Recent content by Laminatrap

Not sure if the firearms subject is allowed here? Mind you it is just a research project as I look into wartime production and how it revolutionized the manufacturing industry. Simply, the scope is heavy, outdated, obsolete. Back to the markings, If a price line, it does not seem to answer the...

all the markings are raised To me this looks like casting markings. This was a scope bar for a for a military rifle made somewhere between 1950 and 1957, possibly later. The military demilled stuff all the time and these were no exception. The cut the tips off and wacked the with hammers...

Yes I did. There was a hit for one of the markings, but those tools were all forged (I believe) and what I have appears to be cast, but not brittle. It can be be bent without too much force.

Trying to find out the markings in this part. I suspect a tool manufacturer or a supplier of engine parts. I figured in the past few years I found answers on these forums, so hoping the knowledgeable will know. There is a K in a diamond and a W in a hexagon. It is from the 50s and I searched...