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Japanese Cleaning Rod Length

257imp257imp Member Posts: 53 ✭✭
edited July 2013 in Ask the Experts
Thanks for the info. on how to remove the rod.This brings up a couple of other questions.#1-How did the Japanese soldier use a 17 1/4" rod to clean a barrel about 3" longer?Maybe he cleaned from breach and from muzzle and therefore got to clean the whole bore.#2-Why is the end of the rod threaded?
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    richardaricharda Member Posts: 405 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is that short, and is threaded, because that is only the END of the cleaning rod. The rest was carried elsewhere.
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    b0400879b0400879 Member Posts: 256 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 257imp
    This brings up a couple of other questions. #1-How did the Japanese soldier use a 17 1/4" rod to clean a barrel about 3" longer?Maybe he cleaned from breach and from muzzle and therefore got to clean the whole bore. #2-Why is the end of the rod threaded?


    Ans: 2 squadmates would screw together the 2 shorter rods, combining them to get the req OAL.
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