I’m stumped, cleaning rod for?

[flynaked]

I’ve been digging around trying, and I just can’t figure out what rod this is for, it’s smaller diameter than the vz24 rod shown on the left/lower, and longer at 15-9/16.

 

[THunter]

i too have one of these. Interested in seeing what people think also

 

[flynaked]

I’m not home to check the diameter right now, but what about a Vz.35??

 

[chrisftk]

It's not a 98/22 rod is it? Just spitballing.

 

[flynaked]

There’s no expansion at the end, I believe it should have some if for a 98/22. It’s one constant diameter the whole length like a trainer stacking rod.

 

[Stan]

A lot of the Spanish and South American contract Mausers used a non-tapered rod like that. My M95 Chilean rod looks like that, but is just over 17". I think the Gew 98, and 98/22 rods are about 15.5". Did the Czech's supply parts like cleaning rods to foreign export customers?

 

[AndyB]

In case its a czechoslovak ZB production it should be late 30ies or post WW2 as the symbol with Z with horizontal line in middle is typical for late production, not for 1924-37 probably.