K98 cleaning rod

[Nmilitaria]

Hello Guys,

I bought this K98 cleaning rod for cheap to complete my K98, what do you think?

[Martin Bull]

It looks OK to me. Length should be 320mm for a cleaning rod made after March 1939.

[Nmilitaria]

Thanks Martin,

This cleaning rod is a smaller one, i have a 1937 S/42 and the rods of 320mm don't fit.

[Martin Bull]

OK - the pre-1939 rods were 250mm long. The rods were lengthened to fit a new, longer rod holder because with the previous shorter one, stocks were found to be cracking near the metal band......

[timothy]

Good original one getting quite hard to find. timothy