M2 .30 Browning Tripod and a peculiar adaptor

[Saladin]

Perfect Ian,
I think you have it to a tee.
If you note there is some sort of cartridge sized piece missing from it (where the empty spring link is)
I think you are right about an optical sight rather than the old iron sight but I think it could also have been used for the big old IWS sight we used to have fitted back int he 70s.
Great armourers piece then.
All the best
Doug

[ian]

sorry i meant the SUIT but i have susat on the brain for some reason
the more i think about it the more a distant and very vague memory of this thing is forming ,, im almost sure ive seen it in use
if i have it would have been 1975-76 time and ive done a lot of drinking since then LOL
but it is very familier
cheers ian

[Saladin]

sorry i meant the SUIT but i have susat on the brain for some reason
the more i think about it the more a distant and very vague memory of this thing is forming ,, im almost sure ive seen it in use
if i have it would have been 1975-76 time and ive done a lot of drinking since then LOL
but it is very familier
cheers ian

I'll raise a glass to tht Ian.
Well done and many thanks for providing the info.
All the best
Doug

[m3bobby]

Ok Chaps wait out, I have a photo.

[ian]

as i think back ,, there where two 7.62 casses both with the bottom (primer end ) drilled out
one had an X in it ,,the other just a hole
one went in the breach (as if a normal bullet) and the other was pushed into the end of the flash hidder
a bit of a slap dash afair i seem to remember
and both of these bits looked very home made to me
i HAVE seen this before it has come back to me

it was at JLR/RAC bovington ,1975
and it was for IWS alignment ,,,, got there in the end

cheers ian

[m3bobby]

And the missing parts

[ian]

perfect well found ,,,, now ive seen this drawing i definately have seen it before ,,and seen it used
cheers ian

[m3bobby]

I suppose it must have worked or they wouldn't have bothered, its very interesting anway.

[ian]

i would think it is an extreemely rare thing now probably woth a few bob to the rite person ,, probably more hens with teath about ,than this thing

cheers ian

[ian]

again thinking back,, this thing was used for the initial set up of optical sight as close as pos ,, but the sight would still have to be shot in by the individual user ( as every one has a diferent eye ) but it gave a good and fairly acurate starting point
becouse if the mounting of the sight were to be to far out ,,there would not be inof adjustment in the sight to correct it ,and get the shooters grouping adjusted to target centre
cheers ian