Russell,
contrary to what TAC said, its hard not to wonder about the history of this gun. There are so many variations and so much to learn. I have started accumulating books on audio tapes about WW1 and am now a very amateur historian of this period. I just finished a book called "The 11th hour of the the 11th day of the 11th month" and I cried a bit while reading it. So much needless suffering in the last hours of that war. The last American soldier to officially die in combat died at 10:59AM and everyone on both sides knew that the treaty was signed at 6am that day. But he was ordered to attack a village at 10:30AM that the Americans would occupy, by treaty, the next day.
But, aside from that, if your Lugers toggle continues to not close after you clean it, you might look into getting a new main spring that is located in the handle of the gun. Your spring may be either worn out or even may be the wrong size. Check with your gunsmith about that. Could be dangerous.
Big Norm
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