Please tell me what you think.

[nicksw81]

Thanks again to everyone who helped me figure out what i have.  I got the tools done this morning so i thought i post a picture please tell me what you  think.  The middle is obviously the bore mop the paint roller slides down to the small lip that you can baely see.  Nick

[flagman1776]

 

[dominick]

nicksw81, Looks good, I like your worming tool.  You should consider making a safety rammer.  It will move your hand outside of the line of fire when loading. 

[dittles]

 I second what Dominick said! It's easy to make.

[Double D]

I would taper the head of the ramrod and swab so if there was an unscheduled  ignition  that as the rods were propelled out the bore they slide  through you hands forcing your fingers open, minimizing damage. As they are now as the head will probably tear you hand up ans tear your fingers off.

Actually if you follow proper gun drill and do it correctly this will never happen.

http://www.americanartillery.org/aaa/marty.html

[Cannoneer]

nicksw81,

You did a fine job on the tools, but I would also suggest that you give serious consideration to what Dominic said. With a double poled safety rammer your hands and arms will be kept out of harms way. The safety rammer that flagman1776 mentioned is called a Mississippi style rammer, and I think it's an excellent option for the loading of larger artillery pieces, where the use of a double poled safety rammer might be considered akward and unwieldy.