Might be a stupid question... I got a NIB M90 rifle and it didn't come with a cleaning rod in the slot under the barrel. It has a 3-piece rod in a bag with the manual, but when assembled, it way too long to fit in the slot.

Pictures on the company website and on-line show a cleaning rod installed.

I have reached out to Zastava CS but haven't heard back yet, I assume due to the holiday.

Does one come standard?

No, there isn’t a one piece rod that’s included with the M90 unfortunately.

You could try putting two segments together and seeing how that looks.

I’ve purchased SKS cleaning rods for my M90/M77 guns since they have the proper length to at least look right.  I’ve never actually used an AK cleaning rod for cleaning so looking right was good enough.

Yeah - I have never used one either but it's all about the looks . It just pushes my OCD button to have an empty slot.

Thanks for the SKS rod recommendation - I think I might have an extra laying around somewhere.

Odd that the rifle shown on their website shows a rod in place.