Can Anyone Help Please? M24 Grenades

[Grenadier]

Is there a way of removing the top end, without ruining the handle? The screws are gone but it will not move. It seems that they were glued on, by what I see on the other handle. There remains a black glue like substance.

Hello,
No, it's not epoxy glue. That is bitumen substance, placed originally there exactly to connect wooden and metal part. But it can't be found at every stick; later during the war this "glue" was sometimes omited.

 

[ekim199944]

Fuze Well Pictures

Steve

Attached are pictures of the fuze well I am constructing for my grenade.

Mike

 

[paul the grenade]

a fantastic restoration of the fuze well. well done.:congrats:
paul.

 

[Grenademan2005]

Not bad, not bad. Good job.

 

[Kilroy was Here]

Steve

Attached are pictures of the fuze well I am constructing for my grenade.

Mike

Nice work Mike, you are very talented. I like that you used red primer also.
Very Nice!

 

[ekim199944]

After three years the grenade is finished. Pictures attached.

 

[jeeeensy]

After three years the grenade is finished. Pictures attached.View attachment 80909View attachment 80910View attachment 80911View attachment 80912

A very nice job and looks great,, well done,.

Three years,,,you may not want to make restoration a full time profession
But seriously, it looks great..


Kind Regards Nick ,,

 

[ekim199944]

Thanks for the complement. It was on and off project. I did fill the head with 4 oz. of paraffin wax to give it the right weight, as my research said that it had 4 oz. of explosives in it. I attached some photos of my most recent project. The only thing I need to do is add 8 oz. of weight and shellac the label.

Mike