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July 8, 2012
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A friend of mine has a model 1894 circa 1906 that has the special order trap door for a cleaning rod in the butt. The barrel length is standard 26″, take down , 1/2 octagon, 30 wcf. He is looking for an original cleaning rod for this. What would be the correct rod?
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Al
May 2, 2009
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Al,
The 1873 in 32 caliber didn’t have cleaning rods since the bore was small so a 30 caliber would have to been a custom made rod.
Bob
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July 8, 2012
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thanks Bob, I’ll let him know.
December 21, 2006
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I have a ’94 circa 1926 with the trapdoor buttplate. I do not have the cleaning rod either but I have see none at the Louisville show a while back. It is a 5 piece rod and obviously not to heavy. Harry
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March 21, 2016
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Henry Mero said
I have a ’94 circa 1926 with the trapdoor buttplate. I do not have the cleaning rod either but I have see none at the Louisville show a while back. It is a 5 piece rod and obviously not to heavy. Harry
I beleive 5-piece rod sets were for muskets?
Winchester Model 1873 44-40 circa 1886
December 21, 2006
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My gun is a 26″ rnd. bbl. rifle in 30 cal. ser#992036, with the crescent trap door butt plate, the hole in the butt stock is 5 3/4″ deep. The gun I looked at in Louisville was of similar configuration, but a little earlier production with the same depth of hole in the stock. A 4 piece rod at app. 23″ long obviously would not be long enough to wipe the entire length of the bore. It would take the 5 piece rod at app. 27 1/2″ long in order to do this, that is providing the stock on my gun is original, which it is, with the depth of the hole in it at 5 3/4″. I believe the 26″ rifle took the same 5 piece cleaning rod as the musket, unless some one can shed a different light on the matter. Harry
W.A.C.A. life member, Marlin Collectors Assn. charter and life member, C,S.S.A. member and general gun nut.
May 2, 2009
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Harry,
The standard musket 5 piece cleaning rod is 34 1/4″ long with each section 7″ long, the rifle used the same length rod so it would not fit in your gun with a 5 3/4″ hole. It had to been a custom made rod for that application. My guess is it was about 29″ assembled
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
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