Cleaning Rod for G98/40

[bachmanw]

Hi were the cleaning rods for G98/40 ever numbered?

 

[Pisgah]

Early G.98/40's had cleaning rods with the last two digits of the rifle's serial number along with a single eagle/56 Waffenamt.

 

[bachmanw]

Awesome, do you know when that ended? 42? 43?

 

[Pisgah]

I am not sure when they stopped numbering them. At least some of the jhv 41's had numbered rods. I don't know whether it ended during jhv41 or if it extended into the jhv 42 production. It is hard to find any world war 2 Kar.98k or G.98/40 with a matching numbered rod.

Note that simply finding a loose E/56 marked cleaning rod is an accomplishment.

 

[Pat]

Note that simply finding a loose E/56 marked cleaning rod is an accomplishment.

That's an understatement...

 

[learjet]

hate to jump in someone elses thread, but i never looked closely at my *98/40 rod, when i did i found this mark…anyone know what it is? rifles a 44