Comments for Let us continue the teasing...

Let us continue the teasing...

2010-01-20T13:50:13Z

Here you go, Og. "Embiggened."

This is a tough one. I know that were I you guys, I'd have spent all day yesterday thinking, "Dammit, I *know* what that thing is - I know I do!"

And some of you will have that moment later.

But, it ain't a flute or a piccolo. Nor is it a pipe for an organ. It's a firearm part. Those black dots are a serious clue.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2010-01-20

2010-01-21T05:24:31Z

[insert movie villain cackle here]

Comment from Neffi on 2010-01-20

2010-01-21T04:15:16Z

'It's a firearms part.' Rubbish! Bring down the curtain on this farce, sirrah!

Comment from RetRsvMike on 2010-01-20

2010-01-21T03:06:28Z

ooh, i liked where KCSteve went with that, cuz that was the missing link in my mental picture of it, but....

IF it was such an adjustable stock thingie what the butt end hangs off the end of, then that adjustment divot on the far left doesn't leave a whole lot of "thingie" to grab onto....

Comment from Frankie on 2010-01-20

2010-01-21T02:24:23Z

Aluminum heat shield from the fore end of an M16A2?

Comment from Grimmy on 2010-01-20

2010-01-21T00:02:04Z

I've been having that "moment" since I saw the pic first time. I lknow I've seen that part, or one very much like it, somewhere associated with some weapon.... just can't get my brain to put it together.

My poor ol' brain is thinking the spots are not scaring and not use wear or use coloring but factory original.

I had thought to ask if they were spots, rather than holes, before posting that silliness about silencer barrel but decided to just wing it instead.

Comment from Mike on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T22:02:28Z

But in all seriousness that suggest that due to the coloring that there are carbon deposits travelling from near to far along the length lessining just cant picture where that would be in relationship to porting on a barrell... wait ......

Comment from Mike on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T21:56:55Z

Wait i got it look at the center dot.... It's the evolution of Pac Man :)

Comment from KCSteve on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T20:47:56Z

Just a thought - is that part of an adjustable stock?

The size is about right, as is the spacing of the 'dots'.

After all, not everything in the Armory is vintage...

Comment from SGT B on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T16:47:38Z

I'm thinking the heat shield inside a foreward hand guard, but don't think it's a US weapon system...

Comment from AFSister on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T15:30:52Z

Those dots look like they were made by that thing with the holes in it that surrounds the barrel of a machine gun. I have no idea what it's called, obviously, but I think you guys know what I'm talking about. So, maybe it's just a part of the barrel that had to be replaced.

Comment from Adriane on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T14:58:09Z

Still no clue. My first thought was some sort of guard or cooling grill, but the darker metal really aren't holes. And as grooves, they're not really regular enough to be some sort of gear/cog/mesh/interlocking kind of thing.

But, the dark metal looks machined - originally, then scarred with use, so I am going with firing pin catcher.

...am not a shooter ... so I have an excuse ... for not knowing what it is, not for not being a shooter
:- )