Steve is your L Dog the early forged one or the latter lathe turned no real difference really you just don't see many here, cannot remember where I cobbled the 2.75" rocket flechette from old and foggy memory now.
Funny thing is like some here looking at starting unloading stuff for me its been a 50 year oddesy, longer for others here,d I do have an attachment to my stuff as I was getting needle by my wife again if I perch it the mess she will be in.
But the amount of leg work, trolling the web and listening out for the small talk where stuff is was the driver for me but years upon years as here our 2nd hand milsurps stuff is very hard to come by some of you lucky buggers can just go down the street and get stuff!