Ramrod (disambiguation)

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

Ramrod may also refer to:

Media

• Ramrod (film), a 1947 Western film
• Ramrod, name of a robot and the transforming space ship in Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
• Ramrod (comics), a Marvel Comics villain
• Ramrod (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

Music

• "Ramrod" (Duane Eddy song), a 1958 song by Duane Eddy, from the album Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
• "Ramrod" (Bruce Springsteen song), a 1980 song by Bruce Springsteen, from the album The River
• The Ramrods (instrumental group), an instrumental pop group from Connecticut who had a hit in 1961 with "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
• The Ramrods (punk band), a punk rock band from Detroit in the late 1970s
• Ram Rod, a nickname for Grateful Dead "head roadie" and corporate president, Laurence Shurtliff (1947–2006)
• Ramrod (EP), an EP by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel

Other

• 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