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Gun Show booty this weekend Had a guy come up to me with this lot, he knew I was restoring Maxim guns and had these left overs from way back in the dark ages when he had some Maxim guns Obviously a stripped feed block, water plugsand water fitting are 08 and the firing pin may be Vickers but the oth...

Hi Frank Thanks for the reply I think you and I are referring to different bolts, the one Im talking about is one of two bolts that hold the draw bar of the Sokolov mount to the side rails of the Sokolov mount at the pivot point where the draw bar can fold either under the main body out fold outward...

Im in need of one of the bolts which holds the draw bar/trail of the Sokolov mount to the side rails of the base.
One of my bolts went missing in transit. Anyone scrapped a mount??

Regards
Andrew

must be one somewhere?

100RMC or maybe RMG, as you can see it is a little corroded

Cheers
Andrew

No I hadn't forgotten about the "a" I just didn't realize that prefixed numbers started with the second 10.000 guns rather than from the first gun produced. I have not had any dealings with Spandau guns so have not studied the numbering system in depth. Thanks for your input Matt, much appreciated.T...

this one appears to be rather early

Andrew

still looking if you can help

This subject has been discussed quite regularly and their has been no definitive answer to date. From what I have read and seen I have concluded the following. It appears that at least some guns (if not All)left the factory with a blued finish Paint "Field Grey" was mixed and applied in the field as...

jbaum wrote:All I see is a half black picture with a white square. Surely you can get a picture with something visible.

Its a pic of the back plate bottom pin protruding from the side of the receiver, I downloaded and edited so I could see what it was.

Not a lot of options if its stuck, try a gentle tap using a drift that is close to the size of the pin,worked for me.

Andrew

Looking at the rivet holes Mark I would suggest the barrel box has been broken off or removed, the muzzle retaining bit is still there at the top end of the sled base.

Andrew

Fantastic! I love it,looks great! Well done

Thanks jmann, thats a good help

Regards
Andrew

still looking

Fishpaw wrote:I just got a gurtfuller thats also missing its handle. If ya feel like making an extra, let me know.

I will keep that in mind Fishpaw, still waiting on pics/measurements before I look at progressing the handle project

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Andrew

Thank you, Nice looking set !

Andrew

Recently acquired a Gurtfuller 16 which is missing its handle, can some of you that are lucky enough to own a complete unit please post some detailed pics of the handles? Or if you have the time I would really appreciate some measurements so I can try and make a replacement....unless someone happens...

Thank you for the pictures David, it is great to see the oil chest in a period photograph. The Oil cans are lovely also,seeing them in the chest is definitely inspiration to try and find some for my own oil chest.

Regards
Andrew