No390 Fuze

[spotter]

I recieved a scabby No390 a couple of weeks ago and got round to cutting it yesterday afternoon,quite pleased with how its come out

 

[Darren]

Great job Allan! the fuze looks like it has cleaned up really well and you have made a fantastic job of cutting it.

 

[Chris]

Allan are you sure it's the same fuze?
Good job.

Regards,

Chris

 

[hangarman]

Nice job Allan.
Must dig out that other thing for you to chop.
Cheers
Gary

 

[spotter]

cheers everyone,,didnt take long to do either,just over an hour with a few breaks,
Thanks Gary see what i can do with it :tinysmile_grin_t:

 

[SG500]

Good effort Alan.
Now lock up the hacksaw just incase.......:tinysmile_eyebrow_t

Dave.

 

[BOUGAINVILLE]

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

 

[V40]

Alan, Can I say GREAT job! By the way, all of my worn out grenades(INERT) can I send them to you for a cut away?

 

[beihan62]

Hi Allan,You have made a silk purse from a pigs ear,well done,
Cheers,
Don,

 

[spotter]

The 390 in the posts above was 1 of 2 i received the other was a proper mess heavily scraped and discoloured and i thought beyond use,using a new cap which i got via bocn classifieds ive managed to salvage it as a cutaway

 

[Darren]

Another great job Allan!

 

[spotter]

thanks Darren,,ive done some more cutaways of some relic grenades i got ,which ill post later if can manage to take a decent photo

 

[Darren]

thanks Darren,,ive done some more cutaways of some relic grenades i got ,which ill post later if can manage to take a decent photo

Look forward to seeing those also, love all of the cutaway stuff.

 

[staples57]

Wow! Great restoration!

 

[SG500]

Nice job Alan, now all you have to do is find 3 more fuzes for the other caps:tinysmile_eyebrow_t

Dave.

 

[jvollenberg]

I was wondering ... were there any other versions past the MK 3 on the NO 390 fuzes? I haven't seen any and was looking at pictures of some of the different variant, and they all stopped at the 3.

Joe

 

[MINENAZ16]

According to IWM, The No 390 ran to seven 'Marks' (https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30021092)

 

[roadrunner404]

Fuze No.390 Mk.5

Hello All,
I realise that this post isn't about a cutaway but I thought that I'd show a few pics of a No.390 Mk.5 fuze that I've had for a while & fitted to a 4.5" Mk.8 starshell I have in my heavies collection.
It's been fired & the aluminium nose cap is a little corroded but there is still enough of the turquois colouring & the description with red paint applied to the lettering to be able to make out what it is.
The top two rings have BN stamped in them & diametrically opposite that is the figure 18. The lower ring with the graduations from 1 to 30 also has BN 65 ET on one side & 18 CY 1/66 on the other; the base plug also has 18 stamped into it.
The centre ring is free to rotate but the fuze doesn't come apart; am guessing it's corroded up inside.
Hope it's of some interest.
Regards,
Ian.