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Richard Calver

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February 1, 2022 - 9:14 pm

Just a wild shot but I wonder if anyone might have seen this marking previously.

This is a friend’s Winchester cleaning rod, origin unknown. The rod is 7.5″ long, so halfway between the typical 7″ rifle rod and 8″ carbine rod. The marking seems to be an X over some other mark.

I wondered if it might be a ranch brand or perhaps a military marking from a contract W66 or W73 supplied to a European power.

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February 1, 2022 - 11:05 pm

Richard,

I haven’t seen cleaning rods marked at all. Can you post a picture of it.

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February 2, 2022 - 2:35 am

I thought I uploaded the image first time. Try again.

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February 2, 2022 - 3:59 am

Hi Richard The slot in the rod appears tapered. Winchester made ones were parallel and punched through. May be just an optical illusion from the photo. I would guess foreign made, probably for Military issue. I have never seen any marked by Winchester. Cheers Eric