Time for another round of what is it....
Article about: This Brass spring-loaded (not cocked) striker assembly was inherited and found amongst weapon parts and ammunition that the authorities in Germany collected and destroyed. From the appearanc
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Possibly a Pre-WWI Piece, Needle-Fire Type Rifle comes to mind...
Glenn
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None ammunition or weapon related item!
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vegetius
None ammunition or weapon related item!
The original purpose evades me still.....
But we're evil. With the addition of a slotted tube and a tripwire....
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Is it a Victorian Tanny Fickler?
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What's at the very tip of the needle? It looks like 4 small fins at quarter intervals. With the adjusting stop nut, it looks like it may be some type of a detonator thats screwed into a breech and the nut tightened down. Then as the knob with the draw string compresses the spring seen on the needle then when released delivers an impact with a sharp blow onto perhaps a percussion cap that ignites powder?
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Rich,
"What's at the very tip of the needle? It looks like 4 small fins at quarter intervals. With the adjusting stop nut, it looks like it may be some type of a detonator thats screwed into a breech and the nut tightened down. Then as the knob with the draw string compresses the spring seen on the needle then when released delivers an impact with a sharp blow onto perhaps a percussion cap that ignites powder?"
Nope. It is a non ammunition item! if it were even remotely what you describe then between Teck and myself we would know it. Could it be repurposed into a booby trap switch, yes quite easily if you had the knowledge but it certainly isn't one in the first place.
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Rich Moran
What's at the very tip of the needle? It looks like 4 small fins at quarter intervals. With the adjusting stop nut, it looks like it may be some type of a detonator thats screwed into a breech and the nut tightened down. Then as the knob with the draw string compresses the spring seen on the needle then when released delivers an impact with a sharp blow onto perhaps a percussion cap that ignites powder?
Those aren't fins on the point, it's merely evidence that boys will be boys.
The spring is fast acting but not strong so that would have to be a dangerously sensitive percussion cap. If you're right it would have to be from a time long, long ago when using a firearm meant risking your life with every Shot.
Vegetius is right that there is between us a wealth of knowledge and experience with a massive support Network.... But not a single one of us knows what WE are looking at in this case which reduces the probability that it's designed to go bang or to make something else do the same.
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vegetius
Nope. It is a non ammunition item! if it were even remotely what you describe then between Teck and myself we would know it. Could it be repurposed into a booby trap switch, yes quite easily if you had the knowledge but it certainly isn't one in the first place.
It's definately not a deadly practical joke....
But I'm not completely averse to the Idea it might be an igniter for quarrying/mining charges pre WW1. The simplist technolgies stay with us the longest
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