🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Extra Large Ramrod Pipe?

[romeo-1]

Over the years I've found many ramrod pipes but not this large with such a wide diameter. Anyone recognize what this would be from? I found the regular sized pipe the same day and show it here for comparison. Thanks for the help!

 

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[Jack873]

Would the head of a shotgun ramrod be larger in diameter than one for a rifle?

 

[Almy]

J: makes sense to me. Muzzle loading shotgun bores are big.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Could be from a fowler.

What's weird is normally a thimble/guide needn't be so big as it's only meant to accept/house the rod body itself and not the end/head of it. I can only think that maybe it was for a weapon that had a wooden rod versus a metal rod.

Here's the ramrod for a P1853 Snider-Enfield (From my collection) in 577, which is close in size to a 24 gauge shot shell. Notice the size of the metal rod.

Just a note, this rifle doesn't have guides/thimbles as the rod is in a slot and retained by the barrel bands. Just wanted to show the size of rod that was used for a rifle, with a shotgun size barrel.

 

[Gare]

What about a device for mounting a flag on a pole

 

[smokeythecat]

Those early brown bess muskets shot balls as large as .75 caliber.

 

[DCMatt]

Possibly from a 17th C matchlock musquette which use thick, wooden ramrods. This one is .75 caliber.