Cleaning Rods

[Sieger]

Originally posted by lew1
George

Would this be one (flax) ??

So that's how it worked.

Gee, that looks like a real pain in the butt to me. Particularly when you should be using water to remove the corrosive primer salts.

Well, it's a wonder my 1917 DWM has a bore left on it at all, if this is how the German Army maintained these pistols.

I do remember reading, in the original DWM Owner's Manual, that you were to grease the bore shortly after firing the pistol. I guess you would grease this stuff up and shove the whole thing down the bore, dirt, filth and all.

Oh well, if you ran out of pipe tobacco, may be you could just smoke the stuff!


Sieger