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Treebeard

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Number of ramrod pipes?
« on: March 08, 2017, 01:45:42 AM »
I am putting together a rifle with 44 inch barrel.   I do not know if there are general rules but are two forward and the ramrod hole entrance one be adequate? I do not want it to look out of balance. It is a Lehigh style stock.

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Re: Number of ramrod pipes?
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2017, 02:30:52 AM »
Three including the entry pipe, on a Lehigh Valley rifle.
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Re: Number of ramrod pipes?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2017, 01:43:47 PM »
I'm currently building a Lehigh and with all the study I've done, most all Lehigh have 2 pipes and an entry.  Now maybe there might have been a few out there with longer barrels and more pipes, but haven't seen any pics.
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Re: Number of ramrod pipes?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2017, 10:07:42 PM »
I think a rifle might look a mite weird with more than 3, including the entry pipe.
48" bl. n this one. It does have 4 barrel wedges though.

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Re: Number of ramrod pipes?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2017, 10:12:59 PM »
I've built several Lehighs with 48" barrels, and they all have 3 pipes total.  On the KRA cd of Lehighs, they all have 3.
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Re: Number of ramrod pipes?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2017, 01:19:12 AM »
Thanks to all for their input. I believe I will salvage my pipes from a rifle I put together way back when I was a mid teenager. That will be two forward and one rear.