Pachett / Sterling tool

[tankhunter]

I am an avid collector of all things Sterling SMG related. As well as the Guns (Deactivated) themselves in the UK.

I picked this Barrel removal tool up recently. & thought some of you might like to see it as well?
When I was a Service armourer, we had nothing like this then. A simple slam down of the receiver end. On a wooden bench top. of if you had a tight fitting barrel, a brass punch & Hammer sufficed!

As it is marked Patchett Machine Carbine, it is an early tool. Weather Comercial or not, I cannot acertain for sure. It MIGHT even have emanated from the Sterling Factory itself.
When George Patchett Owned it back then. As a factory tool?

Well made, & neatly stamped with the nomenclature, I feel it is certainly genuine.

Anyway! Another Accessory I did not know existed! Enjoy!

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[Peter Laidler]

Identical to the one David had and showed me when writing the book except his had a brass ferrule on the end of the screwed part. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the hole in the knur;led end pullthrough weight sized? You're right about removing barrels! Just a solid clunk on the workbench and out it plopped!!!!!

Like lots of these 'special tools' such as the zeroing tools and extractor stay tool, they really served no useful purpose EXCEPT to look good afterwards!

When TGOD book was being edited prior to publication, some further photos were submitted - by the PR I hasten to add - which included this tool. They described it as a 'blank firing adaptor' That's the problem of others adding stuff without your knowledge after submission.......

[Vincent]

Interesting tool. Thanks for posting the pictures. I am always interested in Sterling stuff and that’s a tool I have not seen before.

I loosen the screws a bit and if the barrel doesn’t move, I give the screw heads a little tap with a brass hammer. The only one that didn’t pop out was bulged near the muzzle. It was a reproduction barrel. They bulge a lot more than the original barrels if you get a squib load.

I would love to see your collection of Sterling guns, etc.

[Sentryduty]

At least this tool has it's purpose stamped into it, unlike the elusive piece that RRPG has been trying to get identified for some weeks.

[Peter Laidler]

I feel in my bones that RPG's tool - if you'll excuse the phrase - is something from a .30 watercooled Browning. Maybe something from an AFV - something to accommodate an external water cooling something or another