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Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? (Read 353 times)

ten-mile Full Member Offline Posts: 160 Location: Chetek Joined: Dec 8^th, 2007	Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Feb 28^th, 2024 at 8:26am	Print Post
	I need to find someone who can make a reproduction Pope long seating rod. Rifle is a Stevens52 in 38-55 with 34" barrel. I have all the original Pope tools for it but no long rod.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 10:18am	Print Post
	In the first couple hundred barrels Pope made at Hartford the vast majority were breech seating muzzleloaders, but going through my Hartford Pope books only one example on page 126 of Pope #111 shows a rod, and who knows if it's an original Pope, or something someone made to use? I wouldn't have any idea what an original looks like, and for my Pope Ballard with false muzzle I just made up something similar to what ML rifles use out of a hickory dowel.

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 758 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 5:06pm	Print Post
	Snag a couple hickory ram rod blanks for a couple bucks from Track of the Wolf. After that cut to length, put a small palm knob and a stop ring on it (and a brass tip that conforms to the bullet nose) and you're done. It's what I did for mine. Only fly in the ointment is making the bow shaped ramrod blanks straight. Best done with an alcohol lamp or heat gun and a bit of fussing and bending.


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Online Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 1972 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 6:29pm	Print Post
	Don't dare make a tip for your ramrod that fits the tip of the bullet, leave the end of the ramrod square. It's very important that the bullet stays in place and doesn't come up when you pull the ramrod up. I had a friend who f**ked up a VERY VERY fine rifle that way! Be careful!!!


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7142 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 7:33pm	Print Post
	For my Slug Gun, I grooved the sides of the tip, in 3 places and gave it a little twist, to keep it from doing that.

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 758 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Who can make a repro Pope long seating rod? Reply #5 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 7:56pm	Print Post
	Schutzenbob wrote on Feb 28^th, 2024 at 6:29pm: Don't dare make a tip for your ramrod that fits the tip of the bullet, leave the end of the ramrod square. It's very important that the bullet stays in place and doesn't come up when you pull the ramrod up. I had a friend who f**ked up a VERY VERY fine rifle that way! Be careful!!! Thanks for the tip about the tip!


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