[Shop-talk] all brass old fashioned hose nozzle?

[David Scheidt]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:12 PM, David Cole <dgcole01 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a source for an old fashioned all brass pistol
> grip style garden hose nozzle?
>
> Growing up, my parents and grandparents had them and they would last
> a lifetime.   All that seem to be available locally are the cheap
> ones that are made from plastic or zinc pot metal with plastic guts
> and handles.  They won''t last a season of car washing and garden
> watering.   I've tried the new style fancy ones that have 6-7 spray
> patterns and they don't last either.
>
> I just want a simple pistol grip style with a brass body, brass
> insides and metal handle.   I've not found anything in the first
> several pages of google hits.   Help?

None of Grainger, Mcmaster, nor MSC list such a beast, which suggests
that it doesn't exist.  Plenty of solid brass nozzles that are
pistol-grip, though.
>



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