Hey everyone, something I have wanted for a while is a prop or de milled grenade, preferably one that has been emptied out.
On ebay all the ones I see are paperweights, however, I would like one that is visually functional, you can pull the pin, toss it and the lever/spoon will flip out. I have seen several sites from the US that sells "dummy" grenades, real ones with the spring mechanism intact, however finding one that will ship to Canada is tough, though I did find one that has an M18 smoke grenade that is emptied but apparently can be filled, so I'm assuming the mechanism still works. They also didn't have the usual "this item can not be shipped out of the US" disclaimer so maybe I'll get lucky, it's only $18 as well.
Anyways, what I want is one with a working mechanism, and one that is preferably an actual decommissioned grenade, or at least metal, I'm sure rubber ones are used most often but I'd really love a nice, authentic feeling metal one that I could fill with sand if I wanted so that it had the proper weight and everything. Considering I am in Canada, am I out of luck? (I'm interested in both a smoke grenade and classic pineapple grenade).
Also for anyone who has one of these or just military experience, I'm pretty sure the spoon isn't made to get put back in, but more info on the mechanism would be great, if you pull the pin and chuck it for in a video, can you just grab the spoon and pin and put it back together?
On ebay all the ones I see are paperweights, however, I would like one that is visually functional, you can pull the pin, toss it and the lever/spoon will flip out. I have seen several sites from the US that sells "dummy" grenades, real ones with the spring mechanism intact, however finding one that will ship to Canada is tough, though I did find one that has an M18 smoke grenade that is emptied but apparently can be filled, so I'm assuming the mechanism still works. They also didn't have the usual "this item can not be shipped out of the US" disclaimer so maybe I'll get lucky, it's only $18 as well.
Anyways, what I want is one with a working mechanism, and one that is preferably an actual decommissioned grenade, or at least metal, I'm sure rubber ones are used most often but I'd really love a nice, authentic feeling metal one that I could fill with sand if I wanted so that it had the proper weight and everything. Considering I am in Canada, am I out of luck? (I'm interested in both a smoke grenade and classic pineapple grenade).
Also for anyone who has one of these or just military experience, I'm pretty sure the spoon isn't made to get put back in, but more info on the mechanism would be great, if you pull the pin and chuck it for in a video, can you just grab the spoon and pin and put it back together?