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Picked up this Torpedo gyroscope today at a car boot sale

kradman

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Picked up this Torpedo gyroscope today at a car boot sale
 

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Rare bit of kit, and predating First War in manufacture. Turn up in UK? Reason I ask is a number of torpedo pistols came on the market a few years years ago, together with depth charge pistols and the like. several of which I managed to acquire. They came out of a store in the UK and all in original boxes and the like.
Alan1.
 
This is a super nice, early specimen. It is made by, Royal Gun Factory under license from, Whitehead & Co. You can tell it is early as the main rotor is not ported, so it is solely spring driven. I have a similar one dated 1902. Later models incorporated ported air trapping buckets into the rotor and were both spring and compressed air driven. Stunning specimen.

Jason
 
Thank you all for your input will most likely put it in the ads at some point as not really of interest to me
 
Many thanks response, undoubtedly came out of same store as my items. I'll look out for yr ad.
Alan1.
 
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