German WWI Artillery Luger Cleaning Rod- Lange Pistole 08

New Made Item: WWI era Luger cleaning rods were originally supplied with each Artillery Luger Pistol. This is a fine reproduction steel cleaning rod with wood handle. Overall length is 25cm. History of the Luger pistol- One of the first semi-automatic pistols, the Luger was designed to use a toggle-lock action, which uses a jointed arm to lock, as opposed to the slide actions of almost every other semi-automatic pistol. After a round is fired, the barrel and toggle assembly (both locked together at this point) travel rearward due to recoil. After moving roughly 0.5 in (13 mm) rearward, the toggle strikes a cam built into the frame, causing the knee joint to hinge and the toggle and breech assembly to unlock. At this point the barrel impacts the frame and stops its rearward movement, but the toggle assembly continues moving (bending the knee joint) due to momentum, extracting the spent casing from the chamber and ejecting it. The toggle and breech assembly subsequently travel forward un