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The Moderators may choose to move this thread to another place but I could not find it. Do we have a kit id section on MG42? I would like to start one where any 'MG' item that may be German in origin can be id'd?
First item, a barrel carrier.

Another barrel id please?

Last one for now. German or other nation? Thanks. Mark

Moderators please tell me if this is the wrong place? I have been overwhelmed with offers of assistance So I will keep plugging away. Anyone know the type/pattern/origin of these clinometers? Thanks.

Might be a Swiss maxim traversing locking asssembly pin but again any help please? Mark

MarkFinneran wrote:Might be a Swiss maxim traversing locking asssembly pin but again any help please? Mark

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Mark,

This looks very much like what pin should have connected that Traverse lock you sold me to whatever Maxim its too. I still have no IDed the make but I don't think its German, Swiss, Chinese....

Quite possibly - it was loose in the bottom of a box I emptied. It does not fit the German traverse lock so I am curious. Anyway as a gift you can have it.
Mark

MarkFinneran wrote:Quite possibly - it was loose in the bottom of a box I emptied. It does not fit the German traverse lock so I am curious. Anyway as a gift you can have it.
Mark

Great, thanks!

Well it should fit the German Traverse lock pin location but its a pin for a tripod traverse lock, not a Sled traverse lock. The Sled Locks should be quick release pins, the tripods had these kind of pins with retaining rings which were not to be removed when the gun was taken off the mount. Chinese Tripods have the exact same style.

I do wonder what the function of that "punch" style pin sticking out of the end is for? I thought it might be something related to the traverse limit stops but it does not really seem to be.

Wow, Interesting pics. Wish I knew enought to give you a lot of answers. Guess I'm not the only one.
Good Luck in finding out answers.

Later 42rocker

This should be a contest....

Aside from the bent pin end the pin pictured is a variation of similar pins with some having the tapered small end and some not. The Swiss MG11s use the non-tapered type in my experience with the half dozen or so tripods that I have seen or owned, and the pin end is slightly different. The Swiss pins will fit the MG08 traverse locks, as I have had several with the Swiss pins in them.
The Swiss and Chinese and some other makes of Maxims used tripods that had removable traverse stops on one or both sides of the traverse arc and so the lock remained pinned to the bracket when the gun was removed from the tripod. The Swiss, as will the Chinese, lock will slide off either end of the traverse once the traverse stops are removed. The Finn Maxim M32 and M33 tripods only allow the lock to slide off the right end of the traverse. The removeable traverse stops are also chained to the bracket.
The German Maxim sleds had fixed stops at each end of the traverse, so the pins were chained on and remained with the tripod when the guns were removed.
I am not sure what purpose the pin serves on the end, but maybe to grip the piece when it is removed? Makes a good punch for other purposes, although inconvenient to use if needed to hold the lock on.......

Bob Naess