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I have been thinking about making a range rod for my .36Cal. It is a fun cheap gun to shoot. The leaves are falling and I will also carry the rod in the woods on squirrel hunts. I was digging a pond a year ago and at about 8 feet I dug up this knot. "I believe what is a heart pine Knot" not 100% sure because it didn't have that fat lighter smell or sap when I filed it down. It is hard as a brick, that's why I used files.
So when I started gathering up around the house stuff to make it I wanted to incorporate some old and new stuff. I figured I could make the palm saver out of the Knot. I guess it could be maybe Thousands of years old. It was 8 foot deep....
I cut the ends off and traced a large circle on one end and tried to center the best I could smaller circle on the other. I wanted to shape it by hand so used files.
This was the end product. Took about 3 hours. I rubbed some oil on it to bring out the color.
I had an old carbon arrow laying around that was 32 inches long and that was perfect length for my gun. It also has an insert that will accept a jag. I was wanting to stay with older things so didn't want to use an off the self jag and I really didn't want to buy one for it. So I dug out an old broad head that had a broken blade from hitting bone. Took the other blades off. Then I started looking for the perfect caliber rifle casing to slide over it. With .36 in mind and needing one that would not be much bigger than the shaft and would still go down the barrel. I have a few 32-20 rounds. The casing was perfect. So I let my son fire it in an old Winchester 1873 that he has been wanting to shoot for years. So casing probably only 50 years old but gun much older!
I used apoxy to hold the broad head tip inside the casing. I also use it to glue the shaft into the knob.
The final product turned out pretty good and works perfect after turning the casing rim down a little.
So not HC or PC, but it does have some history to it and it is unique. Just got figure out how to get the Easton off the shaft. Maybe it will wear off....
So when I started gathering up around the house stuff to make it I wanted to incorporate some old and new stuff. I figured I could make the palm saver out of the Knot. I guess it could be maybe Thousands of years old. It was 8 foot deep....
I cut the ends off and traced a large circle on one end and tried to center the best I could smaller circle on the other. I wanted to shape it by hand so used files.
This was the end product. Took about 3 hours. I rubbed some oil on it to bring out the color.
I had an old carbon arrow laying around that was 32 inches long and that was perfect length for my gun. It also has an insert that will accept a jag. I was wanting to stay with older things so didn't want to use an off the self jag and I really didn't want to buy one for it. So I dug out an old broad head that had a broken blade from hitting bone. Took the other blades off. Then I started looking for the perfect caliber rifle casing to slide over it. With .36 in mind and needing one that would not be much bigger than the shaft and would still go down the barrel. I have a few 32-20 rounds. The casing was perfect. So I let my son fire it in an old Winchester 1873 that he has been wanting to shoot for years. So casing probably only 50 years old but gun much older!
I used apoxy to hold the broad head tip inside the casing. I also use it to glue the shaft into the knob.
The final product turned out pretty good and works perfect after turning the casing rim down a little.
So not HC or PC, but it does have some history to it and it is unique. Just got figure out how to get the Easton off the shaft. Maybe it will wear off....
