The rear ramrod pipe and upper pipe pictured here on the left were supplied with the rifle. They are basically blanks allowing the builder to file grooves and modify them anyway you wish to.  I'm sure an experianced gun builder can make them look like a piece of art...but I figured if I was to get them to look some what like any of the examples in the pictures, I better start with the pipes pictured on the right.
			The 1792 Contract rifle has a rear ramrod pipe that has a rounded tang, which is an uncommon feature for a Kentucky rifle. I cut out a template and glued it to the tang for a guide.
				Here it is filed to shape. I also removed the dimple in the tang. Except for a good buffing, it's ready for inletting into the stock. I think this looks alot closer to one of the originals than anything I could have tried to make from the pipes supplied with the gun.