How do the ramrods work on Napoleonic French carbines?

[Dartwick]

Like the Hussar Cavalry Carbine Model 1786 and others. The ramrod stops far short of the barrel.
Is it sliding through the lock and trigger mechanism?

 

[Sam squanch]

I know some shotguns had ramrods of spring steel or whale bone , the ramrod channel was somehow drilled all the way to the buttplate. These were half stocked guns , of course.

 

[wganz]

Also, the ramrod was carried separately.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
The ramrod goes all the way through the stock and the hole is stopped by the butt plate. I believe the rod passes above the sear bar and trigger plate. The hole may be angled slightly to the side opposite of the lock but I am not sure. It was designed so almost no ramrod sticks out under the exposed barrel to get caught on stuff.

dave

 

[Sam squanch]

Do you think the ramrod hole is drilled from both ends to meet ? I would think that would be very hard to do.