Canadian Ranger .303?

[QM 8687]

I watched around 14,000 arms get melted when I worked at Dofasco#1 Melt Shop back in 81. The overhead crane pours the 1/2 train car style box over the furnace and in they go, followed by house sized pot of liquid iron, then it was lanced with pure oxygen to 2,700 degrees and other ingredients added. You end up 125 tonnes of liquid steel!
By the way #1 is closed only #2 works. Dofasco last Canadian successful steel mill now Arcelor out of Germany owned by Indian. Workers were 13,000 now 4,000. And to top it off all those arms destroyed over the decades, 100's of thousands could have been sold instead and money help put kids through school, pay for more policing better equipped army, saving lives etc. But no all turned into low grade steel. ......Just had to put in my 2 cents worth.

 

[cantom]

Hi All,

To answer deadman's question about what the Canadian Rangers will be using next?

I've heard from a co-worker whose uncle is an armourer for the Canadian Rangers that Mossburg is designing a new modern bolt-action rifle based on the .303 British cartridge.

That's all I know of for now. I haven't heard from anyone else to confirm this. I would admit this would be very interesting to see what it will look like when it comes out and gets put into service.

They are really clear about this, we don't know what rifle will be chosen but it will 100% be in .308 Winchester.
They want to get away from having to source non standard .303 British ammunition.

 

[TheTooner]

Which doesn't mean Mossberg (or anyone else) can't decide to build a new rifle on spec hoping to have it considered for the Rangers' requirement, or to build a new or existing rifle in .303British for the open market, but it sounds like a long shot proposition for them (or anyone) and I'll be surprised if it goes anywhere.

 

[MTLean]

I watched around 14,000 arms get melted when I worked at Dofasco#1 Melt Shop back in 81. The overhead crane pours the 1/2 train car style box over the furnace and in they go, followed by house sized pot of liquid iron, then it was lanced with pure oxygen to 2,700 degrees and other ingredients added. You end up 125 tonnes of liquid steel!
By the way #1 is closed only #2 works. Dofasco last Canadian successful steel mill now Arcelor out of Germany owned by Indian. Workers were 13,000 now 4,000. And to top it off all those arms destroyed over the decades, 100's of thousands could have been sold instead and money help put kids through school, pay for more policing better equipped army, saving lives etc. But no all turned into low grade steel. ......Just had to put in my 2 cents worth.

great info

 

[FishDoc]

I watched around 14,000 arms get melted when I worked at Dofasco#1 Melt Shop back in 81. The overhead crane pours the 1/2 train car style box over the furnace and in they go, followed by house sized pot of liquid iron, then it was lanced with pure oxygen to 2,700 degrees and other ingredients added. You end up 125 tonnes of liquid steel!
By the way #1 is closed only #2 works. Dofasco last Canadian successful steel mill now Arcelor out of Germany owned by Indian. Workers were 13,000 now 4,000. And to top it off all those arms destroyed over the decades, 100's of thousands could have been sold instead and money help put kids through school, pay for more policing better equipped army, saving lives etc. But no all turned into low grade steel. ......Just had to put in my 2 cents worth.

I think I will go and hug my Enfields, mausers and even the russians...a little...closer ...now... (sniff)

 

[RRCo.]

I watched around 14,000 arms get melted when I worked at Dofasco#1 Melt Shop back in 81. The overhead crane pours the 1/2 train car style box over the furnace and in they go, followed by house sized pot of liquid iron, then it was lanced with pure oxygen to 2,700 degrees and other ingredients added. You end up 125 tonnes of liquid steel!
By the way #1 is closed only #2 works. Dofasco last Canadian successful steel mill now Arcelor out of Germany owned by Indian. Workers were 13,000 now 4,000. And to top it off all those arms destroyed over the decades, 100's of thousands could have been sold instead and money help put kids through school, pay for more policing better equipped army, saving lives etc. But no all turned into low grade steel. ......Just had to put in my 2 cents worth.

And even if they were bound and determined to destroy them, they could have been stripped for parts first.

Then maybe they wouldn't be complaining about not having enough No4 parts now! Duh!

And of course they're chopping Enfields every day probably somewhere in this country.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Perhaps a better question is what will happen to the ammunition for those rifles - the stuff held at supply will probably be demilled, but the stuff that's been issued, has been issued and if I'm not mistaken, issued ammunition and explosives cannot be returned - and must be consumed. That was the case a few years ago when a Ranger Patrol was closed down.

Ammunition and explosives are returned by user units every day from all over to respective ammunition sections at CF Bases shortly and long after they have been issued.
What will happen is the remaining .303 ammunition will get returned to a 3rd line or depot ammo section for stock holding under AD 92 ( stores awaiting disposal ) and stored in a depot for years until the CF finally figures out what to do with the billions of similar rounds of ammunition since we found out that incinerating them makes mother nature cry. And that would be bad because some hippies would cry foul and apparently we have to pretend to care about what these idiots think ..........

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Are they specially marked? Wonder how a guy could identify one.

Grizz