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#559865 12/06/19 04:14 PM
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Shooting my one and only 16 gauge SxS muzzle loader (previously discussed), the antique European walnut ramrod slipped out of the gun while it was on the gun cart, got caught between the ground and axle and snapped. I was sick. I took it to Ben Sims out in the Valley, a really outstanding gun restorer who said he could fix it. Left it with him:



I was in a quandary on a ramrod. My barrels are more 13-14 bore having been honed...about .705." A Track-of-the-Wolf 12 bore ramrod would be too big; a 20 bore too small. I remembered what Stan said, dug up a couple of old hickory 1/2" dowel rods I'd been intending to use to fix a chair.....wife threw the chair out. Then found a 5/16" flange nut .625" across the flange in my parts box and an old door knob.... Screwed on the flange nuts, fitted the door knob and Voila a useable ramrod - stout too.



Then thinking about the ergonomics of loading a double barrel shotgun I thought I could shorten the process if I could ram both barrels at once, I concocted this jury-rigged double ramrod and tried it out. It worked, but not easily. I won't make my fortune with it:



I finally discovered Track-of-the-Wolf made a 13 bore ramrod 675" in diameter on the face that would fit the Reilly and ordered it. Quite nice. And Ben got the old one back to me repaired. It will stay in the house. Still Stan's idea of an old door knob is neat and I'll keep the one I made as back-up. (from top to bottom
- Original,
- ToW rod,
- Home-made Stan rod.




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What ingenuity, well done, what fun smile


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Excellent, Gene. The one with the doorknob on it looks just like mine, except for the flange nut.

Its a good feeling to be able to help. You would really like the holder I described for the loading rod, that pushes into the ground. Really handy for clays or doves. P.M. me if you need any more info about it, and I'll send you my phone number.

Best, SRH


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Thanks Stan. I have a hollow metal leg from an old folding table that fits the Stan-rod to a "T." I'm going to cut it at an angle, weld up the bottom and I'll have what you've described.

By the way, I used to have a bunch of military blanket-gun slips I had made out in Afghanistan to send Enfields, Sniders and Martini-Henry's (Pashtun Copies) home for the guys from the APO. Gradually over the years I've given most away. Wife stepped in with an old moth-eaten wool blanket and made me several....she calls them "gun-cosy's". Oh well, I needed them - and they certainly have more character than the plastic Dick's sporting goods slips, for short trips to the range:


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And by the way, I'm trying to design a wad/overshot card dispenser that'll alleviate the "searching in my pocket for the right wad" syndrome. I think a tube the size of the card or wad with a spring at the bottom and the right cap, cut out so you can thumb the wad or card onto the muzzle - sort of like a baccarat card dealing machine - shouldn't be too hard to make.

Shot sequence - double barrel muzzleloader shotgun with such a card/wad dispenser:
1) flick cap of preloaded tube and pour powder1 - flick cap pour powder2
2) tumb flick two wads onto the barrels and push them in
3) Ram1 - Ram2 (or if you have my double ramrod..."Ram1"
4) flick cap of preloaded shot and pour shot1 - flick cap pour shot2
5) thumb flick overshot card1 then 2 and press down
6) Ram1 - Ram2
7) thumb flick 3/8" wad soaked in olive oil (Skychief load) 1 then 2
8) Ram1 - Ram2
9) cap1 then cap2....be nice to have a double capper to cap both nipples at the same time.

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First time I've seen dishwasher silverware baskets put to use as tool holders. Pretty good idea.

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1967 Triumph. When I got back from Vietnam in November 1968 I immediately bought a 1867 Triumph TT Special and put lights on it and baffles in the pipes. I'd ridden a Triump at Ft. Bragg with a bunch of buddies, most rode BSA's - at that time you rode Limey's or Harleys and never the twain could meet - you even dressed differently - not "Mods" and "Rockers" like in UK but we wore tight fitting leathers and the Harley guys...well-you know. I upgraded the TT Special with a Sonny Rout 790cc kit (you had to block the oil feed to the cams), put in a Harmon-Collins 9-6 combo cam, lightened the rockers and pushrods, etc....and kept it all stock looking. The next year the Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket-3, Kawasaki-3, Honda-4 appeared and my "Q-ship" street rod wasn't so hot anymore.

Brother gave the model to me (a standard 1967 Bonneville) for Christmas a few years ago....wife dropped it....I need to repair it.



Note Kick start...twin shoe front breaks, right foot shift, no speedo, only tach (This is not my bike...and those pipes aren't quite right....I'll look for my own photos)

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Originally Posted By: Argo44
a 1867 Triumph TT Special


The Pickenons will be picken on this soon.

Triumph did not make bikes in 1867.
Blah , blah, I think to the best of my "cognisant" (Au. spelling) dissonance blah.

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Originally Posted By: Argo44
Shooting my one and only 16 gauge SxS muzzle loader (previously discussed), the antique European walnut ramrod slipped out of the gun while it was on the gun cart, got caught between the ground and axle and snapped. I was sick. I took it to Ben Sims out in the Valley, a really outstanding gun restorer who said he could fix it. Left it with him:





The one that broke was not original...antiqued white walnut birch I suspect. It was made from a common hardware store dowel rod with angled grain that's why it broke.

"fix it" now that's some really dumb chit....

Next time she goes maybe she'll splinter in yer hand, wrist or eYe.

How does a ram rod slip out of a muzzleloader in a cart ?


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