drill bit for ram rod

[Luke]

good day to all ,anyone make the ram rod drill bit to sell,thanks for the help. luke

[Long Ears]

Luke,
  Try Ryan at Muzzleloader Builders Supply here in Idaho:
http://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/mbs2cart/agora.cgi?cart_id=7322418.21746&p_id=24610&xm=on

[PPatch]

Track of the Wolf has them from 1/4 to 7/16th". $34.99 up to $42.99. They are made slightly oversize so a 3/8ths bit would be 13/32".

dave

[Dphariss]

Track of the Wolf has them from 1/4 to 7/16th". $34.99 up to $42.99. They are made slightly oversize so a 3/8ths bit would be 13/32".

dave

And they will drill straight holes.

Dan

[Bible Totin Gun Slinger]

WOW, I never knew you could buy one, I just used one I got at Horror Freight,,It was a night mare getting the hole straight.

[kaintuck]

Track of the Wolf has them from 1/4 to 7/16th". $34.99 up to $42.99. They are made slightly oversize so a 3/8ths bit would be 13/32".

dave

Buy one.....then get blank metal rods, and with a dremel....copy the exactly the end.....they work great!
Marc

[P.W.Berkuta]

good day to all ,anyone make the ram rod drill bit to sell,thanks for the help. luke

I don't sell them but you can make one or have one made for you. I like this type because I can use different types of ends. Here is a sample to get you started --- the last picture shows a sanding mandrel which has a piece of emery cloth attached to enlarge the ramrod hole slightly if needed. The drill rod can be extended by screwing on an extension - everything is "modular".

[Ryan McNabb]

I had a machine shop center up and weld a normal bit onto a piece of straight 48" drill rod.  I have them in 5/16, 3/8, and 7/16.  They were dirt cheap and work perfectly.  Any straight bit will put a 9" deep hole right where you want it so long as it is aimed correctly...if your ramrod groove is pointing the bit up into the barrel or out the lock mortise, don't be surprised when that's where you wind up. 

[Keb]

Drilling a straight hole is all in the drill sharpening. Self sharpening and getting the point off center will cause the drill to wander.

[Micah2]

I made my drills with Roland stock as mentioned above, I cut off a brand new spade bit head and notched the rod, like a stone point in an arrow shaft.  Worked great for ten dollars.

[doug]

    I have made my own as well.  I center drill the shank of the twist bit and turn the end of the piece to be added to match the hole.  I also make a pair of bushings that slide of the long rod to be added, which increases its diameter to the same as the drill being extended.  Final step is to support the work in a piece of angle bar and silver solder the two parts together.
     I cut a slot in the bottom of the angle bar where I intend to silver solder, so that I don't solder the drill to the angle bar.  I also made a couple of feert or supports for the angle bar from short pieces of the same with the point of the V up and a notch cut or filed into the upper part of the "foot"

cheers Doug