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NOS USGI shotgun magazine tube identification.


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Marked:

B009-73-1057? (last digit unreadable)
MAGAZINE
73J0579
METHOD I

PACKED FEB 1955

 

Any thoughts on which shotgun this is for?

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It's in the 1950s editions of the Ord 8 or Ord 9 for commercial shotguns. Not handy while at work but if you need the exact title and date I'll post it tonight. I'd forgotten until I looked last night that the wartime editions of the shotgun parts SNLs do not use the normal parts numbering system of the period. They instead used a company prefix (like Rem for Remington) and a number for the part.

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While we're on the subject, here is the corresponding Ord 8 SNL B-9 from 1943. Note the simplified manufacturer part numbers are the only ones listed for identification and ordering purposes. The whole series of commercial shotguns pressed into service early in WWII, especially the various non-standard types of the Blanket Procurement Program, didn't fit well in the system of Ordnance Stock and Part numbers. It seems it took some time to work it all out.

 

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