Weimar Police Cleaning Rod

klaus 3338 · 05-11-2011, 02:14 AM

"After 1918 numbers of LP08 cleaning rods were shortened to be used for the 100mm barreled P08 in police service."
"New handles usually of beechwood and having seven rings were fitted."
"New rods were also made to this specification but they lack the protective cap. The screw thread is shorter being only 40mm long and the usable thread start at the tip clearly differentiates these newly made from converted."

I think I cannot do more than repeat what I already wrote.
And it made no sense to make new wooden handles or new barrels for a Police rod.
The Police introduced muzzle protectors for their Lugers and if they would have used altered LP08 rods they would have used the brass protective cap.
But it was not so- The Police used only new made rods.
Achim Görtz was one of a few Luger experts who helped me when I started collecting Lugers and their accessories but he asked me after a few years about the accessories. He was one of two who went through our archives and worked there over month. But he does not know very much about rods, tools or holsters.
I know that he would not be angry with me that I wrote the last sentence here.

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05-11-2011, 02:14 AM	#11
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 525 Thanks: 0 Thanked 438 Times in 166 Posts	"After 1918 numbers of LP08 cleaning rods were shortened to be used for the 100mm barreled P08 in police service." "New handles usually of beechwood and having seven rings were fitted." "New rods were also made to this specification but they lack the protective cap. The screw thread is shorter being only 40mm long and the usable thread start at the tip clearly differentiates these newly made from converted." I think I cannot do more than repeat what I already wrote. And it made no sense to make new wooden handles or new barrels for a Police rod. The Police introduced muzzle protectors for their Lugers and if they would have used altered LP08 rods they would have used the brass protective cap. But it was not so- The Police used only new made rods. Achim Görtz was one of a few Luger experts who helped me when I started collecting Lugers and their accessories but he asked me after a few years about the accessories. He was one of two who went through our archives and worked there over month. But he does not know very much about rods, tools or holsters. I know that he would not be angry with me that I wrote the last sentence here.