Not often seen

[Nigel]

I use mine when cleaning my .303 Martini Enfield - very useful.

[breakeyp]

It was offered in some Parker Hale catalogs for many years.

[browningautorifle]

And so it's....?

[Son]

I would suggest that if it hasn't at least got a broad arrow on it, it's a commercial item.
I have seen the same set up used as a cleaning rod guide for Martini rifles, which makes sense as there is nothing to obstruct fitting the guide to a Martini (like the nosecap on the SMLE) and having to do all your cleaning from the muzzle, wear to the crown would be a very big consideration.

[Peter Laidler]

The strange irony is that a GUIDE, cleaning rod is issued for the current range of sniper rifles!

[RobD]

Peter, after that mis-hap (post # 9: ... Rifle written off...) - what would be your current recommendation about removing "a totally jammed and compressed pullthrough"?
I've heard all sorts of suggestions like:
- burning it out from within (red hot poker) - seems reasonable
- drilling it out (quarter inch brass tube with teeth filed on edge) - seems equally reasonable
- burning it out from without (torch applied to exterior of barrel) - ???
Unanimously the advice is to avoid (a) steel rod pounded down barrel [damages bore] and (b) wooden dowel pounded down barrel [splinters and makes a bigger obstruction] and (c) any form of acid or alkali..

?
Rob

[CINDERS]

No broad arrow but has G.E.S 2 on it no other markings see Pic # 4

[stencollector]

Peter, after that mis-hap (post # 9: ... Rifle written off...) - what would be your current recommendation about removing "a totally jammed and compressed pullthrough"?
I've heard all sorts of suggestions like:
- burning it out from within (red hot poker) - seems reasonable
- drilling it out (quarter inch brass tube with teeth filed on edge) - seems equally reasonable
- burning it out from without (torch applied to exterior of barrel) - ???
Unanimously the advice is to avoid (a) steel rod pounded down barrel [damages bore] and (b) wooden dowel pounded down barrel [splinters and makes a bigger obstruction] and (c) any form of acid or alkali..

?
Rob

There is a cleaning rod attachment with a tapping screw end to it for trying to pluck pieces of jammed patches from the bore of the Enfields. I have one or two downstairs somewhere.

I have never heard of any good coming from clearing a bore with a blank.

[Brian Dick]

Rob,

Buy a good quality one piece cleaning rod, roll the pull through up properly and put it in the butt trap PERMANENTLY! Unless, you're out on ops and don't have a sectional rod with you, (they have their own issues), please don't use the bloody things! I have a pile of the little .22 cal L85 pull throughs here and I wouldn't put one in my Armalite rifles unless it was the last method of cleaning a barrel left on earth.

Brian

[Son]

I made my own out of a 5.56 cleaning rod and a headless self tapping screw, back end screwed into the cleaning rod. The screw cannot contact the surface of the bore, being smaller than the rod and concentric with it. Need a lot of patience.. I spent an hour one day and ended up pulling one piece, 11 inches long of four-by out of a Mag58 barrel!
When I have used it on a sniper rifle, I wrapped it in several places with PTFE tape to build up frictionless bushes so even the steel rod did not contact the 7.62 bore... under the watchfull eye of one very sheepish operator