IVI Ammo made for civi's ?

[IDPACONVERT]

A couple of years back, I bought some a few boxes of 9mm labeled SNC(50 rounds per box, brown in colour, nothing fancy) upon inspection of the headstamps they were marked IVI but no year stamp.
I know that it's not CF issue, they come in 64's.
Anyone?

 

[Savage]

The ammo in question was more than likely destined for export and was deemed surplus and was sold it would have had 115 gr bullets.

 

[Silverback]

Unfortunately DND decided that it is better to burn old ammo rather than sell it surplus, they have a really keen incinerator they love to cook ammo in located in Dundurn. In 2000 they cooked just under a million rounds of small arms ammunition. My brother in law is a Northern Ranger and he gets IVI 303 ammo for his issued Lee Enfield, thats the only way I know of getting any.

http://www.vcds.dnd.ca/dsafeg/pubs/digest/5-01/art05_e.asp

 

[hunterjoe]

what does IVI stand for? where is it made?

 

[Spanky]

Industries Valcartier Inc., in Quebec.

Here is a corporate story about them:
http://www.jayde.com/profile10432331-snctec.html

>> I agree it's bull#### that we can't buy our surplus ammo and that we burn it

cheers
John

 

[hunterjoe]

thanks for the info
what a small world, i work for for SNC-LAVALIN a few hours every month and didn't even know they where connected to IVI
thanks for the info

 

[Garand]

Silverback, I doubt that the popcorn machine in Dundurn is working at this time. The one in Suffield here has been shutdown by disneyland north for almost a year now, enviornmental concerns. Great article on Dundurn, I was the Demo Area supervisor there in '85-'86 and during a 30 day period we high ordered over 300,000 lbs of NEQ. What a hoot. Those were such small NEQ's compared to what I do in Defence Research these days. I was also under the impression that Winchester was now producing .303 Ball for the Rangers, because of the piss poor quality of Mk 8 .303 that IVI produced back about 10-12 years ago.