No clue from your profile where you live. You may want to update it. Is this is a ‘local’ law thing, or just something with the club.Dont you dare use a metal rod...they'll throw you off the range or you'll get someone hurt!!!
Also curious what type of ‘metallic’ rod is so dangerous. Steel? Stainless steel? Brass? Aluminum? Titanium? Copper? Kind of a wide open topic. Enquirering minds want and need to know.