Odd piece I found

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08-25-2009, 09:41 PM
Rick B

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Odd piece I found

I found this on a Winchester guard a few years ago and thought it was neat. Rick B
08-25-2009, 09:53 PM
Bill Hollinger

Stamped, no holes in the feet. Hum, could this just be a missed production step?
08-26-2009, 08:19 AM
Bill Ricca

It has hard to tell from the pictures, but the bottoms give it an appearance of being machined.
08-26-2009, 09:56 PM
K. Johnson

2nd pic, looks like the holes were filled.
08-26-2009, 10:16 PM
Rick B

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Nope they were not filled in or welded. The final punch of the holes was only a partial as you can see in this picture. Rick B
08-26-2009, 10:18 PM
Rick B

And Mr. Hollinger you are correct on this part. Rick B
08-26-2009, 10:20 PM
Bill Hollinger

You mean I got one right??? :dancingbanana:
08-26-2009, 10:54 PM
bearbadge

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Originally Posted by K. Johnson

2nd pic, looks like the holes were filled.

I'm with you. The camera seems to bring out the hole that was filled particularly in the far leg. I call fake.
08-27-2009, 08:33 AM
Rick B

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Originally Posted by bearbadge

I'm with you. The camera seems to bring out the hole that was filled particularly in the far leg. I call fake.

In the last photo I posted you can clearly see the punch mark that was done with little pressure when it should have been more to complete the hole. This piece is not a fake nor any reason to fake a flat band to have no holes. Rick B
08-27-2009, 06:02 PM
RCS

WRA rear handguard band

It is not fake, you have to look at the photos and you can see it was not welded
08-27-2009, 06:09 PM
bearbadge

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Originally Posted by Rick B

In the last photo I posted you can clearly see the punch mark that was done with little pressure when it should have been more to complete the hole. This piece is not a fake nor any reason to fake a flat band to have no holes. Rick B

You may be right and you may be wrong, I'm just not sure. I can't tell if the hole is coming through from the camera lighting and flash or if it's a light stamp that didn't make it through. I guess you are right though, no reason to fake a part like that because it isn't worth anything anyhow. Neat find though.
08-27-2009, 07:43 PM
K. Johnson

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Originally Posted by RCS

It is not fake, you have to look at the photos and you can see it was not welded

#1, I did look at the photos.

#2, look at the first pic. The left side does look like a light stamping for sure, but the right side looks like it was either filled/welded shut, or it had a high spot or flaw, and was ground down slightly. Hence the horizontal marks.
You have to admit, the right foot doesn't really look like a light punch hit, it doesn't to me anyways. Not arguing with what is obviosly the truth of the matter, but that's the way I saw it.

Either way, like Rick mentioned earlier, there's no reason to fake a flat, stamped band anyways.

Keep 'em coming, Rick, I like a mystery.
08-28-2009, 08:30 AM
Rick B

There is another Quiz up that no one is answering yet. Take a shot at this one,, Quiz #4 - Military Surplus Collectors Forums Thanks,,Rick B