 FACT: At least twice (at the fight at the river and at the battle  near the end) Tavington loads his pistol and discards his ramrod  after hes done with it. This would make it impossible to reload the  pistol again, and it is unlikely that a highly trained British  colonel would do such a thing. At the river, dropping the rod is  understandable, given the pressure, but tossing it some distance  away isnt.