UK MIS ALPHA MF 1

Item number                           :           UK MIS ALPHA MF 1

Origin                                     :           England

Style                                       :           MULTI  FUNCTION

Gauge                                     :           12

Functions                               :           Closer, funnel, rammer

Suitable for pinfire                 :           yes

Stabilizer                                :           No

Maker                                     :           ALPHA

Markings                                :           “ALPHA 12” on press lever

Biggest length                        :           250 mm

Height                                    :           260 mm

Weight                                    :           979 grams

Press lever                               :           Steel with black painted handle

Turning lever                          :           green painted steel lever with black painted wooden handle

Closing cup                            :           Brass

Cartridge pusher                    :           No

Materials body                       :           Brass body

Short shell barrel

Paint                                       :           Retains  most of its original green paint

Table clamp                            :           Top duck foot shaped with cross wise small ribs.

Screw top is failing

Condition                               :           reasonable

Repairs                                   :           None

Remarks                                 :

There is nothing known about “ALPHA”. It is not mentioned in Nigel Brown’s “British Gunmakers”. Alpha worked for gunmakers. See ALPHA CAP 1, where Alpha made a capper for W. Chalkley in Winchester, apparently a gunshop – not a gunmaker, because not mentioned by Nigel Brown.