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This part/tool was found on a gunshop counter and been quite the topic of conversation as nobody knows what it is. There had been several guns brought in a day or two earlier from an estate with a wide variety of firearms ranging from the 1860's to WWII. It is thought that maybe it fell out of a guncase while the guns were being appraised. Anybody recoginize it? The hole is not treaded and the forked end is beveled.  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf | ||
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It looks like a spring tool for separating the firing pin spring from it's retainer on something along the lines of a Mod 70 type firing pin. Just slip the tapered forked end between the spring and retainer, force the spring away from the retainer and then remove it. I use a similar looking home made tool during those times when I don't feel like struggling with a heavy spring. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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It looks alot like the decapper for a 209 primered blackpowder cva inline.Ill dig mine out and take a picture. ****************************************************************** SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM *********** | |||
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 not exact but similar ****************************************************************** SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM *********** | |||
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What are the dimensions? | |||
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mine is 3 7/8" by 1/2" ****************************************************************** SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM *********** | |||
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Looks to me like it belongs inside a drum brake. Was it the North or the South who had drum brakes on their wagons? | |||
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Its a chevy starter motor shim | |||
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Would make a fine spring tool!  _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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the south had drum brakes- the north, indoor plumbing. | |||
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Because most of the Northern folks had to rent. "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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Mystery solved. It's a carpet tack puller that was left behind when the new carpeting was installed in the place.  Okay it is for decapping 209 primers from in-line muzzleloaders. None of us old-schoolers that hang out at the place have one of them. This is rather anti-climatic as we were hopeing it was something really exotic and would have some ooohhh-aaaahh factor. | |||
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http://www.sarcoinc.com/dp-mystery6.htm http://www.sarcoinc.com/dp-mystery8-9.htm Here's a couple more for ya. The first one looks like something I saw in the mining museum in Lead, SD. The second link has been killing me trying to figure out what the #1 item could be. ----------------------------------------------------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Proverbs 26-4 National Rifle Association Life Member | |||
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The first one is a Roman spear shaft tension adjuster, from the era of Caesar Augustus. They tuned those things by an early version of the "ladder method," known as the "scale ratio." "A cheerful heart is good medicine." | |||
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