Hi all
It has been quite a long time since I last posted on here, but thought you guys may be interested in my recent finds. I paid a visit to the British Army dump permission I have here in the UK. It was one HELL of a day!! Found some items that I've never seen before.
The amount of Thompson sling (Kerr sling) parts and pull through rods was just ridiculous, with huge quantities coming out the ground. I filled an entire LARGE bucket. But had a lot of other awesome stuff as well, including bakelite pig sticker scabbards (some round, some with a flat back (Victory scabbards)), Vickers bore mirror, drill rounds, sten mag loading tools, sten mags, American oil bottles, and some starter tabs from a Mk III Vickers belt. But the best find of the day was an adapter to attach an SMLE grenade discharger cup to a P14 rifle !!!! So rare I could find no info on it at all, but did luckily find a picture of a P14 with a cup attached, clearly showing the adapter.
Pics attached along with a video of the dig with some great shots of stuff being uncovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAorLm_nQY
On to the pics.......
1 – Sten magazines
2 – Bakelite spike bayonet scabbards, round and flat backed
3 – Oil bottle – American circa WW2
4 – Vickers/Bren oil bottle brush
5 – Vickers bore mirror and cap
6 – Sten magazine loading tools, Mk 2 and Mk 4
7 – Lee-Enfield butt plate
8 – SMLE grenade discharger cup adaptor mount for P14 rifle
9 – 303 cloth belt starter tabs, from Mk 3 Vickers cloth belt
10 – A full bucket. Thompson sling buckles and pull through brass rods. Weighs about 25Kg !!!
11 – Unknown. Very similar to Sten spring caps but half the size.
12 – Unknown
13 – 30cal and 303 drill rounds
14 – Unknown
15 – Vickers water jacket corks
16 – Slotted pull through rods
The contents of the bucket weighed in at just under 25KG ! That's a LOT of brass. And before you ask, no....not one single gram is going down the scrap dealer. It's all being cleaned and preserved.
More finds......
Vickers MG water jacket corks.
Mark 2 and Mark 4 Sten magazine loading tools along with a Lee-Enfield butt plate.
This is a little beauty. Vickers MG bore mirror, with the cap in place!
American oil bottle, used for weapons like the BAR and Garand.
A few Sten magazines
Some rather rare Bakelite spike bayonet scabbards.
I cleaned some of them earlier and they've come out pretty good I think. What do you reckon?
An oil bottle from a Garand rifle and a Vickers feed block pawl spring (bottom).
Unusual style machine gun 250 round cloth belt starter tabs. From the Mk III Vickers MG cloth belt.
The bore mirror nice and clean
Some of the sling buckles and other bits cleaned....
Three cloth belt stretching tools, a Lee-Enfield butt plate, bracket from Bren gun Stock for the rear handle (Mk 2), bolt for securing a Bren pistol grip.
Various slotted pull through/clean rods and a 'jag', along with three Vickers K or Lewis aerial sights.
This find is totally amazing and rarer than rocking horse poo. It is an adapter for attaching an SMLE grenade discharger cup to a P14 rifle.
I know that some of you may think this is just rusty crap, but here is what that rusty crap looks like with the right cleaning methods.....
Sten mags
American oil bottle
Thompson (Kerr) sling buckles
Vickers MG cloth belt stretching tool
Not bad for 4 hours of digging.
25kg of Thompson sling buckles, pull throughs and other webbing buckles, some relatively rare Bakelite scabbards and an item so rare it virtually doesn't exist on the net!
Laters
RRPG
It has been quite a long time since I last posted on here, but thought you guys may be interested in my recent finds. I paid a visit to the British Army dump permission I have here in the UK. It was one HELL of a day!! Found some items that I've never seen before.
The amount of Thompson sling (Kerr sling) parts and pull through rods was just ridiculous, with huge quantities coming out the ground. I filled an entire LARGE bucket. But had a lot of other awesome stuff as well, including bakelite pig sticker scabbards (some round, some with a flat back (Victory scabbards)), Vickers bore mirror, drill rounds, sten mag loading tools, sten mags, American oil bottles, and some starter tabs from a Mk III Vickers belt. But the best find of the day was an adapter to attach an SMLE grenade discharger cup to a P14 rifle !!!! So rare I could find no info on it at all, but did luckily find a picture of a P14 with a cup attached, clearly showing the adapter.
Pics attached along with a video of the dig with some great shots of stuff being uncovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAorLm_nQY
On to the pics.......
1 – Sten magazines
2 – Bakelite spike bayonet scabbards, round and flat backed
3 – Oil bottle – American circa WW2
4 – Vickers/Bren oil bottle brush
5 – Vickers bore mirror and cap
6 – Sten magazine loading tools, Mk 2 and Mk 4
7 – Lee-Enfield butt plate
8 – SMLE grenade discharger cup adaptor mount for P14 rifle
9 – 303 cloth belt starter tabs, from Mk 3 Vickers cloth belt
10 – A full bucket. Thompson sling buckles and pull through brass rods. Weighs about 25Kg !!!
11 – Unknown. Very similar to Sten spring caps but half the size.
12 – Unknown
13 – 30cal and 303 drill rounds
14 – Unknown
15 – Vickers water jacket corks
16 – Slotted pull through rods
The contents of the bucket weighed in at just under 25KG ! That's a LOT of brass. And before you ask, no....not one single gram is going down the scrap dealer. It's all being cleaned and preserved.
More finds......
Vickers MG water jacket corks.
Mark 2 and Mark 4 Sten magazine loading tools along with a Lee-Enfield butt plate.
This is a little beauty. Vickers MG bore mirror, with the cap in place!
American oil bottle, used for weapons like the BAR and Garand.
A few Sten magazines
Some rather rare Bakelite spike bayonet scabbards.
I cleaned some of them earlier and they've come out pretty good I think. What do you reckon?
An oil bottle from a Garand rifle and a Vickers feed block pawl spring (bottom).
Unusual style machine gun 250 round cloth belt starter tabs. From the Mk III Vickers MG cloth belt.
The bore mirror nice and clean
Some of the sling buckles and other bits cleaned....
Three cloth belt stretching tools, a Lee-Enfield butt plate, bracket from Bren gun Stock for the rear handle (Mk 2), bolt for securing a Bren pistol grip.
Various slotted pull through/clean rods and a 'jag', along with three Vickers K or Lewis aerial sights.
This find is totally amazing and rarer than rocking horse poo. It is an adapter for attaching an SMLE grenade discharger cup to a P14 rifle.
I know that some of you may think this is just rusty crap, but here is what that rusty crap looks like with the right cleaning methods.....
Sten mags
American oil bottle
Thompson (Kerr) sling buckles
Vickers MG cloth belt stretching tool
Not bad for 4 hours of digging.
25kg of Thompson sling buckles, pull throughs and other webbing buckles, some relatively rare Bakelite scabbards and an item so rare it virtually doesn't exist on the net!
Laters
RRPG
