I have about 300 rounds of "Defence Industries Limited" 30/06 ball ammo in white boxes with a large broad arrow encircled by a C.
The box has a one inch wide "RED" stripe around the center of the box.
The cartridge headstamps are "D. C. Co. .30 SPG". There are no dates on the cartridges and everything is in as new condition.
When I picked this stuff up, I assumed that it was for the lend lease Pattern 17 Enfields that were sent to Canada by the US gov't dureing WW2, as they had "red" bands painted on their noses with 30/06 stenciled in black on top.
I have seen similar boxes of 303 ammo without the stripes and jumped to my above conclusion that it was a measure taken to stop confusion in ammo issue.
After reading the post on WW2 ammo boxes with red stripes, I'm wondering if I may be mistaken in my assumption?
Any knowlege that you wish to share would be appreciated.
By the way, my old friends and I, literally, shot thousands of rounds of that red striped/primer 45acp ammo through our milsurp 1911 pistols without a problem. God really does protect fools. bearhunter
The box has a one inch wide "RED" stripe around the center of the box.
The cartridge headstamps are "D. C. Co. .30 SPG". There are no dates on the cartridges and everything is in as new condition.
When I picked this stuff up, I assumed that it was for the lend lease Pattern 17 Enfields that were sent to Canada by the US gov't dureing WW2, as they had "red" bands painted on their noses with 30/06 stenciled in black on top.
I have seen similar boxes of 303 ammo without the stripes and jumped to my above conclusion that it was a measure taken to stop confusion in ammo issue.
After reading the post on WW2 ammo boxes with red stripes, I'm wondering if I may be mistaken in my assumption?
Any knowlege that you wish to share would be appreciated.
By the way, my old friends and I, literally, shot thousands of rounds of that red striped/primer 45acp ammo through our milsurp 1911 pistols without a problem. God really does protect fools. bearhunter
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