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Unread 10-24-2002, 10:11 PM   #13
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This is the cleaning rod/oiler that my daughter purchased for me.

It is indeed of original manufacture, but not original configuration. The shaft was apparently broken off in the upper section. It is shortened, rethreaded, and soldered into the upper section.

To blend the brass to the steel nipple, both were turned while assembled after solder. A gradual slight taper starts about 1/2 inch from the nipple and continues straight on the nipple to the band. The nipple is cold blued. If you look at the second photo in the first post of this thread, and reposted here, you can see the ring of solder at the juncture of the brass and steel.

Overall, this is a piece of trash, but I do not have the heart to tell my daughter, so I will proudly display this gobbed together piece until my daughters have completed their degrees. Some things are more important than Lugers.

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