British Vickers MMG Feed Block: 7.9mm Mauser (All Steel) French Gun Magazines The cartridge used metal bases

The cartridge used metal bases (often brass) with paper tubes which were usually loaded by the shooter or his staff but were not entirely gas-tight

The main part of the hilt is beautifully carved ivory displaying a host of small rosettes with only very slight damage to one rosette

This set also includes the front and rear toggle pins

perhaps Savannah

stay in the same unit for training and be discharged as a unit

British Vickers MMG Feed Block: 7.9mm Mauser (All Steel) French Gun Magazines The cartridge used metal basesOriginal Item: Many Vickers machine guns were adapted to calibers other than . 303 British, but parts for these variations are extremely scarce. IMA has a very few all steel Vickers feed blocks in 7. 9 X 57 mm Mauser caliber. They are marked CAL 7. 9. (7. 9 X 57, 7. 92 X 57, and 8 mm Mauser are all different names for the same cartridge. It was introduced by the German military in the 1890s and was widely used in Europe, Asia Minor, and the Mideast