Ram Rod Repair?

[JimW]

Is it worth getting original ramrods repaired? I have an original Mississippi ramrod that some nice person shortened. Anyone know of someone that does such work?


Thank you

[MR. GADGET]

Tom Crone has fixed some for me. If anyone can he should be able.to do it.

[bobanderson]

Last one I did, I drilled and tapped the end of the original rod, then did the same to a piece of 7/64 drill rod and joined them together with a piece of threaded rod (6-32, I think. Maybe 8-32).
Put the pieces together with loc-tite and it's as good as permanent.

Dimensional sizes are offered based on my rapidly fading memory and should be approached with caution.

[Rebel Dave]

Find a good welding shop, and have them weld a longer section on. Then cut to correct length, and tap the end back to 10-32 threads, and you are done. You might have to grind the rod smooth at the weld joint, also.
All this is not hard to do either, if you have a mig welder, and a tap, and die set.

Rebel Dave

[Occupied Maryland]

Find a good welding shop, and have them weld a longer section on. Then cut to correct length, and tap the end back to 10-32 threads, and you are done. You might have to grind the rod smooth at the weld joint, also.
All this is not hard to do either, if you have a mig welder, and a tap, and die set.

Rebel Dave
I stretched the shortened ramrod on my 1842 Harpers Ferry using a section of GI M-16 cleaning rod as donor material. Both ends were slightly tapered on a grinder and clamped in angle iron for a welding jig. Using a window cut thru the angle iron to allowing welding 2 sides, I welded front and back, rotated the rod 90 degrees and finished the welding. A little careful grinding wheel work followed with filing and sand paper finished it up.. Cut my threads and then wrapped the worked area in a paper towel and wetted it with Clorox and let sit over night. Cleaned the rusty crud off with fine steel wool, oiled it up and it looks original. Good luck.

[Hal]

I'm not a fan of threading two pieces together. I had a repro that was made that way and it did not stand up to hard use, like trying to get a ball down a fouled barrel. If it were mine, I'd go the welded route.