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ramrod channel too tight
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Drill out the ramrod hole (or taper the ramrod).
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taper the rod. It's not hard to do with a sharp scraper and it's correct.
scraping tool...
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I've never seen a RR hole in a precarve that wasn't too tight. Why they drill a 3/8" dia. hole for a 3/8" dia ramrod has never made sense to me. It is ridiculous.....
I drilled out every single precarve stock I have bought, right off the bat. I despise tapered RR's. It is hard enough on your hand loading a tight combo, let alone using a smaller rod.
Besides the fact they intended to keep the rifle slim as they could, I also think the reason they tapered them long ago is because they didn't load tight loads, they loaded what they could Easily load. but that is just my opinion.... :idunno:
Keith Lisle
I drilled out every single precarve stock I have bought, right off the bat. I despise tapered RR's. It is hard enough on your hand loading a tight combo, let alone using a smaller rod.
Besides the fact they intended to keep the rifle slim as they could, I also think the reason they tapered them long ago is because they didn't load tight loads, they loaded what they could Easily load. but that is just my opinion.... :idunno:
Keith Lisle
If you have a hand held electric drill with variable speed and a 1/2" chuck you can wrap the muzzle end of the ramrod and put it in the drill and then sand down the breech end. You'll have sanding marks cross wise to the grain so you'll have to finish off with some sanding by hand with the grain.
To the best of my knowledge this thinning down on the breech end of the ramrod is pc- at least in some cases.
To the best of my knowledge this thinning down on the breech end of the ramrod is pc- at least in some cases.
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Simple way to enlarge the hole is to get a 1/4 inch dowel rod slit one end and wrap emeroy cloth (or sand paper ) around it to build up to size and chuck the other end in a hand drill and "polish" out the hole to desired size. You can "shim" the wrap with pieces of newspaper to get a snug fit. :hmm:
