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M329A1 4.2" mortar
- Thread starter Slick
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ordman
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Theres a guy on GB selling two fired bases
Might give you starting points
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=247632235
Might give you starting points
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=247632235
Rick,
As Ordman has mentioned, you are missing the threaded boss on the base that holds tha base plate, rotating band, and the charge tube on your projectile. The base plate is usually aluminum, but the rotating band-plate is a copper alloy and the hardest part to find.
FYI, the fuze you show is 20-30 years newer than the projectile and is made for the base ejection artillery projectiles, like the 155mm submunition rounds. You will need a regular PD fuze to make things right with this one.
As Ordman has mentioned, you are missing the threaded boss on the base that holds tha base plate, rotating band, and the charge tube on your projectile. The base plate is usually aluminum, but the rotating band-plate is a copper alloy and the hardest part to find.
FYI, the fuze you show is 20-30 years newer than the projectile and is made for the base ejection artillery projectiles, like the 155mm submunition rounds. You will need a regular PD fuze to make things right with this one.
Rick, looks like the base on GB is from an ejection round, but is should have what you need for the boss and the base plate, though the pusher plate is engraved. At the buy it now price, you can't go wrong. Like I pm'd you, I have a few un-fired brass pusher plates and I'll send you one. Also, is the fuze a M577 or M582? Let me know. Cheers, Bruce.