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This was included in the "grab bag o' parts" I won on an auction.The useless little thumb-screw and tiny lock-washer were probably the first parts lost from any gun. I have several threaded pins, but have never had the actual screw/washer, so always just made them. I can't afford those metal-edge buttstocks, DT-34 drums and milled top-covers that you other guys have, but I'm real proud of this!....Phil

Nice find. You never know what you will find in a grab bag.

Just for fun, trolling G/B for Thompson smg parts, the grab-bag. Saw something interesting... Phil

Makes you wonder how many of these small parts get purchased by the uninitiated and sit in a drawer for generations or get thrown away.

Are those three Webley/Bryse speed loaders to the left of the picture?

Probably not, eyesight, pah!

Pit.

the top cover pins with the screws are an israeli post war addition. germans didn't make those.

Ok, so how do you explain THIS? Ooops, it's IDF. All matching live gun from our stickies. If you enlarge the original photo of the pin, it seems to have (what I thought was) an"eagle" stamp, next to the divot that was created by the retaining pin. Maybe a metal flaw. Does anyone have a threaded pin with German markings? I have a couple of threaed pins that were shot 'a lot'. Look very worn. Could these have been original on 'dot' guns sent to Israel, or are they IDF armoury replacements from the 50's/60's?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =303559525 G/B ad for a similar threaded pin. Appears to have a stamp of some kind...Looked through Folke's book, no threaded pins clear enough to see. Must have been post-war.

I just bought the one at GunBroker as I have never seen one of these before. What is the purpose of threading the pin? I am quite certain its not a German variation. I will look into it when I get the part and see what I think of it.

i think possibly it is to stop the feed tray from slipping off? i have only seen these on late war dot coded mg34 with Isreal acceptance stamps

Couple more poor photos of the little pin. It certainly looks like "eagle over something". It's easier to see if you hold it in the sun just so...And a parts group from Ebay w/threaded pin. I bid $200 but was wiped out....hope one of you all got it! I've noticed that the 'dot' guns seem to have fewer marked parts. Maybe later in the war it didn't make any difference...Phil

This one came on a Phili/Ord receiver/IDF shroud. Looks to still have the little lockwasher...Phil