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    Is there any value to...

    .. straight saw-cut, narrow base SA gas cylinders with good finish? I got one with a recent CMP IHC purchase and it's one of the few parts thats not correct and looking to trade.
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    The ones with the dent/dimple/stake at the stacking swivel hole? I have a few and was told a few years ago that they worth much more but I've never tried to sell them.

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    Has the saw cut been tack welded at the sides?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDS View Post
    Has the saw cut been tack welded at the sides?
    Nope. I've never noticed that on any saw-cut though..
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    Quote Originally Posted by canes7 View Post
    Nope. I've never noticed that on any saw-cut though..
    I have a saw cut with two little tack welds - one on each side
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    Quote Originally Posted by seaninmich View Post
    I have a saw cut with two little tack welds - one on each side
    Maybe I just never noticed. I'll have to look when I get home.
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    I've seen the tack welds but not often.

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    The reason I asked as the saw cut was a legit WWII modification. It was done in two ways, straight across and an angle cut. It was reportedly done to tighten gas cylinders on out of spec barrels. During the post war rebuilding program the tack welds were added. Generally a non tack welded saw cut gas cylinder is worth more than a tack welded one. But some guys building a early Korean war rebuild will look for a tack welded cylinder. Is your cylinder a narrow or wide base, Springfield or Winchester?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDS View Post
    The reason I asked as the saw cut was a legit WWII modification. It was done in two ways, straight across and an angle cut. It was reportedly done to tighten gas cylinders on out of spec barrels. During the post war rebuilding program the tack welds were added. Generally a non tack welded saw cut gas cylinder is worth more than a tack welded one. But some guys building a early Korean war rebuild will look for a tack welded cylinder. Is your cylinder a narrow or wide base, Springfield or Winchester?
    Narrow base Springfield. I'll look for the tack welds when I get home. Thanks.
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    Here you go, looks like no welds to me:



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