Bore protecter

In my plans for a steel range rod I employ a common brass fitting on the rodeo act as something softer than steel to always slide down the steel shaft toward the lower end each time you use.
A non Forum subscriber has pointed out that my suggestion of weighting the large open upper side of that fitting with lead to increase the chance of its sliding down has the side effect of making your hand turn black flom the lead that eubs off on the steel shaft.
Indeed it does.
His suggestion was to add a heavy steel nut on top and ideally fitting into that fitting to add the weight and not the black after effect of the lead.

He had no comment on the spring I had added as a minor shck absorber,

Has anyone also solved this schmutz syndrome or has the lady of your life asked if your canary died causing you to return from the mine early?

Dutch

I made a bore protector back in the 1970’s. I used a section of hexagonal brass that was as wide as the barrel across the flats. The sleeve that goes into the barrel is about an inch or so long. The top I left in the hex shape, and it sits about half an inch above the muzzle. I bored the opening for the rod to fit through easily. When I attach the threaded tip to the rod for loading, the bore protector won’t slip past the tip. That keeps it from falling off and getting lost. I really like it and it has served me well.

As for the smudges from the rod, I just wipe the rod every now and then. No big deal, I expect to get dirty... :thumbsup:

Yer hands get dirty when shooting muzzle loaders with black powder? Oh, horrors. We must get laws passed to stop this. :wink:
BTW, here is a bore protector I turned from wood. It is on an authentic Delrin rod that I grew in my own back yard.

I have made bore protectors out of "corks" from wine bottles. The fake corks used nowadays can be drilled to rod diameter, and sanded to a cone shape to fit in the muzzle. Has worked for me for years, and if one should break or split, I can make another in short order.

Rifleman1776 said:

Yer hands get dirty when shooting muzzle loaders with black powder? Oh, horrors. We must get laws passed to stop this. :wink:
BTW, here is a bore protector I turned from wood. It is on an authentic Delrin rod that I grew in my own back yard.

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Was it fertilized with Pyrodex? :blah: :rotf: :slap:

That is kind of weird. I got a piece of 1 inch diameter delrin and turned several similar shaped bore protectors for the steel range rod that I grew along with some grits in my backyard.

Believe Delrin would be considered an invasive species around here, just like Kudzu.

I do have a genuine European Micarta stocked pistol. No longer imported due to an endangered feces act.

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