It has been a while since I worked on the build, much less post any updates.
During this past fall, the shop I was storing it in was damaged during the hurricanes, and it got wet. Now it has rust. I began to feel bad about not working on it, so I decided to do something "simple" to get the ball rolling again.
I decided I would make the two part cleaning rod. I ran across some free poles.....pine, but about the right size. So I set about making the threaded ends to join the two halves. The center section is threaded 1/2 NC. The other ends are 5/16NF to accept some 40mm brushes and mops that I found.
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Since I had the rod made, I figured I needed the loop and clamp to hold them to the trail. I could not find the blueprints for those in my collection, so I had to go by photos, and measurements taken from a real gun. Many thanks to K. Winget.
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