N5 plug

[doctor]

hi
Found this plug on N23 Mills grenade but stamping N5?
I've found WW1 N 23 with very long rod

 

[paul the grenade]

I heard that some No5's were fitted for rods just before they were re numbered as the 23. this would explaing the markings on your plug and the threaded hole.
paul.

 

[gothica7]

Hi nice plug, can you tell the diameter of the thread of the centre hole? Would a standard rod fit as i have heard that the No 5s used as rifle grens had a metric centre thread which was probably done in France. Dont think it would have been so fitted back in the UK. just a query?
Andy

 

[doctor]

hi
I tested a rod of N 23, it is exactly the same diameter and thread

 

[gothica7]

Nice one Doc,
must have been one of the No5s they were experimenting with prior to the No 23. A lot of those plugs were made by Morum and Co. Very nice to see one by Western Electric. Bet its a rare one. I am envious.
Andy