This thread answered alot of my questions
Wood dowels can work ONLY if you are 100% the dowel has perfectly straight grain, the ends are cut square, the dowel is the largest size that fits into your barrel. Most problems occur when you have croocked, diaginal, bad grain or areas in the dowel.
I wouldn't recommend wood if your, not 100% confident the dowel is perfect or the diameter is less than 1/4 in.
Many like to use brass rods. I prefer a steel rod coated with tape to where it just fits in the barrel, this way it can't get into the rifling making for a really bad day.
No mention of odd grooved barrels here? Lucky y’all. That complicates things greatly.
I use a fiberglass rod,you can find them at hardware stores,(sold as driveway markers etc.)inside old CB antannaes( I let nothing go to waste)in parking lots after snow plow season just laying around,I don't take the ones standing up and marking stuff but the ones laying in the dirt are fair game, they don't break and come in various calibers also for larger calibers ,.45 and up,thefiberglas muzzleloader rods are great.the one for my 30/30 is a .270 that was a Wilson antanae that went south.none of them cost much and work great.they are also good for herding the hens back home at sundown. Lol
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |