A couple of pieces of Canadian ammunition history

[TonyE]

Here are a couple of interesting pieces of Canadian ammunition history.

The first is a box of copper crushers for use in pressure barrels, sent from Royal Laboratory in 1914.

The wooden box is about 19x17cms and the lid is marked;

COPPERS, "D" LOT 346, 25.6.14
FOR ?????
CRUSHED TO
17.25 Tons??
GROSS 3lbs 2ozs
R/|\L

The rear is addressed to;
THE CHIEF INSPECTOR
OF ARMS AND AMMN.
QUEBEC
CANADA

Pictures show the box and the documents inside.

The second ones come from the Dominion Cartridge factory and are presumably for use by inspectors. One ring consists of a series of defective cartridges and the other defective bullets. All the cartridges have the same headstamp, "DC 40 303 VII". The tag on the cartridge ring states;
.303 IN
Mark VII
DEFECTIVELY
LOADED
CTGS.

There is no tag on the bullet ring.

Some of the defects are obvious, but most look perfectly good to the untrained eye.

Regards
TonyE

 

[scriptguru]

Very interesting stuff, thanks for the post.

 

[zuke]

Never seen that kinda stuff before,thank's for posting!

 

[kennymo]

Very cool

 

[noea77]

very nice

 

[jimbob123432]

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[PIAT]

Those definitely are some interesting and historical Canadian ammunition items. Thanks for sharing.

I have a couple very similar rings from the Dominion Cartridge factory for use by munitions workers (presumably inspectors). The tags on both rings are marked, ".303 in. Mk.VII" with the first (left) further marked as "DA STANDARD MINOR DEFECTS" and the second (right) marked "DA STANDARD SCRAP". Again, as with yours, all the cartridges have the same headstamp, "DC 40 303 VII".

Here is a photo of a nice Dominion Arsenals award for four years of service:

And on the topic of service by munitions workers, below are a couple more pins (British on left, Canadian woman worker on right). Thanks to those the efforts of those who served and sacraficed on the Home Front:

Regards.

 

[PIAT]

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[stocker]

The first set of pictures seem to be related to CUP pressure testing where a copper crusher was used. The one hand written sheet appears to be measurements of crushers in ammunition tested. Not sure what or why the corrected measurement referred to is.