Need a picture from Skennerton books about the Lee Enfield rifle

[Sentryduty]

Still chasing this rabbit, been reviewing photos of Machine guns, tool rolls, exploded diagrams, sustained fire kits, most small arms pieces, not anything that looks even remotely like this.

On the bright side, I can now probably draw a Vickers gun blueprint from memory.

I have looked over all of the common suspects, the Vickers, Maxim, Bren, Besa, Lewis, Thompson, Lanchester, and including some German stuff that came up in my search runs.

Next I will probably start looking over recoiless rifles and mortars and their EIS.

It's a puzzle alright.

[RRPG]

Thanks for the searching Sentryduty. I've been doing the same and drawn a complete blank. This leads me to think it is indeed what Peter thinks it is......a long forgotten armourer's tool that didn't do the job properly and as rarely used, and completely forgotten.......

[Sentryduty]

It could just be imagination, but the one marking on the hex head looks like it could have once said "9MM".

[dbelham]

Completely outside of the box. There was a Chicago Flexible Shaft Company (C.F.S. Co) that produced flexible shafts in the period late 1800's to mid 1900's before the company became Sunbeam and started making toasters. These were used in shearing sheds for overhead sheep shearing clippers. If you look at page 12 of the enclosed web site you will see a right angled device that transfers mechanical power from horizontal to vertical Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. : manufacturers of flexible ... 1920. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library

Are we looking at a version of this device?

[Smellymarkfive]

I thought yesterday something to do with compressed air like in a garage. How were guns electro engraved?

[Smellymarkfive]

Engraving chisels can be either electric or compressed air. Or maybe there was a tattoo parlor near by.

[Charlie303]

Slight digression, whats the earliest use of hex head screws that anyone knows of on Military firearms or accoutrements. As in official not fitted by gunsmith.

Sterling SMG - early 50's is the first use that I recognise from our small arms

How about the screw that holds the foresight of the M1 Rifle (Garand)? Or have mine been modified?

[RRPG]

Guys, you are diverging too far!! This is definitely military. Every single item from this site has turned out to be military in the end................ EVERYTHING.

[Smellymarkfive]

OK but military 'shops' still need tools like engravers for re-doing serial numbers. Look at the difference between stamped No1 rifles and engraved No4 rifles. so does anyone know of any pneumatic or electric hose connected tools in the armorers workshop? Think of all the No4 Mk 1/2s and Mk 1/3s they all needed re-marking.

[RRPG]

I know what you mean smelly, but don't forget I have found around 20 of these things, and others have been found by other diggers at the site, bringing the tally close to 60 of these things. You may have needed to engrave things, but would they really need this many?