I'm assuming that the rod(along with a cleaning jag)is down pretty much asfar as it will go. I'm basing that assumption on the other part of the broken ramrod that was still in the box. When you put the two pieces together, there's about 2 inches sticking out the barrel. However, something else to throw into the puzzle, there was also a broken short starter in the box too. What are the chances that I've got a piece of short starter AND a piece of a ramrod down in there?

A new barrel on ebay is sounding pretty good right about now.