As I said above, several soldiers took their "short" rods and screwed them together to make a rod long enough. The barrel is 24" plus receiver length so you would need 4 or more 9" rods to clean...
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As I said above, several soldiers took their "short" rods and screwed them together to make a rod long enough. The barrel is 24" plus receiver length so you would need 4 or more 9" rods to clean...
I meant 'late' as far as lack of cleaning rod serials. Actually they were made from 1935 into 1945, many changes over those years, so yours was really middle of production. They quit serials on the...
You have a K98k. There are two lengths, about 9.5 and 12.5. The 12" was adopted in 1940 so your rifle is right on the border, could be either. Use a stiff wire, run down the rod hole till it hits...