ramrod

First post, kind of new to muzzleloading firearms. Cannons are my main hobby but I'd like to branch out a little bit. I've had a .50 cal Traditions Trapper Pistol for a few years but only shot it a few times. I recently received my dads old .45 cal CVA Mountain Rifle he assembled from one of...

I’m curious about how often a person (frontiersman or such) would have had to replace a broken ramrod with something whittled from a tree branch or other piece of wood. No brass ends, basically just a stick.

CVA Ramrod Design Change

I don't want to get into a discussion of using a range rod at the bench. I've always liked to load my rifles like I would in the field. That means using the ramrod that comes with the rifle. With that said, most of my experience with muzzle-loading rifles has been with the muskets using...

.70 caliber cannon barrel & a left hand lock. The ramrod that came with it was iron but too short, so I made a new one from wood with an antler tip. Keith.