Ram rods for flintlock rifle
-
Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.
We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.
Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103
Ramrods for full stocked flintlock rifle
- Thread starter Buffalorunner
- Start date
Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:
Is that a question? Or a statement?
Yup, @larrylbowyer will need a ramrod. What's the real question.?
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2008
- Messages
- 1,939
- Reaction score
- 2,187
All of my ramrods stay in the thimbles. RR are for show only. I use a dedicated loading/cleaning rod for the range. It is the only place I load and shoot my flinters and caplocks. No hunting anymore.
O K ill play ?????????
TDM
Cannon
- Joined
- May 28, 2022
- Messages
- 9,659
- Reaction score
- 24,219
- Location
- Louisiana & My camp in Mississippi
Maybe he’s just into re enacting. Wouldn’t need one.
My old brain has lost it's ability to use mental telepathy , to decipher other folks thoughts. Please restate the question , with elaboration , on the subject of ramrods.
We've had a bunch of ramrod discussions lately. If the OP checks in again, maybe he could just use the Search box to find information on his topic.
On the other hand, we're always happy to discuss ramrods again, or lube, stuck balls, compressing versus not compressing the caliper jaws in measuring patch thickness.... and so on.
Notchy Bob
On the other hand, we're always happy to discuss ramrods again, or lube, stuck balls, compressing versus not compressing the caliper jaws in measuring patch thickness.... and so on.
Notchy Bob
morehops52
50 Cal.
Let's not forget best cleaning solution.
TDM
Cannon
- Joined
- May 28, 2022
- Messages
- 9,659
- Reaction score
- 24,219
- Location
- Louisiana & My camp in Mississippi
And best lubes too.
TDM
Cannon
- Joined
- May 28, 2022
- Messages
- 9,659
- Reaction score
- 24,219
- Location
- Louisiana & My camp in Mississippi
Now that’s funny!
Any one else hear Beethoven?
I use my on gun rod. Just push with short strokes.
What I am afraid of is that @larrylbowyer will consider that our comments are rather rude and be turned away from the Forum. Really, we want to answer the questions he has about ramrods.
Yes, a full stocked Flint lock rifle should have a ramrod. The material should be straight grained hickory. For convenience, it can be tapered for ease of entry into the thimbles. Is should be the length of bore from muzzle to breech and it may extend past the muzzle. There should be tips on the ramrod and the tips should be pinned through the rod to secure the tip on the ramrod. The tip should be threaded for the cleaning and loading jag. Wooden jags can break but breakage is limited when only pushing the rod a short distance (six to eight inches) as the patched ball is loaded or while cleaning.
Yes, a full stocked Flint lock rifle should have a ramrod. The material should be straight grained hickory. For convenience, it can be tapered for ease of entry into the thimbles. Is should be the length of bore from muzzle to breech and it may extend past the muzzle. There should be tips on the ramrod and the tips should be pinned through the rod to secure the tip on the ramrod. The tip should be threaded for the cleaning and loading jag. Wooden jags can break but breakage is limited when only pushing the rod a short distance (six to eight inches) as the patched ball is loaded or while cleaning.
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2013
- Messages
- 665
- Reaction score
- 937
Post #15 is a winner!
Maybe OP wants to buy one? You have to make your own. Buy straight grained hickory, shipping is the same for one or a dozen. Plane, scrape, sand it down till it fits all the way in.
Cross-pin brass or steel ends of your caliber.
Now I hear Beethoven too
….back to my stuck ball…..
Maybe OP wants to buy one? You have to make your own. Buy straight grained hickory, shipping is the same for one or a dozen. Plane, scrape, sand it down till it fits all the way in.
Cross-pin brass or steel ends of your caliber.
Now I hear Beethoven too
….back to my stuck ball…..
Last edited:
hanshi
Cannon
A longrifle does need an underbarrel wood ram rod. For all my shooting I mostly use the underbarrel for loading and sometimes for cleaning.
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2019
- Messages
- 8,383
- Reaction score
- 9,771
"It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone: “The chair is against the wall, the chair is against the wall“, “John has a long mustache, John has a long mustache”. It’s twelve o’clock, America, another day closer to victory. And for all of you out there, on, or behind the line, this is your song." (the Battle Hymn of the Republic begins to play)
Similar threads
