Just finally received this pre-War Tech.
I have a couple questions:
1) I saw them with the cap bar running all the way across, and a 2-piece bar like the one I got (not visible in the photo, but the underside of caps has two bars on either side of the threaded rod, with space between bars and the rod).Were they made at different times, and is it possible to narrow the date range that way ?
2) I've seen conflicting statements on when they were produced - 1939 to 1941, or 1938 to 1945. As I understand, after 1941, all Techs were made for the US military contracts ? Would this mean that what I have was made before 1942 ?
I have a couple questions:
1) I saw them with the cap bar running all the way across, and a 2-piece bar like the one I got (not visible in the photo, but the underside of caps has two bars on either side of the threaded rod, with space between bars and the rod).Were they made at different times, and is it possible to narrow the date range that way ?
2) I've seen conflicting statements on when they were produced - 1939 to 1941, or 1938 to 1945. As I understand, after 1941, all Techs were made for the US military contracts ? Would this mean that what I have was made before 1942 ?