Unusual No 36 Filler Screw.

[gothica7]

Got this today, an unusual No 36 Filler with a square central hole. Will need an allen key to fit or remove it from a gren.

Anyone with an idea which country produced it? I reccon it could be from New Zealand but would like confirmation.
One for the collection anyway.
Thanks.

Andy

 

[Fragman]

Hi. It was made in New Zealand. You'll find a bit of information here http://militarianz.freeforums.org/nz-made-mills-bombs-t1621.html Regards

 

[gothica7]

Hi Fragman,

thanks for the info, great forum too.

The inside of the fiiler hole is marked WHE, William Henry Enstone which confirms its New Zealand origin.

Best wishes

Andy

 

[millsbomber]

What a fantastic write up on the NZ mills production well done Fragman.

http://militarianz.freeforums.org/nz...mbs-t1621.html

 

[Fragman]

What a fantastic write up on the NZ mills production well done Fragman.

http://militarianz.freeforums.org/nz...mbs-t1621.html

Thanks Dave and Andy, I appreciate your comments. Cheers

 

[gothica7]

Actually Fragman, this is quite a good design for a filler screw.
I wonder why it wasnt taken up universally with the production of the Mills grenade. It takes considerably less zinc alloy to make one and therefore contributing to a very big saving in metal and production costs. I suppose we will never know. I suspect it might have been all the retooling costs etc that would have been incurred,especially during wartime and therefore production might have suffered.

Andy

 

[Fragman]

Hi Andy. I suspect like most of lifes problems the answer lies in politics, patents and money. Cheers

 

[Millsman]

A very useful link to a good site. It also identifies a rather odd lever I've got as being for a NZ money box Mills. Thanks for that, it's been a mystery for the last couple of years.

John