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- From: erico@squirrel.pen.tek.com (Eric Oosterhof;627-4329;47-786;tekig1.pen;)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: SKS Cleaning Rod
- Message-ID: <8441@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:51:39 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: tektronix
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- In article <1jum9jINNgvu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bd474@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill McDonald) writes:
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- |>
- |> I was looking closely at an SKS the other day and wonder how the
- |> designer intended the cleaning rod to be used. It's too short to go all the way
- |> through the barrel, but has screw threads on one end, as if it was
- |> supposed to be attached to another device/rod (perhaps a separate piece of
- |> field gear?) to make a full-length cleaning tool.
- |>
- |> Does anybody know how a soldier in the field made any good use of this
- |> apparently too-short rod?
- |>
- |> McD
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- In the butt of my newly purchased SKS, there is what is called a "Field
- Expedient Cleaning Kit" which includs a brush and a cleaning tip that
- screw into the end of the cleaning rod. However, it is STILL too short.
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- I intend to get a longer cleaning rod...
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