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| Author | Topic: Mauser cleaning rods |
| Henry |
posted 2/12/04 3:46 AM
I have a Boer Mauser one of many that came to NZ as a trophy. I would be interested in any details of the cleaning rod used with these rifles. |
| Brian |
posted 4/2/04 6:27 PM
Henry,No my field of expertise, but I will make sure this question gets some attention from people who should know, and will ask them to reply. Slow forum here, most of the elder collectors aren't familar with this "internet" thing yet :-)Brian |
| Brian |
posted 2/17/04 5:15 PM
As sent to me by Freddie von Solms..an experienced collector. Hope it helps."The easy way to find one of correct size and shape is to use a Chilean M95 which a glut of was made available on the world market. They are of the identical dimensions and bar the small proof marks and numbers is undistinguishable from the original. In brief its a half barrel length rod of constant diameter (size of the hole in the front of the stock). On the side that fits into the stock the rod is undercut and threaded to the same thread which is on the inside of the lower barrel band into which it screws. The upper/outside part is slotted for probably ~10 mm with very slight flats on the sides of the slot, probably to remove edges and burrs. The inside of the rod is drilled back to the bottom of the slot and threaded with the same thread as the lower barrel band (mating thread to the undercut part). In use two rods are screwed together to make one useable rod on a buddy-buddy system. When seated correctly, the rod protrudes to about the bottom line of the ring which is soldered on the barrel which mounts the front sight. The dimensions escape me but I remember that the screw thread is not an easily obtainable (standard metric) thread so the inside tap in the front of the rod is difficult to copy." |
| Henry |
posted 2/18/04 8:31 AM
Brian I've sent a thank you direct but in case it misses here's another. I have a Chilean but no rod. Has anyone got a set of diamensions I could make one Henry. |
| Henry |
posted 9/14/04 11:37 AM
Guys I have appllied to my local Police station for a permit to import a replica 1895 Mauser cleaning rod from the USA. If it gets here prehaps I could post you the details/dimensions if it fits my rifles. |
| Brian |
posted 10/23/04 8:26 PM
You need a permit to import a cleaning rod??!Grief...are things that bad?I realise that it might fall under gun parts..but that is going a bit overboard isn't it?Brian |
| Henry |
posted 10/28/04 9:55 AM
It's not as bad as it sounds. I need an import permit for any!! part of an MSSA. Once I caught up with my local arms officer it was no sweat, he wrote me up the paper work there and then. I also got a replacement foresight, 10x 5 shot clips, 2x piling swivels and screws, and a rear peep sight for my Garands. The paper is required if customs notice the package and get toey. An major parts require a permitt for sure as the US require an "end user" certificate before they will allow their manufacturers to send overseas, and the permit to import seems to be ok for them. I will measure the rod as soon as I remember to bring home my good calipers from work, it's not as good a copy as I had hoped the threads are wrong and the hole at the muzzle end is so far off center even I would be ashamed to let it pass. Henry. |
| Henry |
posted 11/2/04 8:42 AM
Oh how I wish I could just send a picture, never mind. The rod a new made replacemnet for my Chilean 1896 Mauser has the following dimensions. It is 439,2mm long, it as an outside diameter of 6,53mm. At the muzzle end it is drilled and taped with a 3,80mm dia x 0,8 pitch thread to a depth of 20,64mm. At a distance of 10,81mm from the end it has a transvers slot which is 9,83mm long and 2,57mm wide. At the stock end it has a threaded section 8,5mm long with a 3,80mm x 0,8mm pitch thread. The slot has been made by machining from each side of the rod with a circular cutter, this has transversly radiused the end of the slot at the stock end. The slot appears to have square cut ends when veiwed from the sides. The drilling and tapping at the muzzle end has almost completely removed this. I doubt that it is a very good copy but it looks the part, from a distance. A picture would make it clearer I feel but I don't have the required skills to send one to you. HF. |
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