Osage Orange for ramrods?

[waksupi]

Please tell us how you know that.

Nights are long in Michigan....

 

[Brokennock]

The reason osage would make a bad ram rod is because its very flexible. It would be like stuffing a soft cooked noodle up a wildcat's butt.

And yet those flexible delrin rods work wonderfully for loading or cleaning,,,, if used properly.

 

[Robin101]

I've never noticed it to be abrasive. When making bows, I have always easily taken it to a polished surface.

Yes, it has a very high mineral content and when finished it can be brought to a very high sheen, even using a buffing wheel on it I normally reserve for metals.. I have made dozens of bows, countless arrows, a couple range rods, and a few tool handles from it, Do what you will.
Robin

 

[Dale Lilly]

I broke one rod; when I shot it out and it hit a non-flexible rock.