Keeping ramrods supple?

[Dane]

I don't understand why we have this discussion every couple of weeks.
Let's be serious. We're shoving a little lead ball down a ½" pipe.
How SUPPLE do they really need to be?

 

[nhmoose]

Why not? :dead: :dead: :dead:

I'm with Clyde on this why a problem?

 

[George]

I don't understand why we have this discussion every couple of weeks.

Would you rather be talking about what the best lube is? Best cleaner? Best patch?

Lesser of two weevils...maybe. :grin:

Spence

 

[Stumpkiller]

Why not? :dead: :dead: :dead:

I'm with Clyde on this why a problem?

I must say I have done it more than twice. Better than airspace behind the ball.

 

[coloradoclyde]

How SUPPLE do they really need to be?

The secret to a supple rod is to stroke it vigorously before use, the heat created by the friction will soften the lignin in the wood and make the rod bend easier.....

Seriously......:grin:

 

[azmntman]

:shake:

 

[Redstick Lee]

to: everyone in general

when I was 12 I rammed one against a tree several times thinking it had short seated.
after watching me do this my grinning Dad informed me that i'd double charged it.
not having a ball puller, when I asked him what I should do, he suggested I "shoot it out".

never found the nipple that zinged past my ear, OR the front half of the hammer that broke free.

have paid much better attention to what i'm doing ever since.

 

[Rifleman1776]

How SUPPLE do they really need to be?

The secret to a supple rod is to stroke it vigorously before use, the heat created by the friction will soften the lignin in the wood and make the rod bend easier.....

Seriously......:grin:

Interesting how some threads seem to take on a life even though all that can be said on the subject has been said repeatedly. I find it curious some want their rods supple but eschew Delrin because it is....uuuhh....supple. :slap:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Interesting how some threads seem to take on a life even though all that can be said on the subject has been said repeatedly. I find it curious some want their rods supple but eschew Delrin because it is....uuuhh....supple. :slap:

Yep!...Somewhere, sometime, long ago, someone told a newbie that their ramrod should bend. .....

Ya know what a ramrod does right before it breaks?...it bends.... :wink:

 

[George]

I want my ramrods to be a bit supple, but only as a safeguard in case I unintentionally put sideways pressure on it. I never bend it on purpose.

Spence