View Full Version : Strange stuff I picked up at an auction
41jfischer
02-19-2023, 03:09 PM
Any Idea what these are?
Winger Ed.
02-19-2023, 03:28 PM
That is a odd one.
More pictures from different angles, or pictures of it taken apart may be needed if someone doesn't recognize it right away.
Recycled bullet
02-19-2023, 03:37 PM
Is that a piece of 9mm brass stuck in there
pietro
02-19-2023, 04:16 PM
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Welcome to the forum !
Maybe someone was trying to figure out how to make a tilting block single shot rifle ? ?
MaLar
02-19-2023, 07:14 PM
Metal looks like aluminum.
Teddy (punchie)
02-19-2023, 07:22 PM
Odd coming from me but I'm at a loss for words.
Mk42gunner
02-19-2023, 07:41 PM
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Maybe someone was trying to figure out how to make a tilting block single shot rifle ? ?
Pietro beat me to it.
Robert
Polymath
02-20-2023, 12:16 AM
I think it's a holding clamp for machining cases. My 2 cents.
It’s a spitzel for a hergump. You didn’t know that! 🤣🤣🤣
Txcowboy52
02-20-2023, 01:17 AM
It’s a canooder valve !
fixit
02-20-2023, 09:27 AM
That sure looks like an attempt at a tilting breech receiver, as was said before!
Sasquatch-1
02-20-2023, 09:40 AM
First post and you bring us something like this?:mrgreen:
Could it be an attempt to make a push through sizing die?
BP Dave
02-20-2023, 10:41 AM
I think it's an attempt at a patent infringement on a Roberts breechloader conversion. Not to worry--that patent expired over 100 years ago.310736 (Photos from Hull's Roberts Breechloading Firearms
Snakeoil
02-20-2023, 10:55 AM
I agree that it is a test run on making a single shot action. Aluminum is so much easier to work with. Can make almost anything with a saw, file and drill press. But if it had been my efforts, I would have started with a wood model.
JonB_in_Glencoe
02-20-2023, 02:39 PM
41jfischer
Welcome to the forum,
Your first post is canoodling my noodle, that's for sure :razz:
405grain
02-20-2023, 03:49 PM
As others have said; it looks like a mock up for a tilting block action. The breech pressure would be taken up by the rear pivot. the breech face would have to look & work somewhat like a Martini action. When I saw the photo the first thing that came to mind is that it would look pleasing if it was actuated by a side lever. This type of action would be better served as striker fired than as a side hammer, but it looks like the designer hasn't got passed the breech locking yet. Overall it's not a bad idea, but machining the curved rear face of the receiver ring would require some head scratching unless this was built as a low pressure "sandwich" design, or machined from either a forging or casting. Hat's off to whoever was thinking this action up.
Bmi48219
02-23-2023, 11:40 PM
Looks like you found the frame for a nineteenth century assault rifle.
It’s a spitzel for a hergump. You didn’t know that!
I specificate your spontification....
ulav8r
02-28-2023, 01:05 AM
It is 2 or more pieces of metal bolted together.
More pictures would make it easier to have a better idea of what it was actually intended to be.
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