Recommend me a Range Rod.

My first time out with my encore ML was a pleasure. Swabbing between shots I was easily and consistently printing 1.1" groups at 90 yards. This was with harvester crush rib sabots, hornady .452 250gr FTX bullets, and 100gr of pyrodex.

What was not a pleasure, was loading. Even worse was swabbing, because the rod that comes on the gun is just too short.

Now I've played around with a few range rods at the store, and they all seem too limber/flexible, or are made of something that will mess up the crown of my barrel.

Anyone have a good suggetion for a range rod?

Thanks gents.

I personally like metal ones. Most of mine are made from brass stock (3/8" diameter) one end tapped for 8/32, the other basically pinned into a file handle. I use it with a bore guide made out of a piece of delron.

I also have a 5/16" SS one. Basically the same as above, but BORE GUIDE IS A MUST!

I wish I could find another range rod like the one I have.

I got it 30+ years ago when I started shooting BP at a little shop in Bloomington, MN called Muzzle Loaders ect. The guy running the shop made the rods himself. Aluminum rod with big knob on the end he turned on a lathe with a brass muzzle protector.

Ive seen ones like that as well. It will take me some time to think about it, but I know I seen someone selling rods just like that. ( I can picture them on the rack, but don't remember where

Out of business? http://www.muzzleloaders-etcetera.com/index.htm

That was the shop. Last time I was back at my parents the store was not there anymore. I remember as a kid riding my bike down to his shop to buy patches, balls, ect... for shooting my BP guns. Later on got my DL and a car so I could drive over there. A lot of gun shops wouldn't let a teenage kid in by himself. He seemed relatively tolerant of me.

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