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Hi,
Any Idea what this thing is for?
Cannot be used in a rifle so I'm picking spare barrels or another 303 type gun.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_122938-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_123021-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_123226-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_123212-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_123050-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5_123118-1.jpg
Found this
http://www.themilitariadealers.com/viewitem.php?id=916
And this
WW2 RAF BATTLE OF BRITAIN .303 inspection Bore for Fighter plane guns. (10/23/2012)
Appears it is for inspecting bores on 303 Vickers Machine guns, as fitted to RAF aeroplanes.
The AM crown is the old Air Ministry marking.
That's pretty cool.
Any idea on scarcity and value?
What is the view like up a barrel with this device? Any magnification? Focus adjustment? Odd that it is described as a "mirror" when it is plainly a periscope.
Wray Optical Works Ltd., est. 1850, Ashgrove Road, Bromley Hill, Kent. (SIMA Handbook, 1952.)
Better info here: Wray (Optical Works) :: Rochester Avionic Archives
Wonder who got that job then, and how!?Quote:
Despite Wray holding contracts for Head Up Display optics, Kershaws never made any and ultimately lost the business which was quite short-sighted of the Rank Organisation.
Wray (lenses) - Wikipedia
Learned something else tonight: the British single lens reflex: Wrayflex