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.303 enfield chamber gauge
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I believe it's a chamber gauge for setting the headspace on a M1919 chambered in .30-06. The 1.940 is the measurement from the bottom of the case to the shoulder junction.
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It's for an M1 (and other 30 cal). 1.940 is min
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usgi-issue-30-06-headspace-gage-102352558
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usgi-issue-30-06-headspace-gage-102352558
Except Canada [the C Broad Arrow stamp denotes Cdn. gov't. property] never used the M1. It did, however use the .30-06 M1919 machine guns on tanks.
And other 30 cal.....
What other .30 cals did Canada use?
stop being pedantic lol
The C7719A is a US military designation for that part.
The C broad arrow as you point out means Gov't Of Canada property, so yeah they bought some of those for machine guns.
He wanted to know what the 1.940 was.
It's for an M1 and other 30 caliber rifles/machine guns, whatever.
Stop being obtuse. lol
The OP specifically asked about a Canadian government marked "303 Enfield" tool that was in an army armoruer tool kit. Based on the 1.904" measurement, I identified it as being for the .30-06 cartridge. The ONLY weapon the Cdn. Army used [hence the C Broad Arrow] in WW2 was the M1919 machine gun. Not the M1903, not the M1917, not the M1 Garand.
If the tool was marked U.S., U.S.N. I would be the first to agree that it is for any weapon chambered for the Cartridge, Caliber .30, Model of 1906, but in this particular instance, that tool was for use in the M1919 medium machine gun in Canadian military service.
The OP specifically asked about a Canadian government marked "303 Enfield" tool that was in an army armoruer tool kit. Based on the 1.904" measurement, I identified it as being for the .30-06 cartridge. The ONLY weapon the Cdn. Army used [hence the C Broad Arrow] in WW2 was the M1919 machine gun. Not the M1903, not the M1917, not the M1 Garand.
If the tool was marked U.S., U.S.N. I would be the first to agree that it is for any weapon chambered for the Cartridge, Caliber .30, Model of 1906, but in this particular instance, that tool was for use in the M1919 medium machine gun in Canadian military service.
yes :>)
Its not. The M1919 used a special gauge that doesn't look like a conventional headspace gauge. The gauge in the OP is a conventional headspace gauge used for cutting a chamber.
I trained on the M1919 in the late 80's and the headspace and timing gauges were together on a chain that looked like this.
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Thank you very much!stop being pedantic lol
The C7719A is a US military designation for that part.
The C broad arrow as you point out means Gov't Of Canada property, so yeah they bought some of those for machine guns.
He wanted to know what the 1.940 was.
It's for an M1 and other 30 caliber rifles/machine guns, whatever.
We had some M1917's for secondary use as well, did we not? - dan
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Doesn't mean they didn't trial other guns.
