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| vtsteam:
Looks kinda like a sliding stop. |
| steampunkpete:
OK. Here are the clues that you have: * It is marked with a broad arrow and is therefore government owned equipment. * The nature of the mounting means that it was not intended for permanent installation, suggesting a calibration tool. * A vernier - it's for making very fine adjustments. * Not easy to see from the photo (without scaling from the 1p coin) the vernier scale does not map to imperial or metric linear measurements. One possible clue you will not have, is that before he was transferred to the Intelligence Corps in WWII he was Royal Artillery (RA). In the RA he was assigned to heavy artillery batteries (4.7 and 6 inch guns). I found this amongst his effects. My guess is that it is a calibration tool for gun laying equipment. Any other ideas? |
| RobWilson:
--- Quote from: RobWilson on April 29, 2015, 02:02:36 PM ---Some bit of military kit for measuring the angle of the dangle :smart: Rob --- End quote --- Scale is in degrees :coffee: Rob |
| DMIOM:
--- Quote from: RobWilson on May 01, 2015, 01:37:40 PM ---Scale is in degrees :coffee: --- End quote --- or minutes .... or seconds ..... and although some have suggested use on a rifle, I think it looks far too heavily constructed for routine use on a hand-carried weapon Dave |
| steampunkpete:
--- Quote ---or minutes .... or seconds ..... --- End quote --- I think measurement of angle is most likely. Well, nobody has said anything that might suggest an application other than calibration of ordnance, so I feel a visit to the RA museum coming on. Thanks chaps. |
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