Armourers Tool ID needed 3.

[Bathurst72]

As with some tools they were made by the craftsman at the time, as this one has been. So any ideas on what it is used for?????

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[Badger]

Jay Currah has a couple of web pages showing Armourer's Tools...

Armourer's Tools Page 1

Armourer's Tools Page 2

Regards,
Doug

[Surpmil]

Do you know roughly what era these tools are from? What are the dimensions?

[Bathurst72]

I am not sure, was told possibly WW2 from the guy I got it off. I will take a pic with a scale next and post.

[mike1967]

Looks like a jig that fits into the rear of a SMLE fore stock, possibly to hold it in a vice? How big is it though?

[Bathurst72]

Looks like a jig that fits into the rear of a SMLE fore stock, possibly to hold it in a vice? How big is it though?

Thanks Mike1967, I have tried out your theory and it fits perfectly. At a guess, this would change the fore wood from horizontal plane to the vertical plane, possibly for when repairing the drawers on the fore wood when been held in a vice.

[Bathurst72]

Here are some pics on how it fits.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Wild stab in the dark:

Could it be a clamp for use in repairing the drawers in a fore-end?

No sign of "official" markings, thus is most likely made by the armourer himself or one of the other "artificers" to be found in a decent military workshop.

[Peter Laidler]

Er......... That specially shaped piece that you have got sticking out of the rear......... Surely that should be fitted INSIDE the trigger guard opening, facing forwards. I.e; facing forwards and upside down. It looks like it's rounded at the corners to fit inside the trigger guard. Additionally, I doube VERY much that the bit sticking out the end would be sufficient to hold a fore-end in a vice for more than, say, a minute!

We had a special drift for this called a drift, Armourers No1........ or something like that

[Bathurst72]

Hi Peter, got me thinking and looking at the tool a bit harder and I think I have worked it out. I pushed the tool hard up into the end of the fore wood first. On the face of the block on the outside, its at an angle. I then looked at this bit a little harder, and I noticed some markings (chisel marks), only about 1/16 - 1/32 on the outside edge of this angle. The top leading edge fits exactly to the rear edge of the brass recoil blocks.

So this tool has to be for the repairs of the drawers. It is a guide for chiseling out the correct position and angle for the recoil blocks.

Er......... That specially shaped piece that you have got sticking out of the rear......... Surely that should be fitted INSIDE the trigger guard opening, facing forwards. I.e; facing forwards and upside down. It looks like it's rounded at the corners to fit inside the trigger guard. Additionally, I doube VERY much that the bit sticking out the end would be sufficient to hold a fore-end in a vice for more than, say, a minute!

We had a special drift for this called a drift, Armourers No1........ or something like that