Short bullet starter

[L W Smith]

What would be wrong with using 3/8 aluminum starter rod versus 3/8 brass .how long should it be..??

 

[Grenadier1758]

Aluminum can be more abrasive than brass. Wouldn't be much of a problem with a bore guard.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

What would be wrong with using 3/8 aluminum starter rod versus 3/8 brass .how long should it be..??

I like mine 3.5" to 4". Nothing wrong with aluminum, except for what Grenadier said. Wood is a better choice in my opinion.

 

[L W Smith]

I like mine 3.5" to 4". Nothing wrong with aluminum, except for what Grenadier said. Wood is a better choice in my opinion.

Thank you...!!

 

[ohio ramrod]

Brass is traditional for use with black powder , aluminum was very expensive in the early 18 hundreds(which is why it was used to cap the Washington monument), But now days people tend to go back to the traditional practice of " using what you have" . Aluminum oxide is very abrasive but that only matters if it comes into contact with your barrel.If aluminum is what you have, use it!

 

[Johnny Tremain]

aluminum was very expensive in the early 18 hundreds

Aluminum was invented Cira 1825, way past the colonials period.

Using T/C1000+ I dont even own a short starter.

What they put in fluoride tooth paste is a byproduct of making aluminum.
Which since the 1920s was made a class A poison.
Yet folks are still putting it in their mouths today.

 

[hanshi]

I prefer brass or wood but have used aluminum a time or two. Generally I make my own, here are a few.

 

[smo]

Here’s one I made years ago...

It’s an older door knob and a Easton Gamegetter ( aluminum ) arrow shaft threaded too accommodate a brass jag.

Not pc/hc, but I do keep it in a plastic shooting box....