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Description: | Copper alloy cap from the end of a Post Medieval ramrod, c. AD 1700-1880 with the end of the woodern rod still in situ. The cap is circular in plan with a straight section at the open attachment end which is 12.1mm externally and 10.3mm internnally, it then expands to 14.8mm in diameter at the end. The end is slightly concave to cup the ball.. There are two circular rivet holes through the cap on opposite sides near the attachment end. The remaining section of the rod has broken about the point of these rivets, it is not fully clear but it appears they went into the rod from each side rather than all the way through. It is 19.1mm tall and weighs 11.13 grams including the wood.The finder has identified it as from a 20 bore muzzle loading gun, a typical weight for a sporting piece. While military ramrods were made of iron from c.Ad 1760 sporting pieces may have continued to use woodern examples and ball shot as late as c. AD 1880. See LON-93D2A4 on this database for a complete ramrod with a similar end cap.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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