miles136
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Some day I will take better photos of these things which they really deserve, and I will replace these with those, but they are so interesting I wanted to post them up
somehow over the weekend of the SOS I became a K98 rifle grenade launcher collector
the first is really unusual and must be scarce, maybe the first model fielded (after the spigot type which Im not sure anyone has even seen in reality?)...it is 1942 (42) dated on the cup and clamp and is coded "ch" for FN, shows some wear, but in overall very nice shape...notice how the cup part of the launcher is very different from the standard common type...I found an earlier made "aye" coded sight and 42 dated pouch for it
I also picked up an unissued "bnz" coded complete set...even had a strange little carboard cover on the end that must have been in there when it was issued
and lastly I was able to pick up an all phosphate launcher...it is really cool, and the pics dont do it justice...it is coded "jnw" it seems......notice that it is coated on the threads? with something, maybe blued there or coated to make it screw in easier I dont know...see that the bore is also phosphate so it is definately coated, maybe it is carbon from firing it? but is doesnt look used much...notice how the threads are milled into it differently than the bnz one...I noticed the difference when I was taking pics...I have a 43 dated pouch for it but Ill need a wrench, another sight, and Id like to get a later dated pouch if such a thing exists?
I managed to get two types of rifle grenades that are nicely marked and a set of grenade bags....I used to have one of the wooden blank rounds used for firing these too, and I sold it...that will be tough to find again....they are different from the standard wooden 8mm blanks
both wrenches I have are "clc" made and I know there is at least one other maker, Id like to find one of those wrenches....and get another 42 dated pouch or two, because well now that Im a grenade launcher collector I might as well go all out right????
First the 42 dated early set
somehow over the weekend of the SOS I became a K98 rifle grenade launcher collector
the first is really unusual and must be scarce, maybe the first model fielded (after the spigot type which Im not sure anyone has even seen in reality?)...it is 1942 (42) dated on the cup and clamp and is coded "ch" for FN, shows some wear, but in overall very nice shape...notice how the cup part of the launcher is very different from the standard common type...I found an earlier made "aye" coded sight and 42 dated pouch for it
I also picked up an unissued "bnz" coded complete set...even had a strange little carboard cover on the end that must have been in there when it was issued
and lastly I was able to pick up an all phosphate launcher...it is really cool, and the pics dont do it justice...it is coded "jnw" it seems......notice that it is coated on the threads? with something, maybe blued there or coated to make it screw in easier I dont know...see that the bore is also phosphate so it is definately coated, maybe it is carbon from firing it? but is doesnt look used much...notice how the threads are milled into it differently than the bnz one...I noticed the difference when I was taking pics...I have a 43 dated pouch for it but Ill need a wrench, another sight, and Id like to get a later dated pouch if such a thing exists?
I managed to get two types of rifle grenades that are nicely marked and a set of grenade bags....I used to have one of the wooden blank rounds used for firing these too, and I sold it...that will be tough to find again....they are different from the standard wooden 8mm blanks
both wrenches I have are "clc" made and I know there is at least one other maker, Id like to find one of those wrenches....and get another 42 dated pouch or two, because well now that Im a grenade launcher collector I might as well go all out right????
First the 42 dated early set
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