anyone know what this is?

[headcase]

Pour some water into the pouches to damp anything

 

[thefarminglad]

Would black powder be that unstable?

 

[nashmach]

War of Independence era would be my bet.

Bagenal is right to caution us, I know of grenades that were found from that period, they were very much live when blown up in the quarry!

 

[Supertwo]

Loose black powder would of went out of fashion in the 1870s or there abouts.

 

[bagenal]

War of Independence era would be my bet.

Bagenal is right to caution us, I know of grenades that were found from that period, they were very much live when blown up in the quarry!

Long before that era I would think, muzzle loading fell out of fashion in the mid to late 1800's as soldiers weapons were replaced with cartridge loaders.

All weapons should be treated as if they were loaded at all times and should be handled as such and should not be aimed at anything or anybody unless the intention is to fire on that target.
A weapon has only one purpose, to fire a projectile with the aim of maiming or killing or the weapon it's self may maim or kill such as grenades, unlike a vice-grip which can be used for a number of jobs.

 

[thefarminglad]

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Where did you find it, dangerous but still interesting to know the history

 

[bagenal]

Found it in an outhouse i was cleaning out for another person, now i'm led to believe its a medical apparatus but google isnt much help there at the moment!!

Would you not get it checked out to make sure it's not a danger?

 

[ponderosa]

An IRA man checked it out for me last night he said its a hernia support belt...........!:scratchhead:

you mean ex Ira

 

[bagenal]

An IRA man checked it out for me last night he said its a hernia support belt...........!:scratchhead:

you mean ex Ira

:eek3::eek3::eek3::cry::cry::cry:

 

[thefarminglad]

Dont know which post to like up there, hernia belt sounds so wrong but someone here will get to the bottom of it.

 

[AYF]

An IRA man checked it out for me last night he said its a hernia support belt...........!:scratchhead:

Might be onto something