Field Service Carrying Case

[Greg V]

I found this nice box the other day. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that it carried some kind of tools for the M14 Rifle. Does anyone know what tools were carried in this box. The box measures 18x5x2 ins.

Thanks, Greg V

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[Bill Ricca]

Throat Erosion Gage, Headspace Test Bolt, Gas Cylinder Gage, Gas Piston Gage, Flash Suppressor Alignment Tool, Firing Pin Protrusion Gage, Headspace Gage (do not remember which one).

[Bob Womack]

Nice box. They did it right back then.

[Bill Ricca]

When I started in the business full time in 1976, I had about 15 sets of these gages, all in the boxes. The sets were released from APG.

In those days it was difficult to get $50.00 for the set, so I priced them at $45.00 and sold them at gun shows. At today's rate that is somewhere between $170.00 and $200.00. What a dream!

[Greg V]

I found the boxes in Idaho last week. I picked up two of them just because they were so neat. There were a stack of them, all empty of course. Now I guess I have to try to find the correct tools.

[John R.]

Throat Erosion Gage, Headspace Test Bolt, Gas Cylinder Gage, Gas Piston Gage, Flash Suppressor Alignment Tool, Firing Pin Protrusion Gage, Headspace Gage (do not remember which one).

1.6455 inch for use with the Bolt.Field Test.I still have my original complete set that I paid $200 for in 1980.

You got ALL the Lab Test cards and a pair of bolt roller pliers and the Allen wrench for the front sight screw in with the box and gauges etc too.

Cheers,

JR

[Bill Ricca]

It has been years so I am going by memory, but I think the box needed an alteration cut to fit the Roller Pliers. I had one that had been altered.

[John R.]

Hi Bill:

The bolt roller pliers were in the cardboard box that had everything else packed inside.They didn't have a routed out place in the "Case Field Carrying".Some later versions of the kit came without a flash hider alignment gauge but the wooden case still had the slot for it.

It wasn't all that difficult to find the 1.6355" GO headspace gauge but the 1.6375" NO-GO was a little hard to track down and buy.I wound up using my Canadian Armed Forces issue 1.6315" in as a go gauge and a 1.6350" as the No-Go as I was only concerned with target shooting and not a sloppy chamber to make allowances for cruddy combat conditions.

That 1.6455" Field Rejection headspace gauge was to be used with the "Bolt.Field Test" to determine serviceability.

Cheers,

John R.

[TW56]

Greg, nice looking case, would you have contact information for the person in Idaho with the additional cases?

I'll send you a PM as well.

Ross

[Greg V]

It's called ARMY SURPLUS WAREHOUSE. It's right off the I-15, just south of Idaho Falls. The phone number on the reciept is 208-529-4753. The website is - Army Surplus Warehouse. The item # on the reciept is 245. They were priced at $12.95.