Thread: Does anyone care to guess what this firearm part is ?

It is my new breech block.

Can you ask em if they will sell it please?

Cheers 40mm

Originally Posted by 40mm

It is my new breech block.

Can you ask em if they will sell it please?

Cheers 40mm

That would be a big fat no

Originally Posted by akaroa1

That would be a big fat no

Drat, Oh well it was worth a shot.

Has the gun it came from had any gas cuts or other significant damage?

Would be pretty cool to fire off a nice big blank round through it....

Originally Posted by 40mm

Drat, Oh well it was worth a shot.

Has the gun it came from had any gas cuts or other significant damage?

Would be pretty cool to fire off a nice big blank round through it....

No the two intact guns are complete with mainly just the breech blocks removed.

I didn't look closely at the barrels outside on the ground.

Our at Godley where I am working now the gun barrels are cut though.
These ones are outside the sergeants mess where I stay

But these are only 4"
Just babies compared to the Armstrong's

If only they had not been cut, and stored inside....

Two of the guns are almost intact in Ripapa
One has all its aiming quadrant marks in the walls and charge weights etc
The big holes in the walls for cleaning rods and charging rods
Magazines
Even a cleaning rod mop bucket

Very interesting gain twist rifling.
You would need a serious lathe to knock one up

There are some in fired projectiles up here at Godley heads from the Ripapa guns and I will try to get some images tomorrow