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					Originally Posted by Dmitry
					
				 
				That is mighty early for a captive ramrod. I was under the impression they became popular closer to the end of 18th century, than to the middle. 
			
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 Thank you for your remark  

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It is however not impossible that the swivel was a later addition  

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Fernando