Any idea what this belongs to???

[Tc343]

Just looking for a little help identifying this part / piece. The only mark on it is the flaming bomb.

 

[PX4me]

Looks like a safety lever to me but I'm a novice so I could be wrong.

 

[MikeDVB]

Looks like a safety lever to me but I'm a novice so I could be wrong.

Looks to me like a slide/bolt catch of some sort.

Beyond that, no idea - and that's just a guess.

 

[ghostdncr]

That's a bolt stop from a Model 98 Mauser, but I've no clue what the ordnance bomb is doing on there. Perhaps it's an Axis marking that only closely resembles the US mark?

 

[Hornett]

That's a bolt stop from a Model 98 Mauser, but I've no clue what the ordnance bomb is doing on there. Perhaps it's an Axis marking that only closely resembles the US mark?

Wow, I really really am amazed at this site sometimes.

 

[boozoo]

Close.... my money is on a U.S. Model 1917 bolt stop.

The flaming bomb mark makes much more sense in that regard, too.

 

[theundeadelvis]

I think the 1917 bolt stop looks a little different at the pivot. I'm going with Mauser too.

 

[boozoo]

Did a closer look at both.... I think y'all are right.


The flaming bomb is what's driving me crazy though.


Edit: Possible that flaming bomb is a Spanish ordnance mark, which would make that a Spanish mauser piece. I have similar marks on my old Astras, but they are large enough that they also have a 'P' inside the circle.

 

[theundeadelvis]

The Spanish Flaming Bomb cartouche using has an 'MP' over an '8', but maybe it was just too small to do it to this (as you eluded to)?

 

[boozoo]

I did find this which lends a little to it.... (lower right corner)

http://www.inherited-values.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/vintage-foreign-gun-proof-marks.jpg

Also explains why my Astras have that with a 'P' in the circle.