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[hicky1300]

The great sort continues & still finding odds & sods!!

I think this is something to do with a charge primer?
It is the same base shape & size as a couple I have but never seen like this before.
s it a tool or test item?
Headstamp is:
L1A4. RG 69 CR

Obviously Radway Green 1969but as to the rest?

Thanks in advanceoh:

 

[Weasel]

Hi Hicky,
It looks very much like a cut off or short version of the standard L1A4 primer for the 120mm tank round, but why it has been cut down and had a hole drilled in the side of it i don't know.
Please see the link for a picture of the complete item and a bit more info. Best regards Weasel.


http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/vent-tube-t44623.html?t=44623&highlight=l1a4

 

[bombmonki]

Does ot have a mirror in it? I have seen similar items with a mirror so you can shine a light down a barrel for inspection.

 

[hicky1300]

Cheers for the info Guys
This has been properly machined & worked - not just an old L1A4 taken & butchered to make into some sort of ornament.
Thinking along the lines of what bobmonki has said possibly an adaptor for a bororscope?

 

[glevum]

It may have been made into a tool for testing the firing circuit.

There was a thread about this recently.

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/primer-tube-tool-t49223.html?t=49223&highlight=vent+tube

 

[Weasel]

Hi Glevum,
Well spotted i had missed this thread,
Best Weasel.