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mauserand9mm	need some ID assistance	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1391 (07/27/10 06:55 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Was cleaning out some of the junk at mum's place and found a couple of items that I would like to identify. My father had died some time ago and some time later a male friend of my mum's moved in - he was a widower. Just a living arrangement since they were both getting on in years (aren't we all) and needed to keep each other company and look after each other. Anyway he recently passed away and his family came and took the stuff that was his, well the stuff they wanted anyway. There were some items left. He had been in the army (Australia) during World War 2 and had spent time in Africa. One of his son's was into boats (yachts) and a step grandson raced the formula 1 speed boats. Anyway that's just some background info, and may have bearing on the following items. The first item is an 8 day clock. The face has faded and I can't pull out the mechanism to see if there are any factory ID codes on it - from lack of knowhow and not wanting to damage it. I wound it up once but not completely because at the time I didn't realise it was an 8 day clock (took a lot of windin though). It works but consistently loses 5minutes per day. It ran for 5 days but will run longer if I wound it up all the way no doubt. The time setting is accessible through the rear. Anyone know brand and posible history? Some photos below: Next to 505 Gibbs and the obligatory 45/70: http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1838.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1826.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1823.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1822.jpg The next item is a case of some sort. I think it may be Australian since there is an arrow head symbol on the base, and is dated 1941. The opening is about 37mm (about 1 1/2 inch) and is about 9.76 inches overal length. I didn't have any luck with Google. The opening looks like a roll crimp that hasn't opened it. Any ideas? http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1839.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1842.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1843.jpg http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy237/mauserand9mmagain/misc/CIMG1841.jpg Last Edited By: mauserand9mm 07/27/10 06:57 AM. Edited 1 time.
kidmma		#1	[-]
Posts: 212 (07/27/10 01:00 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi. That clock is a ship's cronometer. Wound by the same person at a certain time each day or week. Independent of the ships generator which may run fast or slow. Used to take sightings with the sextant for navagation. A navagator could tell you more. Scott
HoosierDaddy		#2	[-]
Posts: 5854 (07/27/10 09:26 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The sextant could determine latitude (north and south) but not longitude. Now if you had a very accurate clock that would tell you how far time wise you were from the Prime Meridian at high noon you could determine east and west of the prime. After all time and distance are relative. Ash Iron Construction
high speed cruise		#3	[-]
Posts: 3526 (07/28/10 02:11 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's pretty neat though man. *Just letting you know, my friend couldn't get his visa so although I have mine, I'm scrubbing the trip to Australia. Also my friend has gone totally silent and I have no idea what has happened to him anyway. hsc
beanstrung		#4	[-]
Posts: 6124 (07/29/10 07:22 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	high speed cruise wrote: my friend has gone totally silent and I have no idea what has happened to him anyway. hsc Might have been a gub'mint operative planted to spy on you. Have you noticed any black Chevy Suburbans with dark-tinted windows sitting down the street in your neighborhood? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
hauptspritzer		#5	[-]
Posts: 731 (07/29/10 09:00 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	...Or white delivery vans marked: Flowers By Irene Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1948 Charlie...
mauserand9mm		#6	[-]
Posts: 1393 (07/30/10 06:12 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Flowers By Irene..., never heard that one before...now what about the questions in my thread huh? Come one, back on track. The time piece may not be C&R but what about the shell? It's gotta be a common artillery piece of WWII vintage I thought, albiet probably British background. Google has let me down - you guys must have some idea. (Edit. Response to HSC - no problem. I changed my own plans too - no buffalo hunting in August for me since the market is priced for overseas hunters ie too expensive over here for local hunting: $10,000 AUD, that's in the ball park for an African hunting trip!) Last Edited By: mauserand9mm 07/30/10 06:16 AM. Edited 1 times.
RLMbassist		#7	[-]
Posts: 591 (07/30/10 05:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Odd that the roll crimp on the case didn't "straighten out" upon firing of the round.
mauserand9mm		#8	[-]
Posts: 1394 (07/30/10 07:06 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, that's what I thought. Unless the case has been modified afterwards? But why?
hauptspritzer		#9	[-]
Posts: 732 (07/30/10 09:07 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The big empty shell casing is from a 37 mm deck gun. Common to early submarines and used as AA on surface ships. Also used as the main defense on U.S. Navy supply ships during WWII. Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1948 Charlie...