is this a RAMROD

[fernando]

Originally Posted by thinreadline

Thanks for your reply Fernando , but why do you say 'out of the question' for a cannon ?
Richmond

Wouldn't a cannon ramrod have different features; like being an entire crude piece and not split in two parts ?
Also in artillery rammers, it is the thick end that goes into the gun muzzle; you hold the shaft by the thinner plain part... no metals envolved.