*** September 2015 Purchases ***

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Well, earlier this month I found this British bayo grip nut wrench advertised on the bay, and picked it up. It fit the slots on the no.5 bayo grip nuts with no problem, should work on the other bayo's too. So it should come in handy. I am not sure if it is a repro or not, looks too well made to me? Also picked up some George V, Pennies and Half pennies, WWI dated. Definitely seen their use. Found these at a antique store in a box of English pennies various dates. Quite a few to dig through, though. Also a couple weeks later I found a book on George the V too. Must have been my George V, month of finds?

Will it work on firing pins too?

Just tried it with a No.4 bolt. The center hole is not deep enough to take the firing pin tip, and it will not reach inside the bolt to engage the cut outs in the collar ring on the firing pin, which are a bit wider, than the blades on the spanner wrench.

Just thought it looked like it might...

Honey! Have you seen my 1911 pistol? "Check the dryer!" Oh, my. It shrunk.

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Just kidding. Actually, this is the Sig Sauer P238 Blackwood Ambi, but it does show its heritage. My understanding is that Sig licensed the design of the Colt Mustang Pocket Lite which was itself a hijacking of the Star Starfire. Sig improved the design and took care of tendencies to misfeed early in its production cycle. The P238 is a .380 pocket pistol with a stainless slide and alloy frame. Under the hood the mechanism is an up-to date design that uses the chamber block to lock and substitutes a solid slide nose for the 1911's removable "plunger" or nose cone. The manual of arms is changed only slightly from that of the 1911 in that the frame-mounted safety does not lock up the slide. That allows you to cock and lock the safety on an unloaded pistol, insert the mag and chamber a round, and then remove the magazine and add a round to bring the pistol up to its full six-plus-one capacity, and do it all with the safety on. Conversely you can unload the pistol in the same manner: drop the mag and rack the slide all with the safety on. Nifty!

The grips are made of blackwood on this example but rosewood, alloy, rubber, and other versions are available. Several versions are ambidextrous and all can be sent back to the factory to receive the ambi safety. The mag release is right-hand oriented. The recoil from shooting is soft as you would expect from a locking-chamber and the weight of the pistol (15.2 oz) also helps prevent the "bite" or snappiness that can occur with lighter pistols so you can send time with it at the range. The sights are really sharp "SIGLITE" night sights. The overall feel of the thing is of a serious pistol with an appropriately stiff safety and and smooth, crisp single-action trigger.

The pistol is shipped in a nice lockable case with a single mag and a nifty little polymer right-handed-only belt holster. A seven-shot mag with a finger extension is available.

This should be a great backup or carry weapon for 1911 "condition 1" pistol enthusiasts. But, hey, don't take my word for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W4AVpxvGgg

Bob

Firing pin removal tool on the left showing difference in size and pin length and the bayonet nut removal tool also pictured is a bit of a guessing piece for you to ponder over the 303 round is for size comparison it was used on the 303 rifles when in the workshop.

Collar for the Lee Enfield brace?

If they used the brace to get the butt off then this was a guide that went into the oiler hole as a guide so I guess mike1967 takes the lollipop :clap:, I have not tried it yet as I have had no reason to pull the butt off a rifle this is the first one I personally have come across was not a bad price what really sucked the account dry was a damned un-issued combination tool marked W.D TR SMLE they are not cheap.