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    Anyone care to hazard a guess on this one????

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    I do believe that is the stripped remains of the No22 sight base for the 6 Pdr AT gun. Possibly used on other guns as well.
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    Belay that, I checked a photo of the 6 Pdr. mount.

    it's probably for the No22 as nothing else I know of had that sort of diameter, but the application is a mystery. Might even be something naval being bronze.
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    It looks too crude to a Britishicon naval mounting - even early Victorian items were well machined and finished.

    It looks to me like a sight bracket from a Hotchkiss or similar light deck gun.

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    ......takes me back to some of the rather indeterminate items I've seen go through auction houses...........'a speculative item for the specialist collector'..........!!

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