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Old 16th June 2016, 04:17 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Pukka Bundook
Andi,

The piece you show in post 15 above is a fantastic piece of engineering!!
How they cut the breech threads I do not know, but whoever did this work really knew his onions!

I think nowadays they would say it was impossible back then, but these craftsmen were brilliant. No other word for it!!

Thank you for posting.

Richard.
We tend to forget that people were just as smart, clever, and creative in every era as we are today. When a problem arose they solved it.
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