Ramrod (disambiguation)

A ramrod is a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder).

Ramrod may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

Fictional characters

  • Patrick Mahony, a mutant in the Marvel Universe and member of the Nasty Boys, also known as Ramrod
  • Ramrod (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain in the Marvel Universe
  • Ramrod, a robot and the transforming space ship in Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

Music

Other uses

  • Ramrod Herbicide, an early herbicide created by Monsanto in 1964
  • RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day), an annual bicycle ride sponsored by the Redmond Bicycle Club in Washington State
  • Ram Rod, a nickname for Grateful Dead "head roadie" and corporate president Laurence Shurtliff (1947–2006)
  • Ramrod, a type of bombing mission carried out by Royal Air Force in WWII
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