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:

Clubs

 * Ramrod (New York City), a former gay club

Films

 * Ramrod (film), a 1947 Western film

Fictional characters

 * Patrick Mahony, a mutant in the Marvel Universe and member of the Nasty Boys (comics), 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
 * Ramrod, a fictional Los Angeles based pimp in Vice Squad (1982 film)

Music

 * The Ramrods (instrumental group), an American group 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
 * Ramrod (EP), an EP by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
 * "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

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
 * Operation Ramrod 16, an RAF bombing mission in 1943.