brass top bow bracket

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brass top bow bracket

Post by parker007 » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:26 pm

I have a top bow bracket from a gpw that was rebuilt from moore equipment. 1 of the top bow bracket is brass. was any original top bow brackets brass? i dont have picture yet.


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Re: brass top bow bracket

Post by parker007 » Sun Mar 20, 2022 3:37 pm

update, as you can see the bow brackets exactly the same, but 1 is brass. came from a late 42 gpw that went through a moore rebuild program. has anyone seen a brass bracket?
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Re: brass top bow bracket

Post by Old Pal » Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:13 pm

I have a set of brass brackets, however, they came with thousands of other parts I acquired from Terry at Classic Military in Santa Rosa. I always assumed they were reproduction.

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Re: brass top bow bracket

Post by parker007 » Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:52 pm

i was thinking repo also but they came off a jeep not used since 1973, and the brass one has the same o inside a square like the steel one. so i think not repo.

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Post by nick peters » Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:42 pm

That would have been a real Big waste of brass? Maybe /possibly very early. But certainly not later on. Repro(in my opinion) Parker as for the marking surely that would have been replicated in the sand mould?
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Re: brass top bow bracket

Post by JAB » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:23 am

Exactly. I assume it's brass reproduction because even some home shops could melt brass and make a casting, but iron, not so much. When I was in Jr. High our shop class had a forge and we made all sorts of aluminum sand castings. I'm guessing a brass item like that was made in a similar manner.

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