Looks like GPI MK1B, there would have been a name plate on the right hand end.

I make it 38 pounds pull

Yep, it’s a rangefinder. Hold at arm’s length (unless you are a gibbon:eek:). Choice of four scales depending on target size which is a combination of wingspan and visual aspect.

I had it mind to make a nice plastic one with a moving pointer so you could take the measurement first, then decide what it was and do the range calculation afterwards with a built-in slide-rule thingy. Bit like the US one 🙂

check out the BFH rash on the blade end gear! 😀

patience grasshopper 😉

Totally agree about a lot of this stuff simply being ripped off the internet and resold without any added value. A lot of ‘books’ that are being advertised by online booksellers fall into this category and are described as such. If this bothers you then do not buy them.

However this is simply paid research which is a service that has existed for years. Furthermore, we should steer well clear of terms like ‘scam’ for legal reasons. 😮

Excellent and thought-provoking video, thanks for posting.

Chucking the radium instruments into drums in a way that could have shattered the glass and released more contamination didn’t look too clever.

The comment about the forklift needs to considered in the context of the amount of protective gear everyone was wearing to avoid ingestion of radioactive material 😮

Holts who are firearms specialists consider it to be deactivated (possibly on account of condition) as they have listed it under the deactivated section in their catalogue.