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TSMG Firing Protrusion Gauge


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Just got home, following a short break away working, and found a few nice items to add to the collection, which had arrived in the mail during my absence, including the gauge pictured below.

 

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Has anyone come across these before, first time I have seen one?

 

Stay safe

 

Richard

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I got mine from Richard Garcia over at tommyguncollectibles not more than a few months ago. I can't remember what I paid.

 

Is there any known history or manufacturers of these?

 

Richard - interesting font and abbreviation for machine gun.

 

Here's mine:

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Andrew

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at one time back in the 1970 s a lot of these surfaced, most with the canadan c- broad arrow. in those days they were priced around 1.00 ea, i have not seen one around in a long time, nice find, what did you pay for it?

 

Nothing seems to go down in price over time, due to inflation etc., I paid $20 for mine, so I was happy with that. Indeed from the various posts above, there appears to be a few variations of the markings on these gauges, the one I purchased have the manufacturers details and date on one side. I popped mine into my Gordon Herigstad spare parts container for safe keeping.

 

http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20763&hl=

 

Stay safe

Richard

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I got mine from Richard Garcia over at tommyguncollectibles not more than a few months ago. I can't remember what I paid.

 

Is there any known history or manufacturers of these?

 

Richard - interesting font and abbreviation for machine gun.

 

Here's mine:

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Andrew,

Last month, Richard Garcia sold me a nice original "US Navy Model of 1928 Insert Sheet" to compliment the original "1929 AO Commercial Price List and Catalog" bought earlier this year.

 

Stay safe

Richard

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I always wondered about these since the firing pin is floating how accurate can the gage be?

Maybe a solution for a non-existant problem...

 

Bob

Does anyone know when these were made? Maybe for the M1A1? I mean the floating firing pin can still be checked. But just curious.

 

Andrew

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Mine's the same, except the broadhead is on the other side of the writing. While we were at a gun show about 20 years ago, my Garand-obsessed friend bought a box of misc M1 parts. He found the TSMG gauge at the bottom of the box. He sold it to me for a cold beer.

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