Ramrod Question

[tenngun]

I've read they have to soak for a year to do it right.

The more you soak them the longer they last. At least till you take them from the vat. Take care with your rod and it shan’t break.

 

[Crooked Ramrod]

October Country sold me a hickory ramrod that was so crooked it wouldn't fit in my thimbles. I contacted them and send them pictures. They told me it would straighten if I put it in my gun for awhile or after it was used awhile. What part of IT IS SO CROOKED IT WON'T FIT IN MY GUN did they not understand? NEVER EVER ORDER FROM THIS OUTFIT!!!! A reputable company would have mailed a new one the same day.

 

[mooman76]

We get it all ready.

 

[Timber Wolf]

IMO, soaking a wooden ramrod in coal oil or kerosene does little or nothing to make the rod harder or more flexible. About the only thing it does is to make the ramrod more stinky and keep wood eating bugs away.

And the downside is? ; )

 

[Zonie]

IMO, soaking a wooden ramrod in coal oil or kerosene does little or nothing to make the rod harder or more flexible. About the only thing it does is to make the ramrod more stinky and keep wood eating bugs away.

And the downside is? ; )

Someone may get the mistaken idea that soaking the ramrod in kerosene turns it into a very flexible, unbreakable rod and misuse it causing it to break and poke a hole thru their hand or arm. This is especially likely if the ramrod has any grain runout in it where the boundary between the wood's rings break thru the surface of the rod.