Original British Vickers Gun Head space Washer Set - No. 1 Brown Bess Muskets Fully Operational

Fully Operational

Strakaty was a total Anglophile and every time he visited London would buy only British antique weapons

Original Item: Acquired from our "Nepal cache"

Heavy steel chest (21"x10"x41/2") containing two in letted Wood Trays designed to accommodate NINE different Ordnance Tools

was made from 1861 until 1862 with a total production of only 20

Original British Vickers Gun Head space Washer Set - No. 1 Brown Bess Muskets Fully OperationalOriginal Item: Headspace in the Vickers medium machine gun is adjusted by adding or removing thin washers from the connecting rod. See Ian Skennerton, S. A. I. S. No. 8, . 303 Vickers Medium Machine Gun, Plate G, items 15 ? 18. IMA has a few of the No. 1 (0. 003 inch) and No. 2 (0. 005 inch). British nomenclature is WASHER, ADJUSTING, NO. 1, . 003 IN and WASHER, ADJUSTING, NO. 2, . 005 IN. These are very rare, and IMA has only a very few. They are