You might make an unbreakable ramrod if you want. I made one from brass tubing.
After breaking 2 wood ramrods (for different, but equally stupid, reasons) I made a darn near unbreakable one. I used a brass tube of the same diameter as the original wood ramrod. On both ends I inserted about 2 inches of solid brass rod, which I pinned and silver soldered in place. On the one end I hollowed out a little depression to seat the rod on the ball, and profiled the last inch and a half as if it were a regular ramrod tip. At the other end I drilled and tapped a hole for the rod accessories to screw into.
I mixed a small bit of powder with some powder solvent, soaked some paper towels, and wrapped them around the whole thing for 24 hours. That made the whole rod rather dark. Then I polished the brass at both tips, about an inch and a half. From 5 feet away it looks like a wood ramrod with brass fittings. It is a bit too shiney for wood, unless you have a polished wood ramrod, but not much. I think as time goes on the dark part will darken even further from use in cleaning the bore.
This made a really strong ramrod but without all the weight that you’d have with a solid brass rod, since most of it is hollow.
Now you’re thinking “Where did he get the brass tube?”, and I’ll tell you. I got it from the pile of stuff in the garage that I’ve collected over the years with the idea it would be good for something, sometime. :wink: Unfortunately, that doesn’t help you much, sorry about that. :shake:
Hopefully someone here knows of a source for brass tubing.