g.willikers said:Arrows fly pretty good without fletching.
The length and weight make up for it.
Doubt that the jag would make much difference either, for the same reasons.
If the ramrod tumbles, it's maybe due to the same cause as bullets tumbling - hitting something, like maybe the end of the barrel.
During the late 18th Century, frontiersman Lewis Wetzel killed a sleeping Kickapoo at Fort Massac when he put a ramrod (stolen from a soldier) in the barrel of his rifle, placed the tip on the mans rectum, and pulled the trigger.
I can only assume that was a practical joke gone wrong???During the late 18th Century, frontiersman Lewis Wetzel killed a sleeping Kickapoo at Fort Massac when he put a ramrod (stolen from a soldier) in the barrel of his rifle, placed the tip on the mans rectum, and pulled the trigger.
Wetzel hated the red man. I hated that he killed every one he came across. I doubt if he was joking.
The intentional use of the ramrod is what threw me. Why not just shoot him, or use a blade?