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Before NASM certification the MS certification was used, in the table below you can find all the new classifications:

MS drawing (last rev.) Handle style & action What the cert looked like before the 1998-2000 change-over
MS 17984 F Button, single-acting  • Lot built and accepted to MIL-P-23460 (E) “Pins, Quick-Release, Self-Retaining, Positive-Locking” → supplier had to be on QPL-23460 and provide a Certificate of Conformance quoting MS 17984F.
• Cancelled 30 Nov 1998 and redesignated NASM 17984; geometry/test unchanged.
MS 17985 G T-handle, single-acting Same MIL-P-23460 (E) + QPL-23460 requirements; last rev. “G” dated 1 Jun 1994. Cancelled 30 Nov 1998 → NASM 17985.
MS 17986 G L-handle, single-acting Certified under MIL-P-23460 (E); supplier on QPL-23460. Cancelled 30 Nov 1998 → NASM 17986.
MS 17987 G Ring, single-acting Same certification chain (MIL-P-23460 (E) / QPL-23460). Cancelled 31 Dec 1998 → NASM 17987.
MS 17988 E T-handle, double-acting MIL-P-23460 (E) explicitly covers both single- & double-acting pins; supplier had to be QPL-23460-listed for MS 17988. Cancelled 20 Mar 2000 → NASM 17988.
MS 17989 E L-handle, double-acting Same MIL-P-23460 (E) / QPL-23460 certification. Cancelled 21 Jun 1999 → NASM 17989.
MS 17990 E Ring, double-acting Certified to MIL-P-23460 (E) + QPL-23460; last MS rev. “E” dated 1 Jun 1994. Cancelled 30 Nov 1998 → NASM 17990.