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Antique Rifle Ram Rods
fishdfly:
Were antiques rifle ram rods threaded to accept accessories?
Looking in the Log Cabin Catalog there are the following for sale
Cleaning jags
Fouling scraper
Patch puller worm
Breech plug scraper
Breech brushes
Bronze bore brushes
Bore swabs
Was wondering, if they were threaded, what the average person would keep in his bag or at his home place to maintain his rifle and to take care of oops. Or is the above list a modern marketing thing?
Thanks
fdf
Thanks
rich pierce:
Many ramrods were tipped with tapered rolled sheet iron tips, brazed or welded, threaded for a worm which was the most common accessory.
Daryl:
Worms were common, for the rifles too. ;)
fishdfly:
Thanks, worms gotta eat too.
D. Taylor Sapergia:
A worm with tow will accomplish all of the jobs that that collection of accessories will do. I personally keep a cleaning jag and a ball puller with each of my rifles, and they will fit onto my ramrod if I need them in a pinch, but I prefer to use a range rod for cleaning, and especially for ball pulling. At the head of our trail walk, I hung a range rod with a T handle threaded for 8 x 32, in a tree and at about chest height, I screwed a plastic snap top box with a wooden insert that contains a collection of ball pullers so that we can service everything from 40 cal to 77 cal right there on the trail. And the box is literally full of pulled balls of all sizes which tells me that the rod is used a fair bit.
I submit that the collection of accessories you listed are a figment of someone's marketing imagination and most of those items are redundant. Yes, I know a lot of folks buy the stuff anyway...whatever makes your stick float.
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