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U.S. MILITARY ORIGINAL RAMRODS AND CLEANING RODS
TO COMPLETE MUSKETS AND RIFLES 1803-1916: I was
able to acquire this small cache of original ramrods and
cleaning rods from an old estate. Finding this
selection of original rods in one location is almost
unheard of in today’s market and once these are gone I
have little expectation that I would be able to offer
this sort of selection in the future.
In addition to those rods identified to US Martial Long
Arms, there are also a few from unidentified arms that
you may be able to use to complete a foreign or civilian
gunsmith made rifle or musket.
All of these rods are full length unless otherwise
stated, are straight with no bends or kinks, and are in
overall very good to excellent condition.
Each rod is listed below individually with accompanying
photographs.
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ORIGINAL MODEL 1803 HARPERS
FERRY RIFLE RAMROD: Full length with the wiper
threads at the lower end, this rod measures 33” long.
Overall smooth with very minor pitting, this rod is
virtually impossible to find on the loose – probably a
once in a lifetime offering of this very rare ramrod.
(0701) $950
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MODEL 1863 RIFLE MUSKET RAMROD: Full
length with the wiper threads at the lower end, this rod
measures 39 5/8” long. Overall bright and smooth,
this rod is in excellent condition.
SOLD
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MODEL 1868 RIFLE CLEANING ROD: Full length,
this rod measures 35 5/8” long. Overall bright and
smooth, this rod is in excellent condition with only
some minor pitting at the front of the rod where it was
exposed beneath the barrel.
SOLD
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“FIRST PATTERN” MODEL 1873 RIFLE CLEANING ROD:
Full length, this rod measures 35 9/16” long and
features the flat tip face. Overall smooth with much of
the original blue finish intact, this rod is in
excellent condition. (0715) $135
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“FIRST PATTERN” MODEL 1873 CADET RIFLE CLEANING ROD:
Full length, this rod measures 32 9/16” long and
features the flat tip face. Overall smooth with much of
the original blue finish intact, this rod is in
excellent condition.
SOLD
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“FIRST PATTERN” MODEL 1873 RIFLE CLEANING ROD:
This rod has been shortened, measuring 27 ¼” long and
features the flat tip face. Overall smooth the rod
is generally bright with some natural browning to the
front of the rod. In spite of being shortened,
this rod will still display well in the rod channel of a
rifle. SOLD
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MODEL 1878/1884 RIFLE CLEANING ROD: Full
length, this rod measures 35 9/16” long and features the
cupped tip face. Overall smooth with much of the
original blue finish intact, this rod is in excellent
condition. SOLD
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MODEL 1916 RIFLE FIELD CLEANING ROD: As
discussed on pages 292-296 in Gun Tools Volume I,
this complete rod set was issued with the Model 1903
Springfield and Model 1917 Rifles. Complete with
all four sections, there is no wear or damage and all
the sections thread into the others properly.
These original sets are becoming quite scarce on the
market.
SOLD
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MODEL 1916 RIFLE BARRACKS CLEANING ROD: As
discussed on pages 292-296 in Gun Tools Volume I,
this one piece barracks cleaning rod was issued with the
Model 1903 Springfield and Model 1917 Rifles, and was
stored in the barracks room arms rack. Measuring 35
3/16” from the bottom of the egg shaped handle, this rod
is in excellent condition and is a very nice example of
a fairly scarce cleaning rod to display with your
Springfield Rifle.
SOLD
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ORIGINAL US
ARMY .22 CALIBER GALLERY RIFLE CLEANING ROD: As
discussed on pages 296 in Gun Tools Volume I,
this one piece cleaning rod was issued with the Model
1903 Springfield .22 caliber Hoffer-Thompson Gallery
Practice Rifles. Measuring 39 ¼” long, this rod is in
excellent condition and is a very nice example of a
fairly scarce cleaning rod.
SOLD
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ORIGINAL RAMROD:
Measuring 39 ½” long, this iron hand forged rod comes
with an iron “banded” ramrod thimble. Overall naturally
brown with minor pitting. (0743-1) $100
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RAMROD: Measuring 39 7/8” long, this iron rod
is very similar to the Enfield ramrods but with a much
lighter weight shaft. Overall bright with very minor
pitting. (0743-6) $85
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RAMROD: Measuring 22 3/8” long, this carbine
length iron hand forged cup tipped rod is generally
bright with very minor pitting.
SOLD
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RAMROD: Measuring 35” long, this iron rod is
fitted with a brass cupped trumpet shaped tip
reminiscent of the Model 1817 and Model 1841 ramrods,
and is overall bright with only very minor pitting.
SOLD
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ORIGINAL RAMROD: Measuring 33” long, this
iron hand forged button tipped rod has an integral ball
screw forged into the lower end. Overall naturally
brown with minor pitting.
SOLD
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RAMROD: Measuring 19” long, this carbine
length flat faced trumpet head is generally smooth with
a light aged brown finish and no pitting.
SOLD
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