bowl of the Horn Socket can be threaded on securely
so that the catch can be pulled. IT is also possible, in some
cases, to fish 1 ½” O.D. hardened couplings with
the 1 ¾” size Horn Socket. However, even if the
catch is made successfully, the bowl will probably be damaged.
Horn Sockets cannot be guaranteed against damage caused by
hardened couplings.
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