Made a range ramrod support.

[Larry (Omaha)]

Most of the ranges I go to have loading benches and plenty of room for accessories. There are times however that a bench convenience is not there. When I am loading without a bench I still like to use a range rod versus taking the one out of the rifle. When you are loading from the pouch a range rod is an issue for me. I had this chunk of black walnut and came up with a nice little ramrod holder. The pencil lines were my intended inside shape. Once I got the inside material removed, I shaped the outside down. Works for me!

Larry

 

[rafterob]

Nice device. Pretty sure I would leave it in the grass when I packed up to go home.

 

[Rod Man]

Nice device. Pretty sure I would leave it in the grass when I packed up to go home.

its an idea for sure, @rafterob that is exactly what I thought to myself!!! I would walk off and leave that puppy fo sho!!!

RM

 

[rafterob]

We have rod hangers attached to the rafters at our range. Just about every session someone leaves their rod hung out to dry!

 

[hanshi]

Clever idea! At the range I generally load with the underbarrel wood rod. This has always been because it will be what I'd have to use in the woods, and if the wood one won't do it at the range it won't do it in the bush. My range rod at the range is for cleaning or pulling a ball.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Clever idea! At the range I generally load with the underbarrel wood rod. This has always been because it will be what I'd have to use in the woods, and if the wood one won't do it at the range it won't do it in the bush. My range rod at the range is for cleaning or pulling a ball.

I am not a hunter, so don't ever use the rifle's RR. Loading for me is much easier if I have a longer RR so the hands can grip the sides. Like you said your range rod is for cleaning and that again is why I have a longer rod. At the range I try to keep the breech plug face fouling build up controlled, via a brass scraper.
Thanks for your reply.
Larry

 

[hobbspj45]

I have a club member show me what he uses attached with clamps to the bench and it works great. Wish I had the facilities to make one.

 

[hanshi]

I am not a hunter, so don't ever use the rifle's RR. Loading for me is much easier if I have a longer RR so the hands can grip the sides. Like you said your range rod is for cleaning and that again is why I have a longer rod. At the range I try to keep the breech plug face fouling build up controlled, via a brass scraper.
Thanks for your reply.
Larry

I'm no longer a hunter myself. So far it's been 6 + years since I hied out to the woods for hunting. I no longer have the fire or the need to shoot game and the past 60 plus years of it are now only very fond memories. I was once almost obsessive about hunting but have for several years shot nothing but targets. The thought of getting up before daylight is no longer pleasant as it once was. At my age the bed feels too nice to trade it for a cold day in the woods. I only occasionally use the range rod for loading; and 1/4" of smooth steel can't be gripped as well as the wood one.

 

[Stub]

I made a shelf out of plywood. I sit my shelf on the shooting or loading bench, then place my shooting box on the part that is farther away from me. The remaining part of the shelf hangs out beyond the bench. There are cuts in the plywood to hold my gun, funnel for powder, notch for range rod, holes for short start, small hammer, 2 tin cans, and a slit for the blade of my patch knife. One tin can holds cleaning patches the other holds used patches. My powder flask sits back by the shooting box along with a box containing balls. I sit the ball box on the patch strip. My patch lube is in a separate can that sits on the shelf. There is also a carved out spot that just fits my can of caps. The powder measure also has a cutout.
Now if I could just shoot better.........

 

[Dutch7]

here is my bench set up, simple but organized.

for shooting out of the bag I use a simple S hook to hold the gun and rods

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

I made a shelf out of plywood. I sit my shelf on the shooting or loading bench, then place my shooting box on the part that is farther away from me. The remaining part of the shelf hangs out beyond the bench. There are cuts in the plywood to hold my gun, funnel for powder, notch for range rod, holes for short start, small hammer, 2 tin cans, and a slit for the blade of my patch knife. One tin can holds cleaning patches the other holds used patches. My powder flask sits back by the shooting box along with a box containing balls. I sit the ball box on the patch strip. My patch lube is in a separate can that sits on the shelf. There is also a carved out spot that just fits my can of caps. The powder measure also has a cutout.
Now if I could just shoot better.........

Hey Stub! You have all this good information for the boys, but no photo! We need a photo!
Larry

 

[Stub]

I haven't taken any pictures of my set up but will the next time at the range. It does look a lot like Dutch7 has in his picture. I will have to figure out how to post pictures also.

 

[Tacitus]

Clever idea! At the range I generally load with the underbarrel wood rod. This has always been because it will be what I'd have to use in the woods, and if the wood one won't do it at the range it won't do it in the bush. My range rod at the range is for cleaning or pulling a ball.

I do the same. Under pressure our performance is a reflection of our training. With the exception of sighting in a new rifle I always shoot from the pouch and use the rifle's ramrod. My range rods are only used for cleaning. I'm not claiming my way is the only right way, it's just the way that works best for me.

 

[Tenring]

I'm no longer a hunter myself. So far it's been 6 + years since I hied out to the woods for hunting. I no longer have the fire or the need to shoot game and the past 60 plus years of it are now only very fond memories. I was once almost obsessive about hunting but have for several years shot nothing but targets. The thought of getting up before daylight is no longer pleasant as it once was. At my age the bed feels too nice to trade it for a cold day in the woods. I only occasionally use the range rod for loading; and 1/4" of smooth steel can't be gripped as well as the wood one.

I here you a Dozen Times Over,So True So True…

 

[hanshi]

Another thing; you guys have lots more creativity and imagination than I do and more skill at cobbling up accessories.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Neat idea but you would never get that in the rock hard ground here in the Ozarks.

 

[Notchy Bob]

A socket bayonet works well as a rod holder or support. Stick the point of the bayonet in the ground and slip your rod through the socket. The cheap, India-made bayonets work as well as the good ones for this purpose, and it looks more or less period correct.

I guess not every trapper would have been carrying a bayonet, but I doubt many would have been carrying a dedicated ramrod support, either.

Notchy Bob

 

[nhmoose]

I just lean my range rod against my shooting boxes rifle rest with the muzzle siting on the 3/8 rubber pad I use to rest the rifle on. Keeps the grass and mud of the end.

 

[BlazingIron]

I made a shelf out of plywood. I sit my shelf on the shooting or loading bench, then place my shooting box on the part that is farther away from me. The remaining part of the shelf hangs out beyond the bench. There are cuts in the plywood to hold my gun, funnel for powder, notch for range rod, holes for short start, small hammer, 2 tin cans, and a slit for the blade of my patch knife. One tin can holds cleaning patches the other holds used patches. My powder flask sits back by the shooting box along with a box containing balls. I sit the ball box on the patch strip. My patch lube is in a separate can that sits on the shelf. There is also a carved out spot that just fits my can of caps. The powder measure also has a cutout.
Now if I could just shoot better.........

I would be interested in seeing a photo of your setup.

 

[Stub]

Here are the pictures that were requested.