Omega ramrod question

[870 expressmag]

which end of the TC ramrod should go in the barrel first when seating bullets???
  i have a tip that comes with the dead center bullets that is unthreaded but it can have threads cut on it by turning it into a threaded hole so i can insert it into either end of the rod i want....my main concern is those rough edges cut in the rod..and them scraping sometime on the barrel....why are these ridges there??

[Biff Mayhem]

which end of the TC ramrod should go in the barrel first when seating bullets???
  i have a tip that comes with the dead center bullets that is unthreaded but it can have threads cut on it by turning it into a threaded hole so i can insert it into either end of the rod i want....my main concern is those rough edges cut in the rod..and them scraping sometime on the barrel....why are these ridges there??

I always thought the ridges were for gripping the ramrod easier - so therefore that end is kept out of the barrel & thimbles leading to the stock forend.

Buy a T-Handle or some other kind of ramrod-end for seating the bullets easier.

[870 expressmag]

i have a TC t-handle that i use to get the bullet started the first 3 or 4 inches..then i use the rod with a wooden ball that just sits on the end....just didn;t know what end went in first

[AndyHass]

I'd advise using the ramrod "upside-down" if you use the Precision Rifle bullet starter.  The reason is it is plastic, and if you use the end without the grips to screw it into (the end that inserts into the stock when stored), the end is tapered and will not support the plastic starter.  It's not hard to snap it off, leaving your threads plugged.  Been there, done that.  If you screw it into the other end, it is fully supported and much harder to break.