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Claven2 said:
nifty. where did you ever dig up a PIAT? Canadian marked, or Brit only?
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They were only made in England (as far as any research tells me), but I was still checking for any Canadian marks. Couldn't find any. But then, there has got to be 3 or 4 layers of paint.

I'll probably be leaving the paint as is, maybe clean some off the sight and grip. But this paint was slapped on pretty good.

It looks in operational condition, and maybe I'll try some "sub-cal":D loads in the spring. I heard beer/pop cans full make a pretty good projectile for the projector:) .
 
Did you find it in Canada, or did you have to look abroad? Also, I'd be curious to know the current market value - can you drop me a pm with some info?
 
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koldt said:
They were only made in England (as far as any research tells me), but I was still checking for any Canadian marks. Couldn't find any. But then, there has got to be 3 or 4 layers of paint.

I'll probably be leaving the paint as is, maybe clean some off the sight and grip. But this paint was slapped on pretty good.

It looks in operational condition, and maybe I'll try some "sub-cal":D loads in the spring. I heard beer/pop cans full make a pretty good projectile for the projector:) .
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Yes, that should be entertaining but you'll have to recock that "Mother-of-All-the-Coilsprings" at each shot. Do you also have a pet gorilla at hand, Koldt?
PP.:)
 
These spigot mortars are technically interesting - imagine a gun in which you hang onto the bullet, and the barrel is launched through the air. The laucher cartridge is in the tail of the bomb (the "barrel"), right behind the head. The spigot is driven foreward by the horrendous recoil spring; the cartridge is fired and the bomb is blown foreward, while the spigot and breech block (the "bullet") are blown backwards. I understand that the recoil is vicious, but if it weren't for the block being blown back, it would be much worse. Don't know that dry firing one a lot would be good for it, because the spigot stroke isn't buffered by the ignition of the cartridge.
There were a variety of spigot mortars over the years, from small grenade launchers, through the Homeguard's Blacker Bombard and the Hedgehog anti-submarine launcher.
 
The PAM clearly states NOT to dry fire this monster.

The PAM is Canadian, so that's cool.

Claven, found it here in Canada. Price, that is soooooo conditional (as you know) on what is happening with both guys involved.

I'm looking at a Snider Enfield right now that may cost me in the $1200 neighbourhood. Years ago I wouldn't think of it, but now, it would fit onto my wall very nicely and I'm trying to figure out what I could sell to pay for it.

My opinion has always been, get the base info and go with what you'd be happy with (again probably nothing new to you).

Good luck, they are around. the bombs are a bit harder to find than the Projector itself, but they too are here.
 
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