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What items were stored in the buttstock? |
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Ed42 
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 Topic: What items were stored in the buttstock?Posted: January 22 2019 at 3:06pm |
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he!!o folks. I was just sitting here and wondered what was by regulation carried in the buttstock of a typical Enfiend AND what an average soldier actually carried in his rifle buttstock? WWI and WWII! Thanks!
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hoadie
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 5:42am |
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Oiler & pull through
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 6:40am |
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Did they rattle in the butt stock or fit fairly snug?
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 7:31am |
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When I had my No4, I wrapped the pull through around the oiler and left a loose end to act as a pull tab for removal, never rattled. Still have that original oiler and pull through.
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Shamu
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 8:21am |
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How did that work?
The oiler is a tight fit & the pull through is too! The usual method is oiler in first resting on the leather washer at the bottom, then pull through behind with the weight in its own little tube off to the too. Wrapped properly its a perfect fit. |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 10:24am |
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oh, probably because the pull through I have is of thinner cord, not oem original, though the oiler is, and the hole in the butt was a little enlarged, ware-n-tear I guess. So when inserted As i did it was a nice snug fit.
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Posted: January 23 2019 at 4:35pm |
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they oilers were somewhat loose , the pull thru tied as shown in the video puts a little presure on it to prevent rattle - there was a felt/leather washer fitted to the end of the stick bolt , but many of these are long gone , you could make one though
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Posted: January 24 2019 at 6:13am |
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The leather washers are also being sold as reproductions on e-bay complete with Broad Arrow brand.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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