Cover, spare barrel M8?
Was visiting my Dad this past weekend and he passed along to me a split bamboo flyrod that had been my grand dad's. It's stored in a heavy OD green canvas case marked "Cover, Spare Barrel M8". Cover is about 37 inches long, leather bottom on one end and a folding flap with a snap on the other end. It's in pretty good condition. What was this a spare barrel to? My grand dad was a SeaBee during WWII, would this be something he would have been likely to have brought home?
Thanks in advance!
Forge,
Similar, mine is marked M8 whereas the one you show is marked M9, and mine is longer and more slender. Was the M8 (or 9) a designation for a particular rifle or was it a designation for the barrel only?
Thanks, FM.
Charlie and Guntech,
Thanks for the info! Don't have any spare aviation .50 cal barrels to store in it but it does make a great case for Grandpa's ol' split bamboo fly rod. I reckon it can keep doing that duty 'till I'm ready to pass it on.
Thanks in advance!
Forge,
Similar, mine is marked M8 whereas the one you show is marked M9, and mine is longer and more slender. Was the M8 (or 9) a designation for a particular rifle or was it a designation for the barrel only?
Thanks, FM.
Charlie and Guntech,
Thanks for the info! Don't have any spare aviation .50 cal barrels to store in it but it does make a great case for Grandpa's ol' split bamboo fly rod. I reckon it can keep doing that duty 'till I'm ready to pass it on.
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Some folks say its for a 50 Cal aviation barrel shorter and thinner than the M2 heavy barrel. 0 -
Per these guys, it is a cover for an aircraft .50 cal barrel.
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2077&hl=
I have no knowledge of the WWII era stuff really, but I can verify that the barrels used on the M296, M3 and M3P are much shorter than the M2 barrels.0
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