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1918 Mills No.36

siegfreid said:
Mark . Do you mean that Z mark that is inked on the side or is there one stamped on the inside of the threaded portion ? That's not a zinc alloy tube & in any case the Z mark only appeared after 1939 so never appears on WW1 ordnance . There is a thread somewhere on BOCN that I posted some time ago about WW1 Mills centre tubes . The No5 tube will fit a No36 but look incongruous . Can you post a scan of the inside lower part ? The No5 tubes have a ridge around the striker pocket & the No 36 tubes are flat .
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Picture attached of the inside of the base of the centre tube. Unfortunately whoever unscrewed it before me took the brute force and ignorance approach.

Cheers,
Mark
1918 Mills No.36 interior.jpg
 
Mark. My mistake , that is a No36 tube . What a pity it has been so badly damaged .
 
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