917601 Posted September 26, 2020 #1 Posted September 26, 2020 I picked up this WW1 50 pounder, lacking a fin. Planning to fab another one from 16 gauge steel and repaint in original brown. It has no less than 5 coats of paint, sandblasting is in order.
917601 Posted September 26, 2020 Author #2 Posted September 26, 2020 For future reference: 6 in diameter, 36 in overall . Square nuts and spot welds , rudimentary construction.
beerdragon54 Posted September 26, 2020 #4 Posted September 26, 2020 I love it!! Thanks for sharing. I want one.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
917601 Posted September 26, 2020 Author #5 Posted September 26, 2020 It will compliment my Vietnam era 500 pounder, no room here and I have to move the stuff around to various Organizations for display....some day I will get my “ museum” in one place.
917601 Posted September 26, 2020 Author #6 Posted September 26, 2020 They used to be very hard to find, but lately I know of three or four that were on the market. Most came from life long collections being liquidated. I saw one here a few weeks ago that a member acquired.
sundance Posted September 26, 2020 #7 Posted September 26, 2020 Love that ordinance. The WW1 bomb is particularly neat. ....and I'm always amazed when I see that 16 inch projectile.
917601 Posted September 26, 2020 Author #8 Posted September 26, 2020 14 minutes ago, sundance said: Love that ordinance. The WW1 bomb is particularly neat. ....and I'm always amazed when I see that 16 inch projectile. The 16”/50 is really impressive, currently in my garage, but it gives me a back ache every time I just think about moving it...it weighs in at 2,000 lbs and it sits with a high CG Making winching onto the trailer always a nervous Nellie exercise....
917601 Posted October 10, 2020 Author #9 Posted October 10, 2020 Coming along, fin welded, acid etched, primed, ready for a coat of khaki brown.
Dirt Detective Posted October 11, 2020 #10 Posted October 11, 2020 Looking very nice...I have always loved the looks of these early bombs.
917601 Posted October 14, 2020 Author #11 Posted October 14, 2020 Done. Should last another 100 years.
iron bender Posted October 14, 2020 #12 Posted October 14, 2020 Incredible work! It looks really good!
manayunkman Posted October 14, 2020 #13 Posted October 14, 2020 Very well done. How tall is that thing?
sundance Posted October 14, 2020 #15 Posted October 14, 2020 I've got $10. burning a hole in my pocket that could be yours. A joke of course. Really a great item. Congrats.
Scottz63 Posted October 17, 2020 #17 Posted October 17, 2020 Very nice. I love the WW1 bombs as well.
Maxrobot Posted September 20, 2023 #18 Posted September 20, 2023 I bought the Mk II 20lb aerial bomb at a flea market around 1970-71. Empty and I could never figure out how it was fuzed. The thin steel tail assembly is held on by a small nut and bolt on each fin. the lettering on the black band reads - M-R CORP Mark II Lot _____ No. _____ ____ I have found no other markings.
917601 Posted September 25, 2023 Author #19 Posted September 25, 2023 Thanks for posting the pictures.
martyb Posted September 26, 2023 #20 Posted September 26, 2023 917601, Concerning your 50 lb MkIII, what would that have been charged with? They didn't have a lot of specialty explosives back then did they? And I thought my Oerlikon round was taking up a lot of space!
917601 Posted September 26, 2023 Author #21 Posted September 26, 2023 I have this one , 2,000 lbs,16”/50, I moved it into a local museum as I ran out of room….thinking of moving it back into my house….the living room, as the wife ( ex) has departed. A man has to do what he has to….I also have a nice 9 foot 1971 500 lb practice bomb, that needs to come home.
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