Airfield aircrew barracks - AMAZING finds !!!
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Re: Airfield aircrew barracks - AMAZING finds !!!
The anchor button is kriesmarine
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Re: Airfield aircrew barracks - AMAZING finds !!!
Just a thought, but the .30 round you have telescoped into half another case may not have been done intentionally. Occasionally, particularly with semi-automatic or fully automatic weapons, a case failure occurs in which the case separates and the back half is pulled out by the extractor, leaving the front half in the chamber. In semi-automatic or full automatic fire, the bolt moving forward picks up another round and drives it forward, forcinging it into the cartridge fragment remaining in the chamber. The bolt can't close on the partially chambered round and the gun jams. Sometimes the jam can be cleared by manually cycling the action and ejecting the round, sometimes the jammed round needs to be pushed out with a rod from the muzzle. Because of the force with which they were brought together, the unfired round and the fragment from the separated cartridge are usually stuck together pretty firmly. Another indicator that this may be what happened to your round, is that the base of the case fragment appears to be irregular, which you would expect in a case seperation versus an even edge which is what you would expect if someone cut it off and stuck it on the unfired round. Just my thoughts. Neat finds though.
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Re: Airfield aircrew barracks - AMAZING finds !!!
Thanks for that rkwmont, and welcome to the forum.
Interesting idea !
Steve T
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Re: Airfield aircrew barracks - AMAZING finds !!!
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Steve T
Thanks guys
Ade - You've not got a pic of a sten gun magazine loader have you ? I have looked on the web but can't find anything that looks like it !
Nifartachi -
Sell the wife/kids......shud have enough money to get one
Grant - Thanks !!
Steve T
Definitely looks like the sten mkII sten mag loader. I have one in good working order.
Cheers,
navyman.
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