Army M10 Sectional Cleaning Rod

Joseph Farmer · Post by **Joseph Farmer** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 10:11 pm

Yes, it's well after WW2. Korea in fact. I'm not going to create a forum for that. So here it is.

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Worden Specialty Machine made them. Contract is August of 1953.

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Novelty was earlier. Contract is May of 1953.

So May of 1953 is the earliest?

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No. They were making them before the contract was completed. Not that unusual. It was often the case that production would start with a purchase order and then the contract itself would follow.

I doubt there are any earlier than that.