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Another 6 pdr
I was very fortunate recently to add these to my collection. The 6 pdr only needs a few parts to complete, a shoulder rest, spare parts box and the cocking sleeve from the striker case.
The Bofors needs restoring but is fairly complete, just needing sights and tyres (don't they all). I do have three Firestone ground grip so am hoping to find a forth to match. I would be very grateful to leads for any parts. Adrian
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Good score on the 6 pdr. That is one gun that is on my "want" list for sure.
I have most or all of a stukey sight for the Canadian Bofors as a spare. Shame you are so far away and it is so heavy. |
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Rob,
I would be very interested in the Stiffkey sight, I can get it put into a container in the US if that helps. PM sent. Adrian
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I'm not even sure I could bring that into the US without going through a lot of hoops and raising up some red flags.
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If there were a container coming from Canada, could we do something?
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Hi Adrian,
Congratulations on acquiring a 6pr! Looks pretty nice too. Please post some close-up photos. Cheers,
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I'll post some photos in a week or so once it warms up a bit. Right now it is -25°C out in the shed, and it is stowed behind the HUP if I recall correctly. I am looking for a M2 105mm howitzer breech ring if you want to work out some level of a trade. A cut one is fine, as long as I have something to work with. Rob |
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lovely guns
Adrian, congratulation to acquiring these very nice guns. Both look very complete. I have answered your question regarding spare parts box, in my thread. I can help.
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Thanks guys, pics to follow!
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Shipping to UK
Hi Rob: If things work out I may have a container going to the UK. If I can get the scratch together for the HJ project we may be able to move the Stookey stick sight to Ottawa from Shilo then onwards.
Adrian, if your making a spare parts box for your 6 pounder would you be willing to make two as I need one too! Ubique! Mike
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Mike, I certainly will!
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Six Pounder toolbox
Thanks Adrian!
Ubique! Mike
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Actually Mike, you may be able to help on this question. I've found some variation in the parts boxes and I suspect it may be down to country of origin.
Most of the ones in the UK have a small catch that was common on music cases and the like whereas some have the sprung toggle that was US in origin and was similar to the one used on Sherman etc. I suspect the latter is Canadian and the former is British. I can provide either catch but would like to get it right. Dusans box has the US style catch.
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6 pounder toolbox
Hi Adrian:
My gun is Canadian made so I would prefer the Canadian style. Could you possibly send photos so I can get a good idea of the differences? I will be in Leeds in mid-Sep as I am joining Mike Peacock for the XXX Corps run to commemorate the liberation of Arnhem. I'll be part of The Garrison's medium artillery troop with the 5.5" guns. Cheers and Ubique! Mike
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Mike, this is the style that Dusan made and the catch matches this gun which I think is in Canada. Sorry about the image quality!
The other style is, I think, British production. Just to clarify, the gun outside is in Canada, the odd coloured one is in the Littlefield Collection.
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A friend of mine has a container with Artillery parts shipping from the USA to the UK in the next few months. I can ask him if he's got space.
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Thanks Tim, I think it may be more of a problem getting it to the US as across the ocean!
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I find there is a lot more scrutiny on items crossing the US/Cdn border than items from overseas. It is a bit of a crap shoot, which I don't like playing on items that are hard to replace. I believe it comes about as part of the US/Cdn arms smuggling initiatives.
An example of this is ebay, where many Canadian buyers will bring items in from Europe rather than the US. Apparently on occasion the US has even seized Lee Enfield stocks in the mail that were leaving the country without the required permits. Now if we were in Mexico, we could have just added the goods to the "Fast and Furious" manifests. Mike's idea is a good one. If the HJ purchase comes to fruition this upcoming summer, it can easily be added to the load. |
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I agree Rob, the parts we all treasure are too hard to find to risk having them lost on a whim.
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6 Pounder tool box
Thanks, Marc!
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I'm not convinced that is an original catch though.
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I know who restored this Gun and I would agree with Adrian !
Rob...............rnixartillery. |
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The real question is, is the box itself genuine?
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spare parts box
Hi,
this is our original box with catch. As you can see the bottom rotted away. We found very similar catch which after a little bit of work looks the part. We cannot find the box now but when we do I will post dimensions or tell someone from our group to take measurements of our replica box on the gun. (the gun is stored now 50km from where I live) Also another look at the box in museum sent to me by Marc.
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box
another view
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6pdr
Hi Adrian, I have seen both those artillery pieces before, is mr ME selling off any other treasures from his shop window, pm if he is.
Kevin.
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Hi Kevin, no need to PM, Mike is not selling off stuff, he took a lot of persuading to part with these.
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spare parts box
Guys, the spare pats box dimensions and pictures are now in my thread here for future refference:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=21440
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