Intricate Machined Threaded Old Brass Whatsit?

[Kurios1]

Howdy Folks. I dug a strange little brass item yesterday. Actually two of them in the pictures. One is intricately machined and threaded. The other appears hollow and filled with some old wood. No idea what either could be designed for. The threaded part is 1 1/2 inches long. The hollow piece is 1 3/4 inches long. Any ideas please chime in. Thanks for your assistance.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Different looking ....my guess is some type of molding making bit .
Gary

 

[creskol]

Lewis Drake and Associates | - Brass Cleaning Rod Jag

 

[G.A.P.metal]

creskol
Real fast ID !

 

[Anduril]

Impressive ID, Creskol!
(And as a gun owner, I'm certainly aware of shoving brass, cloth and solvents down a gun/rifle barrel to clean it - but this would have stumped me for sure!!)

 

[cw0909]

creskol great ID

cool find
info @ site
Made from solid brass and patterned after those found in best English gun cases dating from 1800 through 1940.
Absolutely indistinguishable from the originals

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Wild! I don't recall ever seeing a cleaning jag like that (but then I haven't cleaned many original fine English guns).

Your other piece looks like the tip of a wood cleaning rod/loading rammer that would be carried under the barrel(s) of a muzzleloader. I even see what appears to be the head of the pin that would have held it to the wood dowel.

 

[Kurios1]

Lewis Drake and Associates | - Brass Cleaning Rod Jag

WOO HOO! Thanks for the dead on ID with pictures!!! Sweet! Pretty darn cool find. I love it. Now to find the old British custom built rifle.

 

[Kurios1]

Wild! I don't recall ever seeing a cleaning jag like that (but then I haven't cleaned many original fine English guns).

Your other piece looks like the tip of a wood cleaning rod/loading rammer that would be carried under the barrel(s) of a muzzleloader. I even see what appears to be the head of the pin that would have held it to the wood dowel.

Thanks for the suggestion on the other brass piece with the three rings and wood inside. That really seems to make sense to me. I will do additional research of such rods to see if I can spot a match or close comparison.

 

[creskol]

WOO HOO! Thanks for the dead on ID with pictures!!! Sweet! Pretty darn cool find. I love it. Now to find the old British custom built rifle.

That is a really neat find.

 

[Kurios1]

That is a really neat find.

It never ceases to amaze me just what strange artifacts can pop up in the least likely locations. Again, thanks for the link, ID, and within' mere minutes of me posting this in the a.m. before work today. Well Done!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Lewis Drake and Associates | - Brass Cleaning Rod Jag

Great job on the ID, creskol!