.303 barrel ?????????

**Vincent** · 10-08-2010 01:30 PM

Does anyone recognize this barrel? It seems to be .303, maybe for a Browning or Vickers Armstrong machine gun?

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**Peter Laidler** · 10-08-2010 03:54 PM

Is it a lightweight .303" aircraft Browning - if it indeed a .303? It's not the normal RAF aircraft machine gun type as we're in the middle of restoring one from a crashed bomber

**Vincent** · 10-08-2010 09:31 PM

Thanks Peter.

Does the one you're restoring from the crashed bomber have a barrel like this?

**browningautorifle** · 10-08-2010 09:57 PM

That's the barrel I would have said was for an Inglis aircraft 303. I had one in the small arms school in Gagetown New Brunswick and that's exactly what it looked like. What era's the other one from Peter?

**Claven2** · 10-08-2010 11:53 PM

The proof on it looks belgian to me.

**Brit plumber** · 10-09-2010 04:32 PM

Its a FN browning Barrel, The crown ELG is a Belgian (Liege) proof mark, Military Nitro 1968 onwards
The W* indicates the proof master was Wolfs Nicolas 1952 to 1968,

**Peter Laidler** · 10-10-2010 07:20 AM

We've got two aircraft Brownings but only one is restorable/fireable and it looks exactly like the one in Vincents picture, but worse, after being recovered in the 70's or so and dumped in oil ever since. But it doesn't have the large diameter muzzle.

**Brit plumber** · 10-10-2010 04:53 PM

The larger cone muzzle is for the flexible mount like the turrett type. the none cone type is the fixed type found in wings (I think thats the correct way around). I have the recoil buffer and the short/non cone muzzle nut of the fixed type BSA .303

**Vincent** · 10-11-2010 10:09 AM

Ah! Liege Belgian proof mark. Thanks Brit plumber.

Looks like the cone muzzle flash hider type might have been used on the Mosquito also. http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/mosquito.html

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