2" Mortar bomb storage

[Mike Gurr]

Hi Stephen,
I won't get to where my carrier is stored until next Saturday so please bear with me. I know mine is original and having tried a 2" bomb in the locker I too found that it was not deep enough for the bomb as you have placed them, I will measure next weekend and come back.

[stephen crowhurst]

Hello Mike

My locker is 8 1/2" deep. So if yours is the same the only way they could be carried is length ways. I can quite easily get the six in that way, even at a push eight so if the six did have some kind of packing around them they should still fit.

Cheers Stephen

[Mike Gurr]

That is my thinking at the moment as my locker is not deep enough for the bombs to go in end ways, they stick out too far to close the door.

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi

No real knowledge of measurements here but I see that the bombs were wrapped and packaged in 3s.


https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/wea...inchmortar.htm

regards
Darrell

[Michael R.]

I am curious if that image showing the bomb carrier as an assembly of three bombs is correct. No waterproofing, suspicious markings... is it a faithful representation of a British bomb carrier. The next image in the series from that site shows the standard six-bomb carrier.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Michael R.

I am curious if that image showing the bomb carrier as an assembly of three bombs is correct. No waterproofing, suspicious markings... is it a faithful representation of a British bomb carrier. The next image in the series from that site shows the standard six-bomb carrier.

Just for the record, what a 2" mortar 6 bomb carrier looks like.

(say, anybody know where I can find a 2" barrel brush like the one shown as item 11 in Darrel's pic?)

[Paul Dutton]

I have a spare barrel brush, complete, for 2” Mortar spare. I think it’s 50’s dated but same as ww2

[rob love]

There is a 3 tube carrier for sale at collectors source now. I might be dating myself but I paid less than that for my 2 inch mortar a decade or so back.
http://www.collectorssource.com/2-in...ubes-8513.html

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

There is a 3 tube carrier for sale at collectors source now. I might be dating myself but I paid less than that for my 2 inch mortar a decade or so back.
http://www.collectorssource.com/2-in...ubes-8513.html

I used to think these guys used a multiplier to set their pricing, ie. what the market price is times some fixed rate like 3 or 4 times that. But now I think it may be based on a more simple "...if you really REALLY want it..." pricing scheme. Still, you can't argue with the rarity and quality of the goods they offer.