New CHE on the Way

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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

It looks to me like it might be a one-layer Huntley from pre-WW-I days.

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JOSTAM acquired Huntley by the armistice, and it became the JOSTAM "Sponge Rubber" Pad --

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Later an upstart competitor made a similar pad for a while called AEROCEL.

I will check when I get the gun but from the pictures it sure looks like the original one. I may have to try grafting a replacement piece in and then using it with a slip on to protect it.