Gooddaytoya!
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It's the metal part that soldered to the barrel of half-stock rifles that holds short tubes so you can load a ramrod just under the barrel. I had to resolder It and it was a bear of the job.
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What is this muzzleloader part called?
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Upper middle r/r thimble on a ribbed m/l barrel.
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Per your EXACT description - you are referring to the under rib. Some shotguns also have one on top of the barrel and it is referred to as the sight rib.
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Gooddaytoya!
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Thanks guys.
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By the way, I modified the picture to make it show the parts more plainly, which also made the barrel look like it's totally rusty. It's not, but it does need refinishing.
There are different names for these here in the UK they are known has the the ramrod rib and and the ramrod pipe . Soldering the ribs is easy and straight forward especially on the octangle type of barrel the round barrel is more complicated you must position the rib true centre tin them und wire the rib in place and solder .
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Good point! I should've specified that the names I used are common terms here in my part of the US. These components likely have different names all around the world.
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NO!!! The patina gives it character! And the muzzleloading crowd loves characters!
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Yes if you know what you're doing. Now that I've soldered it, I learned on my own essentially what you said. Next time I plan to tin several spots on the rib and the barrel, then flatten out a piece of 35/75 rosin core solder to about a little less than 1/16 of an inch, slice it into appropriate size rectangles and paint my favorite flux on those spots, place the solder, then fasten the rib to the barrel with light duty c clamps, then heat the entire barrel to 380° using my non-contact thermometer to get the heat just right. That should do it do you agree?
Seems like most people find this job pretty easy, while me and a few others struggle mightily. I can confirm that it got a lot easier for me when I learned to completely remove it and start over from scratch.
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Under-rib. I agree with ghostdncr
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Looks like the barrel is brown, not rust. I would rather have the brown barrel than a refinish to blue. Keep it original if possible.
DON'T EVER try to solder or hot blue a shotgun. You will melt the solder that holds anything to the barrel, or in the case of a double barrel you will have the rib and barrels come apart. Some other guns are soldered too, be careful! You can check barrels by holding the BARREL up with a piece of bare wire and LIGHTLY tapping it with a piece of metal (small wrench) and if it's OK it will ring like a bell. If not-OOPS! don't shoot it!
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