What to do with this Westinghouse?

[Sfc Jack]

Somebody's lamp project.
They welded the bolt top and bottom closed, and threaded the barrel end to hold the lamp fixture.
It a Westinghouse everything is matching and their...
So reactivate or leave it be?

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[SrMachoSolo]

Can it be both functional and a lamp?

Or would someone shoot their eye out...


-Robert

 

[saxon]

with those sling loops might also have seen the SCW, reactivate or just give it to me and i will hold it and love it

 

[Sfc Jack]

The bolt and firing pin have been removed , till i get the bolt body cut loose I can only guess on the bore..

 

[RVTECH]

So reactivate or leave it be?

Remove all lamp parts, hang it on the wall and forget about it.

 

[CountryGent]

Can it be both functional and a lamp?

Came in handy for John Candy.

with those sling loops might also have seen the SCW, reactivate or just give it to me and i will hold it and love it

Very interesting. What are some indicators that a Mosin was sent to Spain during the civil war?

 

[saxon]

At the time of the Soviet shipments to Spain the type of stock on the rifles would have had screwed in sling escutcheons.
One important factor to note is that the Spanish were not the only nation to use wire sling swivels on their Mosin Nagants. Other nations include Finland, Austria-Hungary (during World War I), and various Balkan nations. However, it is possible to distinguish between these various types of wire swivels. It has been noted that the sling swivels on Spanish Mosin Nagants tend to be much more squared than other country's swivels. Wire swivels from rifles originating out of the Balkans will tend to have a more overall curved look. Finnish swivels will often be attached directly to the stock via a different set of escutcheons. They have a very distinctive look to them when compared to other nation's sling swivels. In the case of Austrian sling swivels the most obvious difference is that the rear swivel screws into the stock, and does not sure the sling escutcheons.


cant quite tell from his picture though

Wire sling swivels

Now we will begin to discuss features that are possible to find on Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagants, but alone do not prove a link to the conflict. A fairly common feature of the...

scwmosin.weebly.com

 

[Stomper]

At the time of the Soviet shipments to Spain the type of stock on the rifles would have had screwed in sling escutcheons.
One important factor to note is that the Spanish were not the only nation to use wire sling swivels on their Mosin Nagants. Other nations include Finland, Austria-Hungary (during World War I), and various Balkan nations. However, it is possible to distinguish between these various types of wire swivels. It has been noted that the sling swivels on Spanish Mosin Nagants tend to be much more squared than other country's swivels. Wire swivels from rifles originating out of the Balkans will tend to have a more overall curved look. Finnish swivels will often be attached directly to the stock via a different set of escutcheons. They have a very distinctive look to them when compared to other nation's sling swivels. In the case of Austrian sling swivels the most obvious difference is that the rear swivel screws into the stock, and does not sure the sling escutcheons.


cant quite tell from his picture though

Wire sling swivels

Now we will begin to discuss features that are possible to find on Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagants, but alone do not prove a link to the conflict. A fairly common feature of the...

scwmosin.weebly.com

Sheesh…. The dude in the thumbnail photo looks like he could be the, "missing link".

 

[nammac]

Why in the world would someone turn a bolt action rifle into a lamp? Seems like such a waste, but what else to expect, it is a Westinghouse after all

 

[genin88]

Sent you a PM on the lamp.