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Whatziss for the smarty-pantsed crowd.

By The Armorer on June 30, 2006 | | Comments (18)

This isn't as unfair as it looks.

1. It's been mentioned on this site, in conjunction with these kinds of posts, within living memory, even of those of you who slay brain cells with alcohol with reckless abandon.

2. It's been pictured on this site, in other contexts.

3. It's about 1/3 the size it appears to be in the pic.

C'mon, impress me!

Go ahead, impress me.

Oh, here. A hint.

Update: Okay, Monteith got it. Striker spring for the Mills bomb (this one a No 5). Was hazarded as a guess on this post, is seen here with the striker, and has been viewed before (in context) in this pic.

Okay. That was an easy one. Let's continue the adventure. Tomorrow I'll put up something a little more challenging.

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By Neffi on June 30, 2006 9:38 AM
It's a coil spring! That *was* easy...
 
By Were-Kitten on June 30, 2006 9:41 AM
Nuh uh! That's the spring I borrowed from Tigger to help me bounce up to my chandelier perch!
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 30, 2006 9:47 AM
Okay. Neffi wins! Heh. Now to be a lefty media type and move the goalposts. Purpose and application.
 
By Were-Kitten on June 30, 2006 9:58 AM
Damn. He only wins because he said "spring" first. hmmm.... wonder what I'll win if I say "JUNGLE ROOM... NOW".
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 30, 2006 10:05 AM
You already get a prize for the first person to link to the Castle with a post titled, "Doggie Style" that leads to pictures of beastiality...
 
By Maggie on June 30, 2006 10:19 AM
Finally something I recognize! It's a bed spring. You can't imagine how often I have to have these replaced. I don't exactly see how this fits in The Armorer's world. I wouldn't classify it as a weapon.
 
By ry on June 30, 2006 10:28 AM
Spring from the bottom of a magazine? Pushes the plate to force the ammo up?
 
By SGT Jeff (USAR) on June 30, 2006 10:31 AM
Looks like a really small buffer spring. For what... no idea. Probably a handgun.
 
By Were-Kitten on June 30, 2006 10:35 AM
hehe... I knew you'd be proud of that link, John.
 
By Ryan Gill on June 30, 2006 10:38 AM
It's the firing pin spring for a Mills Bomb. I'm not certain of the No and MK, but the whole family is essentially the same. With a base plug, percussion cap ignitor, slow fuse, striker (the hint) spring (the questioned item), a lever which retains the striker on that ledge at the top of it, a cotter pin/ring which retains the lever, and everything wrapped in a cast iron body with a filler plug up on the side opposite of the cotter pin. http://www.millsgrenades.co.uk/ I have two No 35 Mills bombs at home with empty explosives wells and drill purpose fuses (ie, non functioning). Neat piece of kit.
 
By Ryan Gill on June 30, 2006 10:39 AM
That should read, two no 36 Mills bombs...(typo).
 
By Pogue on June 30, 2006 10:45 AM
Mainspring for a Tokarev?
 
By MajMike on June 30, 2006 11:01 AM
torsion activated boot scraper?
 
By AL on June 30, 2006 11:19 AM
Whats left over after making screw.
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 30, 2006 11:24 AM
Heh. Sometimes, Mike - I think you don't take this seriously...
 
By MajMike on June 30, 2006 2:56 PM
everything's a boot scraper, if ya really thinks about it....
 
By Trias on July 1, 2006 5:34 AM
Missed the boat again.
 
By Maggie on July 1, 2006 9:52 AM
Mike - No, not everything.
 
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