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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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Last edited by Frank Chance; 12-09-2011 at 07:20 PM.
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12-09-2011 07:17 PM
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British 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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Thank You to breakeyp For This Useful Post:
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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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