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.

Since slim hole couplings are not normally surface hardened, 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.

Horn Sockets
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