rnixartillery Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Have you ever been in the situation when you have sold something in the past and wished you hadn't ! Well I did such a thing 5 years ago ,I was trying the generate some cash for a new project and decided to part with my Canadian quad polsten which a friend of mine had been nagging me to sell him for quite some time. A deal was struck and off he went with the gun. Six months past and thought set in that maybe I shouldn't have let it go. I originaly bought My gun from Trident arms of Nottingham in 1997 which was part of the large batch of 50 Bofors guns and about 15 Polstens that came in from Portugal and I more or less had pick of the batch. At the time these polstens were a bit of an unknown gun and there was very little evidence of there history. I got the gun home and got stuck into the restoration and returned it to full running and operating condition. I was suprised to receive a phone call last Sunday to ask if I would be interested in taking the gun back and with no hesitation I replied 'Yes', so I went down today to pick it up and get it back home. It has deteriorated some what, so it will have to spend some time in the workshop for a strip down and repaint but hey ! its back where it belongs. Just to top it off,I fired it up this afternoon and it blew a hydraulic hose F#*#*#G OIL EVERYWHERE.:embarrassed: Pics attached Rob......................rnixartillery collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfy Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Lovely guns. At least you did get it back and looks pretty sound.:-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nice one Rob, another ornament back home safe & sound! Bummer with the hose, though a small consolation is it's pretty easy to replace! Spillsoil is good for fluids on the workshop floor....... Never mind Mate, 'OIL be seeing you'!....:nut: Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelK Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hi Rob, I have an question about the Quad Polsten There is of this type of gun one at the Overloon museum, The Netherlands From the rear it appears that there is an electric battery and an electric motor Most likely to rotate the complete gun mount, is this an correct asumption? However it would also mean there is an small petrol engine fitted somewhere You said that some hydraulic burst, so that means there would also have to be an hydraulic pump Or is the gun completely hydraulic driven and is the battery only there to start the engine :confused: MichelK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) Hi Rob, I have an question about the Quad Polsten There is of this type of gun one at the Overloon museum, The Netherlands From the rear it appears that there is an electric battery and an electric motor Most likely to rotate the complete gun mount, is this an correct asumption? However it would also mean there is an small petrol engine fitted somewhere You said that some hydraulic burst, so that means there would also have to be an hydraulic pump Or is the gun completely hydraulic driven and is the battery only there to start the engine :confused: MichelK Michelk The Battery you see is for starting the small petrol engine which in turn drives the hydraulic pump that powers the control joy stick. There is an isolation valve in the form of a foot pedal ,the hydrualic system will not work until the pedal is pressed. This is basically a dead man switch so if the gunner is hit the gun will cease to operate. Hope this explains things. Rob...........................rnixartillery. Edited March 29, 2010 by rnixartillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Looks in pretty good nick Rob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelK Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Hi Rob, Thanks for the Explanation :tup:: Nice piece of artillery, forgot to mention that MichelK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 MichelkThe Battery you see is for starting the small petrol engine which in turn drives the hydraulic pump that powers the control joy stick. There is an isolation valve in the form of a foot pedal ,the hydrualic system will not work until the pedal is pressed. This is basically a dead man switch so if the gunner is hit the gun will cease to operate. Hope this explains things. Rob...........................rnixartillery. I have a Polsten Quad running but do not have a foot Pedal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Ours does not have the foot pedal either. The 'dead mans' switch is on the control handle on ours. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackack Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Here's mine, restored a few years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Nice one !!! Great to see the original leather sadle also. Rob.........................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadawg Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Out of curiosity, what does a restored Polsten cost? Are they mostly available in Europe or US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfy Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Mint one for sale recently in Holland on Milweb for £6000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Not hugely in demand as other than for trials they saw very little use, unless others have found new evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123craigk Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Have you ever been in the situation when you have sold something in the past and wished you hadn't !Well I did such a thing 5 years ago ,I was trying the generate some cash for a new project and decided to part with my Canadian quad polsten which a friend of mine had been nagging me to sell him for quite some time. A deal was struck and off he went with the gun. Six months past and thought set in that maybe I shouldn't have let it go. I originaly bought My gun from Trident arms of Nottingham in 1997 which was part of the large batch of 50 Bofors guns and about 15 Polstens that came in from Portugal and I more or less had pick of the batch. At the time these polstens were a bit of an unknown gun and there was very little evidence of there history. I got the gun home and got stuck into the restoration and returned it to full running and operating condition. I was suprised to receive a phone call last Sunday to ask if I would be interested in taking the gun back and with no hesitation I replied 'Yes', so I went down today to pick it up and get it back home. It has deteriorated some what, so it will have to spend some time in the workshop for a strip down and repaint but hey ! its back where it belongs. Just to top it off,I fired it up this afternoon and it blew a hydraulic hose F#*#*#G OIL EVERYWHERE.:embarrassed: Pics attached Rob......................rnixartillery collection. Nice one Rob! Are you taking it to Yorkshire Wartime Experiance in July, I will have mine there, it would be good to have two together. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Hi all, I have a Polsten Quad and a Bofors 40mm that I’m interested in selling if anyone’s interested? Thanks Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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