ramrod

     

A ramro is a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder).

Trivia about ramrod

  • It packs the charge into a muzzleloading musket
  • The erect posture compared to this old-time firearm accessory may actually be bad for your spine
  • An old gun accessory, or an overseer, like Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates on TV's "Rawhide"

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