Poles for signal wire?

[rob love]

Re #4. Yes, it will be that Lahti. I have seen a few of them around, and they are nice rifles, however there was also a Solothurn around here for a while. I was there the day it blew up. Now that WAS a nice rifle. It has since moved to a new owner who I believe was going to try to rebuild it, however recent government prohibitions here in Canada have banned the use of guns like these. As such, the cartridges I obtained will likely end up with a cartridge collector.



Re the candlestick telephone, I'll keep my eyes out (where else) at my favorite surplus store. They are bound to be out there somewhere.

Rob

[Barry J. Cox]

Cleaning rods on the fender seem to fit the 40mm Bofors. Also commonly used on the 37mm U.S. anti-tank gun, tho probably not correct. Maybe the CC is for Chrysler Corp, who made the 40, but have never seen any official info on that.

Always thought the brushes with the fluid container and valve might be for stenciling.

And the Lahti is not so bad to shoot, especially if one mounts it on a tripod, or better yet, a stand behind mount. But the Solothurn is the one to use with that ammo; a true work of art, and way too pretty, and heavy, to take into combat.

[Kirk Armitage]

The center Brush in the pic is identical to the one I have, it was full of blue ink . It came with a paper stencil cutting machine I got from Crane Printers in Ottawa , when they closed .
K Armitage

[rob love]

You guys are correct on the brush...a quick google search on fountain brush shows they are still available today for stenciling.
Re the cleaning rods, there has to be a reason those were here in Manitoba. The only things that I can think of would have been the Stuart or Staghound...perhaps moreso the staghound as those were in Manitoba. As to Bofors, Canada used the hinged cleaning rods as opposed to the US pattern of rod, so that would not have been a reason for them to be here. As well, both the sets of rods came in a set of 3 which is pretty long for the antitank gun, but would make more sense on a tank or armoured car.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

When you look at CMP stenciled markings (CZ xxx etc.) many don't have sharp edges that you would expect from spray paint, and the hand done ones are usually detectable. Given that rattle cans hadn't been invented yet and spray paint with compressors would have been difficult I wonder if these fountain brushes were used.

[rob love]

Here is a shot of the two carrier adjusting cams. The thick one ends in B, the thin one would be later and the part number ends in C. Note the older (larger) one has an extra hole compared to the later one.

[rob love]

Here is a shot of some manifolds I picked up on the previous trip. I thought they were for the GMC M135, and spent a good half hour trying to get them out of the labyrinth of a shelf they were tucked in to. But they didn't look quite right. Turns out the are, as the tag indicates, for older IHC trucks. When I google the part number 220326R1, it turns out they are desirable to IHC collectors, but I have never had an IHC in my stable. The part number on the tag is LV7/IHC/ 220326R1 .
Oh well, they get to join the rest of the stuff on the shelves, waiting either for the day someone comes looking, or for the auction sale after my demise. It is starting to look like that warehouse where they stash the Holy Grail at the end of that Indiana Jones movie. This was a new and empty shed 3 years ago. Still a little room on some of the shelves yet, so will have to make a couple more trips to the scrapyard this summer.