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Description: | A cast copper alloy ramrod pipe from the underside of a rifle / musket / long arm / firearm dating to the Post-medieval period (1630-1700). The artefact is tubular and has a circular internal diameter - it tapers slightly from end to end. The external section is distinctly faceted having eight irregular faces; the internal surface is circular with a diameter of 14.2mm at the widest end and 12.1mm at the other. The two ends have distinct thickened cast rims / circumferential bands. On the upper edge are two pairs of rectangular projections, each being pierced by a single hole (diameter: 3.1mm) which align. These projections would have held the ram rod pipe to the underside of the stock being fixed securely with two transverse pins. The surface is a mid green brown colour with a relatively well preserved patina.It measures 43.4mm long, 15.4mm wide and 17.4mm thick, the lugs / projections are 11.8mm long, 2.1mm thick and project 6.0mm. It weighs 23.27 gramsThe artefact has been viewed by specialists in arms and armour (Bob and Ruth xxx, formerly of the Royal Armouries) who suggest that this is relatively early, probably associated with the civil war / 1640's. The two sets of lugs are unusual and not standard (if such athing applies to firearms of this period) as a single pair is more usually seen. They thought it was likely to be from an early musket but could not rule out it being from a later fowling piece. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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