Firing pin. Found in plastic bag with partially erased writing which seems to say "Browning Machinegun .303 British" BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE 1914 Colt "Potato Digger" MG. Firing pin cut short at front end. Machine gun, US Colt Model 1914. Nicknamed the "Potato Digger". Sometimes known as the Colt-Browning M1895. It is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds a minute. The first successful gas operated machine gun to enter military service. Engraved on right side "DONATED TO 19TH CANADIAN BATTALION BY H. DALLAS & J. A. McLAREN" This type used between1914-1916 by Canadians. These were replaced by Vickers Guns in 1916. It is missing a rear sight and tripod. The tripod was be 1998.213.004.