im sure i drive you nuts with all these questions but im trying to learn....i truely appriciate your help and am not just wasting time..im learning...sorry for bein a pain in the butt...i just bouhgt my muzzleloader(all your help is getting me somewhere!) its a t/c 50cal hawken flintlock...it was used...but after a bore and lock examination i think it was cared for very well...the bore is clean and so is the lock...i looked in the patch box and found 3 ramrod attachments...the ramrod is brass..maybe copper..its a copper color...there was a ball screw, a patch puller, and a thing that looks like a bullet maybe a jag i cant tell....all the attachments in the ramrod have green stuff on it...is it from the black powder? is there a way to clean them up or just buy new? they will work fine(except for the bullet looking thing....it has alot on it..) but i would like to clean them some....also i found a screw on piece of another attachment in the ramrod broken off....is that what used to hold the ball that is broken off? i got the old piece out but something goes on the end to pust bullets down right? waht would i get to replace that?? i love the gun already..it feels so good to me....and it looks beautiful.....i love it....thanx alot....as soon as someone replys about the part i need to ram the balls i am going to order everything but the power.....thanx alot

I would go buy a ball starter and a new ramrod they don' t cost much.Also get a cleaning kit with a jag, ball puller,bore mop,and brush that should get ya rolling.