FIVE (5) QUESTIONS: M1 Rifle / M1 Rifle Items / M14 Rifle Items

[Bill Ricca]

Your M14 Combo Tools are as follows:

1967 - Curtis Industries, Southfield, Michigan
1968 - Prospect Engineering, Taylor Center, Michigan

Your M3 combination tools were repacked for storage in June of 1957.

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Your M14 Combo Tools are as follows:

1967 - Curtis Industries, Southfield, Michigan
1968 - Prospect Engineering, Taylor Center, Michigan

Your M3 combination tools were repacked for storage in June of 1957.

Bill (Ricca),

Thanks for identifying both of my M14 RIFLE COMBINATION TOOLS, and thanks for publicly sharing so much valuable information about United States Small Arms and their related militaria on your excellent website.

Back during the summer of 1972, the Military Police Company I was assigned to in West Germany disposed of (i.e. buried) ALL of its remaining M14 RIFLE spare parts, accessories, and cleaning equipment. Luckily, I was able to “rescue” slightly more than one hundred fifty (150) of the new and wrapped 1968 Prospect Engineering (Taylor Center, Michigan) COMBINATION TOOLS and just a very few of the new but unwrapped 1967 Curtis Industries (Southfield, Michigan) COMBINATION TOOLS, so I brought all of them back home with me in early 1973. Then in the summer of 1973, I sold one hundred fifty (150) of the new and wrapped 1968 Prospect Engineering (Taylor Center, Michigan) COMBINATION TOOLS to an East Coast Military Surplus dealer (I can’t remember his name, but it wasn’t you) who had an advertisement in SHOTGUN NEWS for $300.00 (three hundred dollars).

I want to keep the two (2) M1 RIFLE M3 COMBINATION TOOLS and the one (1) M1 RIFLE M3A1 COMBINATION TOOL , but if you would like either or both of the M14 RIFLE COMBINATION TOOLS that I’ve described and posted pictures of in this post, just let me know and I’ll send it or them to you via U. S. P. S. Insured Priority Mail at no charge.

Thanks again,
Ralph Van Buren
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