Garage Find; well sort of!
Article about: Very nice 'find'.........or 're-find'.........!
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
That is a great looking M1. It is getting harder to find straight up untouched WWII M1's, what is the maker for the liner?
Alec
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
Hey Gary,
Your liner is Capac and it is nice that it still has the liner chinstrap and nape strap, many times those are not with it. The heat stamp on the helmet probably reads 129C. I think there is a way to use that to find when the helmet was made, but I have not tried it before.
Alec
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
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thefight
Hey Gary,
Your liner is Capac and it is nice that it still has the liner chinstrap and nape strap, many times those are not with it. The heat stamp on the helmet probably reads 129C. I think there is a way to use that to find when the helmet was made, but I have not tried it before.
Alec
Thanks Alec, I made the changes to match your input. I also saw that the other liner I found in the foot locker is a Capac made liner too.
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
with a heat stamp of 129C would put the manufacture date of about April 1942
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
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NickD
with a heat stamp of 129C would put the manufacture date of about April 1942
Can that be cross referenced in some data base to find the manufacturer?
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
In addition to what Nick mentions, there was a difference in the welding marks on the two. Often time, the "S" is worn down or obscured by layers of paint, etc.. A Schleuter produced lid will have circles, or circular shaped welding marks at the seam, while the McCords are oval in shape. Sweet lid btw! Do you intent to keep it?
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Re: Garage Find; well sort of!
One of the simplest ways to tell a McCord from a Schleuter is to simply set it down on a flat surface. Once you've seen a couple of these profiled, side by side, there is no mistaking and you'll never need a side by side comparison or to look for an S stamp again. Real helpful when you looking through shells that have been repainted (and repainted and repainted again), you'll never find the S stamp.
Oh, and very nice original M-1. Me and my son are fairly new collectors but I've grown a real liking to these M-1s.
Russ
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