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I cant remember if they were govt issue or economy line.
Why are they so short? Where they part of the Ferret series of tools?
Either way they are built to take it. I have the 3/8" drive and the body is a half inch thick.
 
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I’m dragging up this old thread, as I went to an estate sale and picked up a handful of Snap-on “V” code (produced for the government) tools. Noticed a couple of interesting differences over the standard Snap-on line of tools:
--no date of manufacture is stamped on the tools
--the design of the tools is actually different from the standard line; for example, the 6 inch extension has a different overall shape, doesn’t have the two grooves at the top of the extension, and it appears to have a satin finish, compared to the standard high-chrome finish.
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RM209 said:
I’m dragging up this old thread, as I went to an estate sale and picked up a handful of Snap-on “V” code (produced for the government) tools. Noticed a couple of interesting differences over the standard Snap-on line of tools:
--no date of manufacture is stamped on the tools
--the design of the tools is actually different from the standard line; for example, the 6 inch extension has a different overall shape, doesn’t have the two grooves at the top of the extension, and it appears to have a satin finish, compared to the standard high-chrome finish.
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Snap on at sometime did infact produce satin finished extensions in my old snap on 1/4 drive set the three extensions included are satin finished and date coded late 50s early 60s. They did make some only military designs though.


Sent From Snap On Headquarters deep in China.
 
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There are some exceptions to the "V" code. Like the VS series of open ends. and the XV series of double box.
 
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Only gov't issue stuff I have seen has had a "G" code. Old 1940's wartime production stuff.

If you need to put a cheater pipe on a 3/8 breaker bar, just grab a long handled ratchet, or a 1/2" breaker bar.
 
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Murphy4570 said:
Only gov't issue stuff I have seen has had a "G" code. Old 1940's wartime production stuff.

If you need to put a cheater pipe on a 3/8 breaker bar, just grab a long handled ratchet, or a 1/2" breaker bar.
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not trying to be a jerk, but sometimes a 3/8 breaker is the right and or only tool for the job. i can think of at least two scenarios.

1. a confined space and the faster is to close to something so that a ratchet because of head thickness will not allow the socket to fit squarely on the fastener. a 3/8 ratchet or 1/2 breaker is just too wide.

2. when doing an operation that calls for the quick working or movement back in forth yet still needing a feel for what is happening. as in turning a tap with a tap socket of trying to work a lubricant or penetrant in to a stubborn fastener. both tasks that require "feel" and the ability to gently work the tool forwards and backward to prevent breakage

neither scenario is common but i have done both in the past and i am sure they will happen in the future.
 
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Some what off topic.
One thing I've always liked about Snap On breakers is that the drive plug is extra meaty where it connects to the fork. ..
Top is war era Snap On then 70's or 80's SK and on bottom is a Bonney from who knows when.
 

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most of our 3/8 breaker bars are short. I want one about 18 inches long, but they wont make it.
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The world has changed and most techs now use 3/8"dr for everything they don't use 1/4"dr.

In a discussion with the world's oldest tool truck guy, he said the major difference he'd seen was when 3/8"dr impacts became popular and strong, he started having to warranty many times more 3/8"dr chrome sockets.

He said, back in the day, a tech was embarrassed to have broken a socket. It was proof he didn't know what he was doing or was using the wrong tool. There would be long explanations of how it was a terminally rusted fastener. Today, he said the young guys just hand him a can full of chrome sockets obviously used on an impact gun and expect new ones.

If Snap-on made an 18" 3/8"dr breaker bar, it would probably result in yet another large increase in socket warranty. But then, there'd probably be a call for an 18" 1/4"dr breaker bar.

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Packard V8 said:
The world has changed and most techs now use 3/8"dr for everything they don't use 1/4"dr.

In a discussion with the world's oldest tool truck guy, he said the major difference he'd seen was when 3/8"dr impacts became popular and strong, he started having to warranty many times more 3/8"dr chrome sockets.

He said, back in the day, a tech was embarrassed to have broken a socket. It was proof he didn't know what he was doing or was using the wrong tool. There would be long explanations of how it was a terminally rusted fastener. Today, he said the young guys just hand him a can full of chrome sockets obviously used on an impact gun and expect new ones.

If Snap-on made an 18" 3/8"dr breaker bar, it would probably result in yet another large increase in socket warranty. But then, there'd probably be a call for an 18" 1/4"dr breaker bar.

jack vines
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Snap-on makes a 17 1/2" long 3/8 drive ratchet (FLL80), so what's the difference? For several years now, Snap-on has offered 3/8" drive ratchets that are considerably longer than any standard 1/2" drive, and 1/2" drive that are longer than a standard 3/4" drive. It's just progress.
 
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