The invention relates to a clamping ram (10) with a shaft (12) having a longitudinal axis (L), a first end (12a) and a second end (12b), wherein at the second end (12b) two arms (20, 30) are arranged extending in the longitudinal direction and spaced from one another by a gap (14), wherein each of the arms (20, 30) has an inner surface (21, 31) and an outer surface (22, 32), and wherein at a free end (20a, 30a) of the arms (20, 30) a radial thickening (23, 33) is arranged on the outer surface (22, 32), wherein between the two arms (20, 30) a wedge plate (40) is arranged displaceably in the longitudinal direction, wherein in a retracted position of the wedge plate (40) the arms (20, 30) are in a compressed state and in a advanced position of the wedge plate (40), the arms (20, 30) are arranged in a spread state, each of the two radial thickenings (23, 33) having a contact surface (24, 34),which, in the spread state, are each part of an imaginary surface rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis (L). As well as a method for producing a clamping ram (10).