rovercoupe Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Bought this today, i liked the look of it and was told its a cartridge box but it just does not look right for cartridges. Any ideas as to what it was for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 an ammunition box to be carried on a pack mule..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 an ammunition box to be carried on a pack mule..? My thinking too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Isn't that what the rolled brass cartridges for the Martini-Henry rifles were carried in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain its a medieval 'pigeon hole', made from left over chastity belts n' stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain its a medieval 'pigeon hole', made from left over chastity belts n' stuff That would explain the smell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Looks like a box for carrying detonators . Seen something like it at a coal mine . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Looks like a box for carrying detonators . Seen something like it at a coal mine . Harnser That is what was going through my mind if it was military I would that thought it would be all steel not wooden with mettle around the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Detonator box could be a good shout, the catch seems too well made for a ammo box and it is possible to put a small lock on it. It has a smell like a old steam engine, kind of grease and smokey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 hello, did they use detonators on the railways ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Yes alarm detonators on the track to warn trackworkers ,trains were approaching them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Still have them in all trains, worked for the railway for a while and we would liberate some from.l the stores and put them under the managers car tyres :-) Edited June 22, 2017 by Twistedsanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Yes alarm detonators on the track to warn trackworkers ,trains were approaching them hello, thanks i should have remembered that living as a nipper very near to the main GW line from london to bristol, even had a station until mr sodding beeching came alone, ah those days of steam and smoke, we knew the local signal box man bob tanner who with wife lived right by the line, so have we decide what the box was for ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 I think the wrong shape for dets,more like squibs used in coal mines for setting off charges, if for dets a large "side "would be hinged, not the narrow "Top" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Still have them in all trains, worked for the railway for a while and we would liberate some from.l the stores and put them under the managers car tyres :-) My dad worked on the railways in the 50s. He and a friend once crept onto the roof and dropped one down the chimney into the stove in the foremans office. I don't think they were expecting it to be quite as powerful as it was because they never owned up to it after a very dazed and angry foreman staggered outside a moment later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O War Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 It is an ammo box. http://www.ima-usa.com/italian-wwii-breda-m37-feed-strips-in-carry-case.html for one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 That is what was going through my mind if it was military I would that thought it would be all steel not wooden with mettle around the edges. Ammo boxes were wooden for years with metal strengthening the corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Detonator boxes tend to be wood or fibreboard because if it were all steel then it would create a fragmentation hazard. It also increases the risk of sympathetic detonation if you store in a sealed steel box. This is not always the case though as a detonator(s) can be transported or stored in a steel box if they are suitably packaged and the quantity low enough. Most explosive boxes tend to be made of wood or frangible material also for the above reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Medieval mobile threesome Glory Hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 a box for three motar rounds ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O War Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Look at the link I posted, it an ammo box for a Breda M37 another link http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/militaria/wwii-italain-breda-m37-machine-gun-ammunition-box-with-clips/prod_4354.html or it could be a box that Ditchy uses to store his rubber gear in, I hope you got it cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general grievous Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Sarnies, cake and crisps. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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