RRPG army dump dig - October 2012 - Video

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Hi all

Please find below a link to the video about the most recent trip made by the WW2 Relic Retrieval & Preservation Group, (RRPG), to the army dump discovered a year ago. This video shows relics being recovered as well as showing what they looked like after cleaning. We uncovered all sorts of stuff on this trip including gun parts, bayonet handles, MG parts, PIAT parts, ammo tins..........a large variety of WW2 weapon relics. We also uncovered a number of relics from way before WW2.

As I have previously shown your forum members the work of the group, I thought they may like to be updated with our efforts at this important site.

I hope you enjoy the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8aHGVO7Kg4

Cheers

Steve T

PS No music on it I'm afraid as the guys at Youtube get all anal about the use of background music. Sorry :( :(
 
Here's a quick taster of some of the items recovered during the dig.....

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Great vid, I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would come out of the ground.

Would like to know how all those various bayonets got there and what the story was with the Rolling Block action.

Can you provide any background on what the facility used to be on that land? Was it just a dump and what then was nearby that would have supplied it?
 
Bittermansbro - PM sent. As for the rolling block, the British army used all sorts of weapons in emergencies and they had a large stock of rolling blocks stored, 'just in case'. :)

scott585 - Yep. Mk 2 Sten mag loaders without the steel jacket which had corroded away.
 
wisnersinc.com/rifles/stevens/singleshotlever/html has a pic of a Stevens action.
In the clip the lever is visible as is the takedown screw at front bottom of action. Also note the rolling block is straight along the bottom of the action whereas the pictured action has the hump for the lever hinge screw.
 
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With the Royal Navy almost unprepared with few small arms, there were a lot of rifles purchased in the USA during 1915, and issued to the smaller vessels. Winchester Repeating Rifles in 44-40 Calibre, Remington Model 14 1/2 rifles in 44-40 Calibre, and the Remington Rolling Block rifles were some of the types. The purchaser, acting for the British, was the Financier, J.P. Morgan.

There were also some Japanese 6.5 Arisakas. Also German 98 Mausers in 7x57 Calibre that were originally on the HMS Canada when it was taken over by the British from Chile while it was under construction in England.

This was clearly stated on a Royal Navy inventory list made in 1923, a copy of which was sent to me by a British Museum Curator. SMELLIE and I were investigating Royal Navy and Royal Marines use of the Ross Rifle during WWI. I was also sent some great pictures of the Ross in use by the Royal Marines and some that clearly show Ross Rifles on board British Naval ships during the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.

I am surprised that nobody has commented on the third bayonet down from the top. Or are you waiting for SMELLIE to let you know how scarce that one is? The top one is a Ross by the looks of it.
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The third bt down is either a P1907 or Type 30 Japanese. The flat on the quillon hook and elongated grip nut look like a T30.
 
Thanks guys.

Green - Yep. It is a T30 Arisaka bayonet handle. We're pulling out all sorts of bayonets from this site but this was the first Japanese one.
 
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