Found these features recently and snapped a couple of images.
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Found these features recently and snapped a couple of images.
My 2.7M has just a partial bomb - no flame there at all, but what's there is bright and through the parkerizing. An adjustable rear sight has been added, but doesn't have any stake marks where your picture shows them. Will try to add a couple pictures later. - Bob
Here's a picture of the receiver "bomb" on my Underwood.
Not sure when they stopped using the point staking for flip sights, but I really didn't expect them in the first place. This one is really early.
Punch staking on flips was done two different ways. This picture shows one way. The other way was with the point right on the line between the side of the rear sight and the lip of the groove. It usually made a divot in both the edge of the groove and the side of the sight. In either case punch staking was fairly uncommon with flip sights.
From what I have read Underwood was the only manufacturer to mark recievers with the flaming bomb.
The hammer bounce on the bomb strike is almost as heavy as the initial blow. The Carbine didn't appear used other than a handful of shots fired. The only story was that it came from a neighbor friend who inherited it from his veteran father brought from his service time.
My 28400xx rear sight is staked just like tenOC's, along with the double stamped flaming bomb, just not as deeply.
Got a pic you can share?
These are the only two I have on hand.
Looks pretty crisp as well. What's the barrel date? This one is marked 1-43.
Barrel is 12-43. The U is not stamped in Underwood. Rifle was covered in dried grease when I got it.
The barrel on my 2.7M is stamped 11-43. I thought maybe it had been changed, but sounds about right when comparing with Jangle's s/n. - Bob
This has the bomb on the slide in the same place.
I found this 2.6 Underwood a couple of years ago at my local gun shop. It had been on the rack there for several years. When I took it apart to clean it, dead bugs fell out. Somebody had also coated it with BLO several times. It has now been thoroughly cleaned but not refinished (raw linseed oil for the stock). The Underwood barrel has the 2/44 date on it and the receiver has the lightly struck flaming bomb with the "B" stamped over it. It appears that it somehow escaped the post-WW2 refurbishment and still retains the flip sight, flat bolt, push-button safety and type I barrel band. The best part is the gun functions perfectly and is really fun to shoot!
I have a 235XXXX T code Underwood with the same small punch stake marks on the flip sight. They even caught part of the flip base when it was staked.
Here's a picture of a 2.37M T Code showing "smaller" stake marks, but not certain of the originality. - Bob
Nice example of chisel staking.
I found my flip staked IP finally. Yep. There it is.
I'm getting away from Underwoods a bit, but here's the rear sight staking on my 1.8M S'G'. Someone "drifted" it a bit to the left, but it shoots good with it there. The base is marked B-IP, but I believe it to be the original. - Bob
That looks consistent in finish and wear to me too.
Here's a Line out to U and it's staking.
This was 15 months ago according to the date this thread started.Quote:
Originally Posted by tenOC
As a reference to the "original Carbine" discussions recently, this early Underwood is one of those. On a Sunday well after noon I went to a local show to advise a friend which of 3 Carbines he should buy off a table. While we were looking at the 3, a guy behind us offered this Underwood for $1000. The original RMC stock had the oiler and sling cut filled, but everything else was original. The condition of the receiver, sight and bolt you can see shows it has almost no usage.
In all the hours it sat there nobody had bought it.
I wonder if people that have mediocre knowledge would be thinking it had been restored? Just gave it a pass?Quote:
Originally Posted by tenOC
I can imagine. Maybe it was the stock that turned them off? I was only at the show a short time and didn't really talk to anyone about it other than the one guy.