Horn tips for fowler ramrods

[BCarp]

Does anyone make any like these?
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/373527/ramrod-tips

 

[Rifleman1776]

I could make for you.

 

[gunmaker43]

Not real hard to make, take a chunk of horn, antler or ebony wood larger than rod. Drill a hole in tip material, that corresponds to a step down on rod end about 5/8" to 3/4" deep. Glue it on with some good epoxy, If you have a belt sander or disk sander slowly turn tip to your liking. Then cross drill tip for a brass or steel pin (nail) 1/16" or so glue it in as well. Here's a quick drawing. There you go. ....Tom

 

[BCarp]

Thanks, Tom! Looks like a fairly easy job. I'd like to find a piece of light-colored horn, to match the horn nose-cap on my original fowler:

 

[wattlebuster]

That looks good. Give us some full picks if ya don't mind :hatsoff:

 

[gunmaker43]

I usually just buy a horn with the color I need & cut it up...Tom

 

[BCarp]

That looks good. Give us some full picks if ya don't mind :hatsoff:

See this thread: http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/280706/

 

[BCarp]

I usually just buy a horn with the color I need & cut it up...Tom

I'll be at an event this weekend (Johnson Hall) and should be able to dig through some raw horns there. Thanks!

 

[hanshi]

I've made several out of antler and they do look good and work for seating prb. The main downside is that antler is brittle and will break if mistreated.

 

[bowkill]

here is one i done with a ramrod for a pistol. I just drilled a hole in the ramrod and deer horn and put a short piece of steel rod in it.

 

[newtewsmoke]

I've made several out of antler and they do look good and work for seating prb. The main downside is that antler is brittle and will break if mistreated.

do you concave the end to match ball dia.

 

[MSW]

cool!

hope you don't mind if I use your invention ... thanks!

 

[Rifleman1776]

antler is brittle and will break if mistreated

I had to think on that comment a while before replying.
I simply cannot agree. Now anything can get damaged with mistreatment.
But, antler is tough stuff and very hard to damage. I have made many short starter handles from it and they often get banged on with wood, brass and other material mallets.
Flint knappers use antler to break rock. :shocked2:
I make a lot of items from antler and they take considerable abuse. A ram rod jag tip should last nearly indefinately, even with frequent use.
Antler is used for making bows and/or backing on wood bows. It has flex and is tough, not brittle.
I have two knives I handled with antler about 1946 and they look today like they did then.
I could go on.
Sorry, Hanshi, today on that point yer opinion is :td:
BTW: :v

 

[hanshi]

The one for my fowler, a very nice one, broke when I let it drop on a concrete floor at the range. In their normal guise, they are tough; but remember they are dead bone and a lot like hard plastic when worked. :slap: