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Book: The Lanchester Machine Carbine: A Collector’s Guide
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said "Let Newton be!" and all was light.
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04-25-2025 01:41 PM
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Mmmmmmmm. Before I buy a copy, anyone got any comments about it?
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anyone got any comments about it?
It's only £10.
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Received my copy today and well worth £10 if you’re interested in the Lanchester. I’ve had a quick flick through and it is well detailed and illustrated. I was pleased to discover the stripping tool sold to me back in 2014 as being for the Lanchester (I wasn’t sure) is indeed for the Lanchester.
It would have benefited from a bit more proof reading though: on various occasions Sterling is rendered as ‘Stirling’.
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God said "Let Newton be!" and all was light.
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Ordered one. Let's see just how little I knew.....
Stripping tool.... The only one I knew of was what we called a 'barrel key', used to unscrew the barrels from the navy inshore patrol boats that were corroded in! I can't think of anything else except a screwdriver. The barrel key was a two pronged thing, which as I recall it, was made from two SLR piston ends welded into a flat plate.
Yep, got the book and it is indeed a font of much knowledge. Nothing too out of the previously unknown but a good little contribution.
Chile
and Portugal were large buyers of the available spare Lanchester parts. Alas, the last barrels were used/converted for use in the initial 6,000 Sterling guns. James said that it was strange that Portugal wanted spare parts for Lanchesters......., since the Portugese Marines already purchased Mk4 Sterlings! Incidentally, the Portugese Marine Sterlings were marked along the left butt strap SERIAL NUMBER MARINHA PORTUGESA if you ever see one. Sorry about the spelling.... unclearly written on a beer-mat after a bit of lunch in Oxford some time ago!
There was also a GAUGE, testing, straightness of bore' for the Lanchester. apparently It seems that these straight 'drop' gauges were issued to RN et al small-arms 'maintainers' who weren't trained as such, beyond simple maintenance of the stuff. A bit like our National Service cooks who we referred to as 'fitters and turners'
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