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What is it?

By The Armorer on March 8, 2006 | | Comments (28)

JMH will *hate* this.

One of the more recent acquistions for the Arsenal. Appropriate to the collection.

Mystery Item

Any takers?

Update: We need a hint. This is a toughie - I deliberately took the pic minus a key piece of data (which would have made it waaaay to easy for you grognards - I know you want a challenge).

Length: Approximately 9 inches/22.8 cm/0.001136 furlongs/0.7544 shyaku/6.858 cun. Diameter: Approximately 1.5 inches/3.8 cm/0.0001894 furlongs/0.1257 shyaku/1.143 cun. That gives you a sense of scale. Material: Steel.

Update: Time for another hint. It's a reproduction, not an orginal. And made of much better material than the original. It's open at both ends, but is *not* a tube.

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By Boquisucio on March 8, 2006 9:33 AM
That looks like one of them whistles that would signal to everyone to go over the trench.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 9:37 AM
Good guess! Wrong - but good nonetheless!
 
By Neffi on March 8, 2006 9:39 AM
Locking pin of some sort... armor shield to MG?
 
By High Desert Wanderer on March 8, 2006 9:47 AM
Not a clue, but now I'm stuck here waiting for someone to get it right. I knew I shouldn't have checked your RSS feed this morning.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 9:48 AM
Another good guess! But not right.
   
By Neffi on March 8, 2006 10:13 AM
JMH gonna hate it... hmmmmm... sub-calibre insert for the Inglis HP?
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 8, 2006 10:26 AM
Gas piston for a Lewis gun. It's a bummer when ya gotta field strip one of those things in flight...
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 10:47 AM
Ooooh. I wish I had a Lewis! Shoot, I can't even afford one of these!
 
By Neffi on March 8, 2006 2:18 PM
OH! Well, now it's too easy... the dimensions in shyaku are a dead give-away. But I'll keep my piece and see if *anyone else* can twig it. (quick swig from flask of cheap brandy)
 
By Rod Thorsen on March 8, 2006 2:21 PM
Piece of an electric firing pin?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on March 8, 2006 2:30 PM
Breech Ring Firing Circuit Transfer Rod. Cheers JMH
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 2:42 PM
Neffi - that was pure BS. Everybody else, good work, thank you for playing. Time for another hint.
 
By Masked Menace© on March 8, 2006 3:02 PM
9 inches tall, inch and a half across steel cylindar reproduction open at both ends but not a tube. A Klingon Jigger?
 
By Neffi on March 8, 2006 3:07 PM
You're right, John (sigh). In fact, it was the furlongs that gave it away. Hand gonne? Powder measure?
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 3:23 PM
Oooh. I like that. And, after I reveal what it is... I think Klingon would be cool with it, too!
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 3:24 PM
Bingo! Neffi Shoots! He Scores! Hand Gonne - which a Klingon would probably approve of as a manly jigger. I just hid the touch-hole. I haven't made a handle for it yet.
 
By fdcol63 on March 8, 2006 3:43 PM
Man, why am I always the LAST to find out there's a new WHAZZIT thing up? LOL I was **THIS** close to finding out what the Diakonoff grenade was when Boquisucio beat us to it. Why, if I'd only had another couple of hours, I would have finally abandoned the wrong trail I was on in the WW1/British direction! LOL Keep up the fun, John!
 
By High Desert Wanderer on March 8, 2006 3:47 PM
Next time my wife comments about my penchant for collecting odd things I'll have to refer her to you.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 4:54 PM
Ah, yes, the "Look dear, here's someone weirder than me!" schtick. Just another service of Castle Argghhh! Inc.
 
By Rod Thorsen on March 8, 2006 5:21 PM
Thanks J. M., I'm not an arty type
 
By High Desert Wanderer on March 8, 2006 6:53 PM
I was thinking along the lines of "I realize a twelfth hammer seems a little excessive dear, but it's not like I'm asking for a Hand Gonne for God's sake."
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 8, 2006 7:02 PM
Just show her my CDR Salamander snark from yesterday, point out that *all* of that and more is in the basement of the Castle and show her what a bargain she has in you. Then tell her that SWWBO bought me the Vickers *before* we were married, and the Maxim *after* we were married. Well, maybe not. Her head might explode...
 
By Toluca Nole on March 8, 2006 8:02 PM
I'm learnin' stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonne
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on March 8, 2006 9:54 PM
Rod, you wound me grievously: I was using Tanker Talk! Cheers JMH
 
By Rod Thorsen on March 8, 2006 10:10 PM
Ouch, J. M. you've busted me!!!! The hand gonne looked like it might be the outer sleeve to the whatjacalledit. I'd always known it as the electric firing pin, IMSC. The inner part looked like a firing pin with a firing pin type action anyway.
 
By Kevin K on March 9, 2006 8:56 AM
Is it a commercially available reproduction, and if so how can I get one? If not I'll just have to take a 6-pack of Frosty Barley-Soda to my neighbor the machinist.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 9, 2006 9:01 AM
Your local machinist is your best bet... well, wait, while that's true, so is this. The Rifle Shoppe. The Armorer will be sending custom their way, too.
 
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