brass rod for slugging bore?

[Foo]

Trying tobslug a .30 with wood is a bad idea, period. Not so much if using oak, larger calibers, and cutting it into short sections as has been mentioned. All I have larger than 1/4" brass is 3/8" all thread rod wrapped in tape; this is what I use for the larger calibers. The only large dowels I have access to are crappy angle-sawn birch.

I don't have anything larger than .30. Well .312 and .314 for brit rifle but all too small for 3/8 brass. If I don't like the 1/4" i have ordered I will get the 9/32" 4060May mentioned. That would be ideal.

 

[RBHarter]

Foo it was my 7.7 I got the slug stuck in .....

I can't remember what they call them but I used a number 30 drill bit about 12" long to core the slug from the from the action end . It drove out easy then .

 

[Joshua]

I use 1/4” mild steel wrapped in electrical tape, with a .30 cal gas check.

 

[Ian]

Foo it was my 7.7 I got the slug stuck in .....

I can't remember what they call them but I used a number 30 drill bit about 12" long to core the slug from the from the action end . It drove out easy then .

"Aircraft" drill.

 

[GRMPS]

I use 1/4” mild steel wrapped in electrical tape, with a .30 cal gas check.

Agreed, wrapped steel rods work fine IF you wrap the rod to size (GC help keep the slug from deforming IF you have one) and start the slug with a short aluminum, brass, or straight-grained wood dowel. this helps the wrapped steel dowel align with the bore and prevent any possible damage to the rifling.

Never use wood dowels for the whole process, they can shear it the grain isn't perfectly straight and be a SERIOUSLY BIG pain to remove

 

[JWFilips]

Trying tobslug a .30 with wood is a bad idea, period. Not so much if using oak, larger calibers, and cutting it into short sections as has been mentioned. All I have larger than 1/4" brass is 3/8" all thread rod wrapped in tape; this is what I use for the larger calibers. The only large dowels I have access to are crappy angle-sawn birch.

When I have used dowels in the past they were straight grain hickory ramrod blanks...but even they you should cut them up in smaller sections first