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WW2 British Salter brass Lewis gun trigger gauge
 

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Nice find. However, it probably dates from the Great War not WWII
Would you know if US navy used the Lewis gun, photo US destroyers along side Admiral Sims U.S.S. Melville in Monkstown Bay 1917 Old Grory at Queenstown
 

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Magnificent man, hey and Salter going since 1760 and the scales my greengrocer uses for my fruits-vegetables

and nuts
 
Would you know if US navy used the Lewis gun, photo US destroyers along side Admiral Sims U.S.S. Melville in Monkstown Bay 1917 Old Grory at Queenstown
Yes, the Lewis guns replaced the Gatling guns in the late 1890s and were used until halfway through WW1. Some auxiliary vessels used them well into the 1930s especially the Coast Guard who used them against the Black Duck rum runner in 32.
 

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