Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Hand Select:Yes - There should also be

- There should also be a dome stamp (under the paint)

the base is hinged to allow manipulation of light beam

as all of the originals had crumbled long ago

and may have minor defects

we have found more of these original U

Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Hand Select:Yes - There should also beOriginal Item: While the vast majority of Vickers machine gun feed blocks were made of brass, a few were made of steel because of the improved wear characteristics. The manufacture of the steel blocks was discontinued, however, because of the greatly increased time to machine them. Consequently, all steel blocks are hard to find today. IMA has found a few of these steel blocks. The blocks are in good to very good condition.