[1933 FORD NUT]

LOL - LOL

Or blind or ??????

DEFINATELY something wrong though as the sloppiness is off the scale .

Wondering if Inspector E2 had a drinking problem ???...

 

[Pete E.]

SN-4213 (S-Code) just starting to see some loss of feathers and a little die-bounce :
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[1933 FORD NUT]

Pete ,

Barrel proof is a classic example of hit it tilted left and then hit it tilted right . With a gap so the eagle has 2 heads .

Reciever proofs are all at least doubled faintly .

Sure don't see many that are all clean and intact .

SN-4213 (S-Code) just starting to see some loss of feathers and a little die-bounce :
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[CJS57]

Just curious how Die Bounce happened? I have personally used number stamps with a hammer on steel in an industrial setting and this did not happen for me.

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

Pete's way of saying sloppy work I would guess ?

I have stamped numbers myself and had no issues either .

Pretty amazing how bad many of these are !!!!

Just curious how Die Bounce happened? I have personally used number stamps with a hammer on steel in an industrial setting and this did not happen for me.

 

[Pete E.]

Member Geo. posted up some photos of a numbered and proofed HK hold-open latch and a firing pin spring retainer in another thread, recently.

Figured the E2 photos of those small parts should be moved here :
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[Pete E.]

Chris,

Sorry for the delay in replying.

Here is an example of what I think might be "hammer bounce".

Normally when striking a die with a hammer, you have a power down-stroke and a slight "lift-off" stroke to get the hammer face off the die after the stamping-stroke.

( I guess this would not be the case if using a "dead blow" hammer...???... )

I was surmising a hammer can come down again and rest on top of the die and make a 2nd. impression...a bit lighter in force and maybe not at the exact place as the original stramping...if the original hammer stroke rebounds back to hit the die a 2nd. time

Take a look at the "2" on the E/2 of SN-4685. The die moved a bit before the 2nd. impact and rotated some so only the "2" was the repeat impression.

How else could we explain the 2nd. imprint ? Are there any other ideas as to what would cause that ?
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[CJS57]

Or maybe they took a light "practice" stroke first to get the aim and the force right? Like warm up stokes in the game of pool before actually striking the cue ball. Or a first light hit on a nail head before a full force hit. One thing is for sure, there are a lot of die bounces out there.

 

[Pete E.]

Chris,

Good points, too.

I sometimes think the E2 inspector may have been this fellow...
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[jps-s]

Pete, you are exactly right. I have seen this numerous times during the last 50+ years...Best regards, JIM

 

[scat97]

Bounce strike.

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

​Added these 2 to post 25 as they match .

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

​Just added this to post 25 as it has relatives there .

Thanks Pete

 

[Pete E.]

Thanks Dave...missing feather AND broken wing bone...common on your examples with the exception of the photo you named as "cowboy E2". No broken bone, there.

 

[Pete E.]

Hi Dave,

Here is a barrel proof for your files...

SN-8286 (1937-Date) for sale with CheckPointCharlies :
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[1933 FORD NUT]

Here's a couple notable ones . The right rail one is what Gibson calls " mid " but I prefer " penguin " for obvious reasons and it is doubled . . Early E2's are doubled and almost missed completely .

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

late E2's doubled

​Here's some late type E2's that are doubled

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

​8318 on gunbroker . Really poor job on middle receiver proof . Adding it to post 1 as there is a holster with the same issue .

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

Some bad die type 1 E2's all from 1936 5543 .

 

[1933 FORD NUT]

Right receiver proofs 1938 10012 . Pic was deleted when Pete left . Will add more 1938's later .
Adding 10019





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