Angrybear on here suggested it may be for dispatching trapped vermin....
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Angrybear on here suggested it may be for dispatching trapped vermin....
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On the other hand, I have something like that for getting up dandelion roots.Originally Posted by Binners
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Is it a bog standard B2 barrel?...or a novelty poker...
It's not someones very lame attempt at one of those things the police/army stick on the end of a shotgun barrel for digging in and blasting the hinges off of a door to gain entry?...
...or a mock up model of the space ship from that James Bond movie? (can't remember which one it is though...and it's not a serious suggestion so who cares?)
Nah...I'm going with novelty fire iron.
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Whatever it is, it's a serious bit of swaging / forming / upsetting that has been tooled up for, 100% not a home done job or accident I would personally say , just strange that no-one on here has any knowledge of what it is, maybe try some other forums as well?
Thr initial diameter of the end bit looks larger than the barrel diameter, so the blank would not have been just a straight tube from the photos.
It would be anti-slip and also allow air to escape sideways, so the humane dispatch idea makes sense too.
I have had old Accles "cash" dispatch guns where the end is serrated for grip, nothing like this, but the same function in effect I would imagine.
Any chance of some bigger / clearer pics Pete please?.......especially of what look like splits in the splayed parts.
ATB, ED
Last edited by edbear2; 13-10-2021 at 07:29 PM.
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I tend to agree with you there Ed
The close quarters dispatch theory seems good to me but I'm beginning to think it's a repurposed firearms barrel. An idea of the actual bore size and twist might prove interesting. I can remember seeing something similar but can't for the life of me, remember where.
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