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    Yes, I do believe it is plated.
    I’m not sure how I want to go about cleaning it yet, but I’m leaning toward a simple steel wool and oil approach. It definitely needs disassembled and cleaned/oiled.

    If we can say with some confidence this does not have a fancy provenance, I may add more cutouts. For example, the gas cylinder block isn’t cut away at all. There’s some neat stuff in there to see!

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Appears to have a broken bolt lug?
    Seems like that might be another cutout:

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    I think it's cool too, I would have no problem putting that on display downstairs in the man cave haha.
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    Really cool.

    Most likely a presentation piece for a former NPM employee.
    I personally know the location of two full size cutaway MK-48 Torpedoes, one of which I use regularly as a training aid.
    These are not generally available for public viewing.

    I also have a cutaway miniature MK-48 model on my desk and know of one other, both mounted on a very similar wood base with a small brass plaque inscribed with the recipient's name (in one case mine) and stating, "In appreciation of your contributions to the MK-48 program." presented by Gould Ocean Systems.

    There, I probably just said more than I should on a public forum.

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    I'd love to see those. I'm reading a book about the Imperial Japaneseicon Navy in WW2. They would routinely fire a spread of a half dozen of those big 24"Long Lance torpedoes from 10-16,000 yds and destroy a lot of things. It was the favorite weapon of the Imperial Navy and must have cost a fortune to mass produce. This isn't some artillery shell built in a factory, these things were complicated and difficult things to make.

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    Interesting piece for sure. Personally, I would just stick with cleaning it up. Although I do believe it is homemade, there is the possibility that it was done by National Postal Meter as a display or gift or something. Probably something we will never know for sure. Curious as to where you found it?

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    This came from an auction in New York…and I’m just now realizing the auction house is less than hour from Rochester where the National Postal Meter factory was.

    The plot thickens!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rcathey View Post
    The plot thickens!
    Yes, and the plating job looks very old, plus no serial#. How about the markings of all the parts? All NPM?
    You could clean it up and send it about an hour and a half down I-44, where we could keep it in my gunroom!

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    Quote Originally Posted by W5USMC View Post
    Yes, and the plating job looks very old, plus no serial#. How about the markings of all the parts? All NPM?
    You could clean it up and send it about an hour and a half down I-44, where we could keep it in my gunroom!
    I’ll have to document the markings as I take it apart.

    Nice of you to offer storage space, I’ll have to keep that in mind haha.
    I’ve been on some buying trips down your way before.
    Once purchased 17 guns from a pawn shop in Cuba. Nothing super exciting, unfortunately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldfoneguy View Post
    I agree. It's very possible that this was in a trophy/display case in the reception area to show off what they were accomplishing in regard to their war effort.
    The real bummer about this purchase is the lack of a plaque. If you look in the pictures in my first post, you can see residue from an oval plaque in between the cases on the base. Looks like it’s been gone for a long time since the wood isn’t a different color.

    That’s bitter sweet to me. Without the plaque, we don’t know the history of the display. If it had the plaque, it almost certainly would have sold for more than the $225 I paid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by W5USMC View Post
    Interesting piece for sure. Personally, I would just stick with cleaning it up. Although I do believe it is homemade, there is the possibility that it was done by National Postal Meter as a display or gift or something. Probably something we will never know for sure. Curious as to where you found it?
    I agree. It's very possible that this was in a trophy/display case in the reception area to show off what they were accomplishing in regard to their war effort. That was very common back then unless the item was top secret which a carbine wasn't. They were scattered all over Europe and the Pacific.

    In peacetime prior and post war that same display case would have held samples of their mail handling equipment and postage meter variants.

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