I just spent 2 hours trying to get my broken wooden ramrod out of my Hawken. It snapped off right at the brass fitting. It must have been bad wood because their was not alot of down pressure. Off to Sportsmans tomorrow to buy a replacement.

Those old wooden ramrods should come with a safety warning telling you they are going to break at a most in opportune time. And sometimes they even break and stick you in the hand.

im with cayugad. heard toooo many bad things about wooden ramrods. ie..guys getting stuck in the hand or arm.

i bought a composite one a while ago. its like a plastic. came with one end tapped to 10-32. had my buddy take it to machine shop with him and he cut it to legnth and put in brass and cross pinned it so itll NEVER come out and tapped that for me as well. best dang ram rod ive used yet. itll bend ALOT..ive bent it in a hard arch just to see and its fine. keep a jag/loading tip on one end. the other end i usually attach my T handle to it when pulling balls or cleaning. havent got around to buying a good cleaning rod yet.

ive bent cheap hollow alumanum rods and even bent a solid brass rod. a nice solid brass rod came with my rifle. i liked it and it looked good with the brass hardware of my hawken but it was bent and one of the tapped ends was 8-32 and wouldnt work for me. i mananged to bend it more and finally gave up on it. i want another one though just for looks. for practicallity ill stick with my plastic one. having both ends tapped is definently handy

glad to hear you werent injured!

I used a wooden ramrod this year with no problem on my TC FL, but after reading this post and issues, I am going to buy an RMCSports Ram rod for $18 and then not have a problem. Thanks Chap Gleason

http://www.cainsoutdoor.com/cart/asp/select_item.asp?item=18812 The Cain Super Rod is another one to consider... They come in all sizes and for all calibers.

Why can't people get with the times? There's an awesome new invention called metal--you should try it[8D]jk

Worried about scratching the bore.