Original British Lewis and Vickers Machine Gun Cleaning Rod Mk 2 - Steel Handle Spanish Artillery in the main

in the main

in 1888 the P1887 Mk3 was approved with an unfullered blade and a coil spring on the locking mechanism

39" barrel with the signatures three steel bands

Features General Dwight Eisenhower mapping out the invasion of Normandy in D-Day

Original British Lewis and Vickers Machine Gun Cleaning Rod Mk 2 - Steel Handle Spanish Artillery in the mainOriginal Item: The original British nomenclature for this item is Rod, Cleaning, . 303 in., M. G., Mk 2, and it was adopted officially during WW1 on 1 October 1915. This is the rod that fit into brackets in the front of the Chest, Vickers or Lewis, . 303 in., M. G. The rod itself is steel and is attached to a swiveling steel handle. The gun chest is fitted with a specially shaped bracket to hold the hollow handle of the rod. Most of the handles show