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Awesome finds! Luckily you realized what they were!
Nice ramrod guide....
Keep at that site, & expand out...
whats the function of a ram rod guide?
thanks!
whats the function of a ram rod guide?
thanks!
Upon the command "draw ramrods", the soldier drew the ramrod from the musket. The ramrod was grasped and reversed when removed, and the large end was inserted about one inch into the muzzle.
Upon the command "ram down cartridge", the soldier then used the ramrod to firmly ram the wadding, bullet, and powder down to the breech of the barrel. The ramrod was then removed, reversed, and returned to half way in the musket by inserting it into the first and second ramrod pipes. The soldier's hand then grasped the top of the ramrod.
Upon the command "return rammers", the soldier would quickly push the rammer the remaining amount to completely return it to its normal position. Once the ramrod was properly replaced, the soldier's right arm would be held parallel to the ground at shoulder level, with the right fingertips touching the bayonet lug, and lightly pressing the musket to the soldier's left shoulder. The soldier's left hand still supported the musket.
Congrats on some more great finds the Johnsas, I haven't forgot about the post about treating the cannonballs, I should have time today to put it together. Your pistol will require some special cleaning and preservation but it will be worth it. I do beleive you are at a junction now where you have to decide wether you want to try and do this all by yourself and maybe some patners or do you want to bring in the government Archaeologists now. Dealing with any government can be tricky and expensive and they can change there minds in an instant and cut you out all together and there is didly squat you can do about it. So if you decide to go that route then make sure you do not reveal too much untill you have something in writing that is iron clad and you are happy with the deal.
Again if you PM me your email I can send you some information on preserving artifacts so these treasure don't turn to powder on you.
ZDD
As promised here is the post on cleaning salt water finds;
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/c...64-cleaning-saltwater-finds-electrolysis.html
ZDD