Wanted: Rifle clips for Cab 12 CGT

[Niels V]

Hi Phillip and James
I have sent a PM to you.
Niels

[Phillip]

Hi Niels,

Leather covers, made from vegetable tanned undyed kangaroo hide.

Wayne Henderson has some (old and decayed) samples that he is going to check this against.

PM sent.

Regards

[Wayne Henderson]

This is a Thompson clip from the Chev 6 seater (Aust).
Different clip with the original leather in 2 pieces, the same general style.
Single fold and stiched top and bottom.
Wayne

[Niels V]

Thanks for the pics and the PM Phillip.
I have found while looking through pictures that I need 12 total, So I am still on the hunt for 4, if any body has some to spare please let me know.
Cheers Niels

[Eric B]

Hello

As mentioned in a previous post, there are two different size clips.

There is a smaller one (rifle clip #1) for the barrel and a larger one (rifle clip#2) for the hand stock.

Brian Asbury has the smaller ones, or he did NOS, which were used when mounting the rifle vertical with a wooden block.

When mounted horizontal as in an MB/GPW or UC it would have both.

The larger ones are the harder one to find, i am looking for one.

There were also styles that just had the bracket minus the mount that had leather rivetted to it.

thanks

Eric

[Niels V]

Hi does anyone have four of the large version of the rifle clips ?

[Bob Carriere]

Based on our expereince at the Barn....All the clips are the same ...some in leather some in rubber dipped.

The difference is the bracket used to install them in CMP.... in gun tractors they were mounted with out the vertical 1/4 inch brackets.

In the cab 11/12 they are mounted using a shorter bracket to take into account the fact that the back wall of a cab 11/12 is taller than a cab 13. On the short back wall of the cab 13 the mounting bracket is almost twice as tall. Both are mounted with 3 screws on the cab11/12 and two screws on the cab 13.... I mean flat head machine screws 1/4 20.

UC were no doubt using the same spring clip but may have used a different bracket to suit the UC features.

Cheers