My take is that the wiping stick was basicly a back up ramrod that was used as a primary ramrod and as a cleaning rod.
This preserved the primary ramrod and was adopted due to the lack of hickory once onto the plains and further west.
Were wiping sticks ever carried as such in the East? I would assume the easy availability of suitable woods made the concern a non issue?
I use a wiping stick for all of my furtrade era guns. But was there any such thing in the 1700’s prior to crossing the plains?
This preserved the primary ramrod and was adopted due to the lack of hickory once onto the plains and further west.
Were wiping sticks ever carried as such in the East? I would assume the easy availability of suitable woods made the concern a non issue?
I use a wiping stick for all of my furtrade era guns. But was there any such thing in the 1700’s prior to crossing the plains?
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