Today's what is it show and tell.. Ammo case? Telescope case?
- Thread starter vinver
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Something to put fresh Salmon in?
It's lined with canvas apparently, not ruling out that there was anything fishy about it in the last 72 years. Basic googling came up with mention of a Sighting scopes for tanks called a No 57- maybe this is the carrying case?
Soyoman1980
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- Location
- Cold Lake, AB
Yup, the canister is actually for a sighting telescope used for 17 pounder anti-tank guns.
I've found reference that the 17 pounders used a No 41 or No 51 telescope; No 57 Mk 1 was used on Tanks with 77mm gun and 7.92 Besa (Comet), but no mention of Mk III ?
- Location
- West Quebec
This sounds plausible..any pics of the scope
- Location
- Leduc County, Alberta
Looks like a comfy, kitty carrier, to me...? 
I have seen similar containers and was told at the time they were for storing large tank rounds in. I haven't seen or heard anything since to either confirm or deny this. It would be a way to make sure they didn't get banged up, but I don't know. I will, however, give you twice what you paid for it just due to the cool factor. PM me for my shipping address.
I'm leaning toward a case for optics or something of that Ilk. That case took some doing to make, if every round that was to be stored in a tank had one, not only would they be plentiful, they also wouldn't have been made with this level of care.
Having said that, with the amount of interest "kitty" seems to have in the case, I'm not ruling out either something to poach your "poached" Salmon in, or something that mice have once inhabited...British Common Wealth used to use carrier pigeons...any documentation for the use of carrier mice!? {to keep a pigeon in there is just cruel and unusual}
Having said that, with the amount of interest "kitty" seems to have in the case, I'm not ruling out either something to poach your "poached" Salmon in, or something that mice have once inhabited
...British Common Wealth used to use carrier pigeons...any documentation for the use of carrier mice!? {to keep a pigeon in there is just cruel and unusual}
My brother picked it up at a yard sale , sorry it's not mine (yet). I don't know what ol Smudge smells on it, probably some mouse stank or rat fartys. It came from a yard sale where the guy was selling rusty sledgehammers, tree loppers and other barn/shed junk, so I suspect it has been there a long time. Some antiques dealer offered him $100 when he e-mailed for info from an old ad he found. Must be special if it's worth more than $100.
