A frontal view of a scourer and worm, 16th/17 century, in my collection.
In some cases, though, those iron finials on wooden ramrods were not threaded; attached find samples of such 'military' matchlock guns of ca. 1525 in the Graz Armory, and of a snap matchlock arquebus of ca. 1525-30:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ter+hofkircher,
a fine snap tinderlock
Landsknecht arquebus of ca. 1525-30:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=arquebus+1525,
and two Suhl/Zella matchlock muskets of ca. 1630 and 1650:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ets+suhl+zella,
the latter three in my collection.
Author's collection, and photos copyrighted by the author.
Best,
Michael