DEADLINE222
Well-Known Member
I picked this specimen up at an antique mall based on it's interesting features, for the humble price of $18.00 USD.
And yes, of course. Despite my eight years of collecting and researching, I was convinced that I was about to "steal" a genuine M67 body as I patiently waited for a key to unlock the display case.
As I made my way home, I expected to be dazzled with unencouraging search results when I found wi-fi, but I was amazed to find no mention of any aluminum bodies; especially of the mass produced reproduction variety.
The body is threaded for 5/8 inch fuzes and is very well made. The inside is hollow, with what to look to be fine machine marks.
What attracted me to it the most was the fuze, which is a fairly early, XM228 made by Ordnance Products Incorporated, out of Maryland in 1971.
The fuze body is rather foreign to be because the material of it's make looks to like some sort of golden, zinc chromate or the likes. It is not a dull, silver material as found on my other fuze bodies.
Another odd feature I have never seen is a metal cover for the rubber gasket seal for the fuze / body mating. I can't seem to find an image of this feature on anything but M213
fuzes. There is a black, rubber gasket present.
Thoughts?
And yes, of course. Despite my eight years of collecting and researching, I was convinced that I was about to "steal" a genuine M67 body as I patiently waited for a key to unlock the display case.
As I made my way home, I expected to be dazzled with unencouraging search results when I found wi-fi, but I was amazed to find no mention of any aluminum bodies; especially of the mass produced reproduction variety.
The body is threaded for 5/8 inch fuzes and is very well made. The inside is hollow, with what to look to be fine machine marks.
What attracted me to it the most was the fuze, which is a fairly early, XM228 made by Ordnance Products Incorporated, out of Maryland in 1971.
The fuze body is rather foreign to be because the material of it's make looks to like some sort of golden, zinc chromate or the likes. It is not a dull, silver material as found on my other fuze bodies.
Another odd feature I have never seen is a metal cover for the rubber gasket seal for the fuze / body mating. I can't seem to find an image of this feature on anything but M213
fuzes. There is a black, rubber gasket present.
Thoughts?
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