I have a bunch of delrin rods in all my Whites. I like them, and I have a piece I ordered in that’s long enough for two rods. I bought a .54 T/C Scout off of GB that didn’t have a rod, so I bought the delrin to build a rod for that one, and a rod for a guy at work that had lost his. I prefer to build everything I can build. I get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
I’m also going to replace the hardwood in the broken rod, just because I can.
There’s something “original” about a wood ramrod in the rifle that got me hooked into this sport over 30 years ago, that I can’t overlook.
I no longer hunt with the Renegade. I only get it out to shoot once in a while.
It has some pretty good battle scars, and to a collector, it wouldn’t be worth $25.
There’s something very real about sentimental value.
The barrel has been abused horribly, that’s what happens when you give a 17 year old kid a muzzleloader with no instruction on how to care for it properly. Yet it still shoots good.
My father never hunted with one, not even sure he ever shot one. I think he shot mine with me a couple of times, but I can’t honestly say he did, because I just don’t remember it.
I built the brass rod with the stainless ends mainly to see how it would look. I personally like the way it looks. The edges of the stainless portions are all rounded nicely and shouldn’t add any more scratches to the inside of that barrel than are already there.