Help! Cleaning worm for a charleville?

[Florida airgunner]

Hi guys.

I just got my first flintlock yesterday and i have a lot to learn. Its a 1777 french dragoon musket from military heritage. The fit and finish leaves a little to be desired but I'm expecting that. My question is does anyone know what threads are on the end of the ramrod, and where I get a cleaning worm for the gun. I've checked track of the wolf but I don't know if they have the one I need. I'm also wondering if you could use cotton balls instead of tow for cleaning.

Thank you.

 

[tenngun]

I don’t know the treads
I have a doglock musket from loyalist arms. I got a couple of 48 inch Hickory blanks from track and fitted tips to them. They have jags.
Cockren bag moulds makes a nice worm set that will fit a tip on a home made wiping stick.
Cotton balls are a little light.
Wal mart and other craft shops sell hemp twine. It’s easy to pick apart in to a pile of tow

 

[springfield art]

Hi guys.

I just got my first flintlock yesterday and i have a lot to learn. Its a 1777 french dragoon musket from military heritage. The fit and finish leaves a little to be desired but I'm expecting that. My question is does anyone know what threads are on the end of the ramrod, and where I get a cleaning worm for the gun. I've checked track of the wolf but I don't know if they have the one I need. I'm also wondering if you could use cotton balls instead of tow for cleaning.

Thank you.

I just saw one of these as new on a table at a recent regional gun show in SE Pa. Nice looking! It was tagged six hundred-something.

 

[springfield art]

I just saw one of these as new on a table at a recent regional gun show in SE Pa. Nice looking! It was tagged six hundred-something.

Cotton balls are too flimsy. You want good, sturdy, tough cotton cloth that will hold up and take a beating.

 

[Florida airgunner]

I don’t know the treads
I have a doglock musket from loyalist arms. I got a couple of 48 inch Hickory blanks from track and fitted tips to them. They have jags.
Cockren bag moulds makes a nice worm set that will fit a tip on a home made wiping stick.
Cotton balls are a little light.
Wal mart and other craft shops sell hemp twine. It’s easy to pick apart in to a pile of tow

Thanks about the twine. Didn't know that

 

[tenngun]

Yes, I get a roll of tge twine, cut it about a foot long, then pick it apart till I have a pile of fluff. In an evening I have several ounces, and easy.

 

[Grenadier1758]

The only real way to know the thread pitch on your ramrod is to measure it when you receive it. Different manufacturers may use slightly different pitches.

 

[Florida airgunner]

Update to help others: the threads on this ramrod are M5.8mm. It appears that it is the same threads on the pedersoli brown bess. Now I need to find a worm for it.

 

[l'Abeille]

Looks like TotW is out of their steel worm; Godwin's Musket Worm is pricier, but also prettier/more authentic looking. (And he doesn't joke, it's sharp as %^$!)

(Yes, Godwin's is a 10-32. Because of the Pedersoli market share, nearly all of the 10-32 tips you'll find marketed to muzzleloaders in the States have the tolerance to allow an M5 fastener; the TPI of the two are close enough that the threads will engage. I've never had nor heard of anyone having issues with Godwin's)​

You can also get adapters so that you can use off-the-shelf shotgun tools. I'm a huge fan of Bore Tech's tornados - way better and last way longer than any bristle brush; the 16-gauge is barely undersized but works beautifully. (Snag a well-broken-in 12-gauge from your friends shooting English muskets if your barrel is a bit looser).