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Thread: ramrods

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    Boolit Buddy Littlewolf's Avatar
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    ramrods

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    I have a 32 and a 36 Hawken mountain rifle style and neither has a threaded brass tipped wood or fiberglass ramrod.
    Where should I look for caliber capable tips, for that matter the cleaning jags?
    A 2117 Easton aluminum arrow will work as a ramrod in the 36 but not the 32 (if you have to ask...) the 32 I got a 1/4" brass rod at the local ACE that seats a ball pretty soundly but won't under the barrel in the thimbles.

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    Boolit Master Wheelguns 1961's Avatar
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    Perhaps these guys have something you can use. The website is spinjag.com in case my link doesn’t work.http://https://www.spinjag.com/index.php
    Due to the price of primers, warning shots will no longer be given!

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    Boolit Grand Master

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    I would look at Track of the wolf and or the log cabin.

    What actual sizes do you need to fit in the thimbles. On line metals may have brass tubing that could be made into a rod

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    Track of the wolf carries all that stuff. Fiberglass can be hard on a barrel, especially the crown. For safety's sake I use Delron rods, bought a 5/16 for my 42 inch .32 and 3/8 for anything bigger. I made a iron wood rod for the .32 for display.

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    I recently bought a replacement rod at OxYolk. They will also make custom rods.
    https://rmcoxyoke.com/product-catego...d-accessories/
    Deplorable infidel

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    I have nice wooden rods for all my rifles in the racks, but I carry Delrin rods in my rifles while hunting or at the range. I got them from Track of the Wolf, and I got the ones with the built-in bullet puller that is inside the seating stem. I recommend that one needs to drill and pin rod ends (both ends) after I had one jag come off inside a bore. I just shot it out with a grain of powder inserted into the flash hole.

    https://www.trackofthewolf.com/parts...ch=ram%2520rod
    73 de n0ubx, Rick
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    Boolit Buddy Littlewolf's Avatar
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    thanks all,
    exactly what I needed to know.
    I'd been using 1/4" solid brass rod but that won't stay in the thimbles and retaining spring, though it sure seats the ball solidly.

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    I guess I'm a dinosaur because I bought a dozen hickory rods, mixed sizes, decades ago and worked them to fit under the barrel of their respective rifles. They came with the metal tips ready for screw on accessories. A friend took them and soaked them in kerosene, he said, keep them from breaking easily. I don't know if that helped but none of my hickory rods have broken. I use the wood rods even when I go to the range but do have several "range rods" of steel, aluminum and fiberglass that I use to clean with. Whatever rods you get make sure to also get a muzzle protector for each one.
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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"
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