Stuck fishing rod

[Grumpy]

Thats good, I would have expected some kind of a rough bur on the back side of the hole to cut a groove in the top half everytime it is extended and retracted.

I was worried about that and driilled the hole towards the back of what I thought was the open inside part of the receptical. I figured that the movable piece had some free space around it the nearer it got to the butt and probably did not touch the sides at all, at least not where the hole was. And, maybe it wouldn't even go back that far. I probably should have mentioned this with my first suggestion but didn't think about it until you mentioned it.

Grumpy