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    British(?) Weapon Cleaning Kit - M617(?)

    I have a small kit, the box olive green, 4"x3"x1". It contains a piece
    of wire screen and a brush in fittings attached to the inside of the lid.
    The rest of the box is divided into 3 parts and contains a rope and
    metal tube pull-through, a flannel cloth (white, with a narrow red
    stripe at 2" intervals), and a tubular plastic oiler. There are no
    markings of any kind, other than "M617" in silver paint on the inside
    bottom. Anybody know anything about this?
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    Britishicon issued such kits for the No.5 .303 carbine as the rubber buttplate did not have a trap to hold the usual kit. Later with the introduction of the SLR---FNFAL autoloading .308 rifle the box was again issued but this time the little takedown tool was included in the box.

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    Yep......... and later it was changed to plastic. Based on the original old tobacco tin that the soldiers used before your tin became an official issue

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    The Israeli's copied the tin in plastic and H&K also.

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