Multibarrel matchlock

[toaster5sqn]

It looks more like a brass bushing peened onto a steel rod, after all you don't want your ramrod striking sparks off the barrel do you.

[Lead Snowstorm]

Originally Posted by toaster5sqn

It looks more like a brass bushing peened onto a steel rod, after all you don't want your ramrod striking sparks off the barrel do you.

That’s what it seems. There are retaining pipes for a second (missing) ramrod. The ramrod present fits the tribarrels, but isn’t long enough. At a guess the second ramrod would screw into the first, and also have a head small enough for the rear barrels. At least that’s how I’d have done it.