Interestingly, when I got the old smokepole out to reinvigorate my interest I was cleaning it and my plastic jag (not for ML rifles) head broke off. I broke my patch puller trying to pull it, tried to burn it out with gasoline, tried an air compressor, and then realized, 'why don't I blast it out,' so I put some powder down the plug hole, put the nipple back in and fired away. Took two tries, but I got it out.
A few minutes ago, my ramrod head came off with the brush screwed to it. pulled the rod, slapped on some super glue, stuck it back in the rod head, waited five minutes and pulled the whole thing out of the barrel with a pair of pliers.
I will be ordering a synthetic rod this week. Any brand suggestions?
By the way, I am a bad luck sink so don't come within a mile of me and a loaded weapon, though when shooting deer I have tremendous luck, and considerably less skill. That's uncle sam training for ya'
thanks for exp. on cutting at the bore