and one last indispesible bit .....
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Topic: and one last indispesible bit .....
Posted By: A square 10
Subject: and one last indispesible bit .....
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 10:32pm
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Posted By: John Sukey
Date Posted: July 07 2012 at 10:50am
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Ah yess, the armourers funnel. Once bought a crate of them from Canada, but at the time, NOBODY was interested! Kept one for myself, and gave a couple to friends. A dealer I knew took the rest. I suppose today if I listed them, my email would be overflowing in nothing flat!
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Posted By: 303Guy
Date Posted: August 22 2012 at 5:14pm
OK .... an armourers funnel. That's fantastic! So, what is it?
 I mean seriously, I have no idea (and I betcha a whole lot more of us don't know either - mind you, I shouldn't assume).------------- 303Guy |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: August 22 2012 at 5:18pm
| Stand the rifle up, put the funnel in the chamber and pour in the boiling water. It neutralises the salts left behind by the corrosive primers. |
Posted By: 303Guy
Date Posted: August 22 2012 at 5:57pm
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Thanks. I always wondered how the hot water was administered. That's interesting. ------------- 303Guy |
Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: August 23 2012 at 2:14am
| What does one of those funnels sell for if you can fine one? |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 10:36am
| i do not know , but i think i know where to get you one , we will talk soon |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: September 06 2012 at 11:30am
| Thats' a good item for a collector of LE accessories. I'd like on too. Now that I know what to look for, I'll be looking out for one at my local gunshows. |
Posted By: Enfield trader
Date Posted: October 17 2012 at 9:22am
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Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: October 17 2012 at 10:15pm
| Where did you find that fantastic picture? It's neat to see things more mundane such as the funnel in action. I enjoy it anyway. |
Posted By: bristol boy
Date Posted: October 26 2012 at 1:21pm
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a few months ago on eBay there were some for about $15, they went fast.
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: November 24 2012 at 6:53am
| Dang, and I missed it! |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: November 24 2012 at 2:03pm
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seems they cud be easily re-pro'd hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 24 2012 at 11:43pm
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Now we have to find the "jugs, with handles, tapered, hot water, bore & breech cleaning, for the use of" Kewl! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 12:22am
| something tells me some of those ended up as tea kettles in folks camping kit |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 1:26am
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Almost certainly! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: LE Owner
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 8:51pm
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If you can't find the original funnel there are similar plastic funnels made for toping up transmission fluids and other fluids in smaller sports coupes. I've had to find one for one of my sister's sports cars, an OPEL I think it was. These looks very much like the Armorers funnels and have a very narrow spout that should fit into a .303 chamber. An advantage is that the plastic should form a better seal to avoid leakage, and not mar the chamber wall.
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