MG 08 Brass Ring Mount Adapter Hand Select:Yes and very often have been

and very often have been bent out of shape

The lock was of the new percussion type with the mainspring no longer screwed in at its small end but secured under a lip inside the lock plate

DISMOUNTED

these are dark Olive Drab Double

MG 08 Brass Ring Mount Adapter Hand Select:Yes and very often have beenOriginal Item: These are the Brass Ring clamps that go around the MG 08 Water Jacket with machined holes at top and bottom to lock onto the jacket trunions. The adapter fits into the circular mounting plate on top of the tripod allowing use with the MG 08 Machine Gun. MG 08 Brass Ring Mount adapter for the Finnish Turkish Maxim Tripod.