any ideas about this ?

fred p · 08-26-2017, 05:29 PM

got this at an estate sale for 4 bucks. not sure if I did good or not but I liked it so i bought it. not sure if it is luger related or US issue.

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showp...esized&cat=500
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showp...esized&cat=500 no idea how to post pics here. not sure if the links will be visible. I don't use any photo hosting sites and I apperently cant just upload from my computer. help?

DonVoigt · 08-26-2017, 06:58 PM

Sure you can up load from your computer.
You can add them to your post, click edit "", then go advanced, then go down to "manage images".
Follow instructions.

sheepherder · 08-26-2017, 07:43 PM

Ooooh...I need a bit brace...How much???

fred p · 08-26-2017, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Sure you can up load from your computer.
You can add them to your post, click edit "", then go advanced, then go down to "manage images".
Follow instructions.

thank you so much. that worked!

gunbugs · 08-26-2017, 11:03 PM

What you have is a relatively common lube oil can that was used by the US armed forces circa WW2 for the Browning machine guns. During the war, they transitioned to a more square bodied, slightly larger can.

fred p · 08-27-2017, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunbugs

What you have is a relatively common lube oil can that was used by the US armed forces circa WW2 for the Browning machine guns. During the war, they transitioned to a more square bodied, slightly larger can.

thank you. now I know what it was for.

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fred p User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N.C. usa Posts: 86 Thanks: 10 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	any ideas about this ? got this at an estate sale for 4 bucks. not sure if I did good or not but I liked it so i bought it. not sure if it is luger related or US issue. http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showp...esized&cat=500 http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showp...esized&cat=500 no idea how to post pics here. not sure if the links will be visible. I don't use any photo hosting sites and I apperently cant just upload from my computer. help? Attached Thumbnails __________________ if it's broke I'll either fix it or I'll fix it so no one else can fix it. Last edited by fred p; 08-26-2017 at 08:57 PM. Reason: add pics

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Sure you can up load from your computer. You can add them to your post, click edit "", then go advanced, then go down to "manage images". Follow instructions. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 657 Thanks: 361 Thanked 1,175 Times in 393 Posts	What you have is a relatively common lube oil can that was used by the US armed forces circa WW2 for the Browning machine guns. During the war, they transitioned to a more square bodied, slightly larger can.