Tell me what you think these are

[Winchester-1897]

I have eight. I am thinking ammo for grenade launcher.

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[dauph197]

Blank cartridges sealed with some wax? The casing tip is not factory closed. It seems to be written DAQ (Dominion Arsenal Quebec)... can't read the year... 01, does not make sense to me. (Aaargh... it's not a "Q" it's a "C Broad Arrow")!

Will see what the others will say!

Martin

 

[djt]

Primer looks struck

 

[Winchester-1897]

just a surface mark actually.

 

[vinver]

What caliber? What rifles would be used for firing grenades other than Enfields, that would use Canadian ammo?
Is that a DA and a Canadian broad arrow?

 

[buzzmagoo]

Yup! propulsion cartridges. Hard to tell by your pictures is it what caliber? 308/30-06. They used fired cases to make these= headstamp irrelevant. Just give you a ball part idear when and by whom the were made. Mostly for grenades other were for line launcher's. The grenades came with one or two or in packaged in 5's depending on the type and usage.east German DAG,

 

[XRCD011]

Looks like 7.62mm Ballistic cartridge for grenade launching, the end is "open" and uncrimped so max energy is sent down the barrel to propel the grenade off the C1 muzzle end when its fitted with the launcher.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I always thought grenade cartridges had star crimps. Apparently one has to be careful.

http://vtlegion.org/images/SafetyMessage_v2.pdf

Grizz

 

[Thresher]

That's definitely not 7.62X51mm, length and shoulder angle are wrong. That's a .30-06 blank, I'd bet bottom dollar on it.

 

[infideleggwelder]

the .50 cal blanks in the early `90s looked like that. the roll at the rim kind of helped them chamber, sort of, sometimes. the star crimp is just a training blank, made to go bang. don`t know about propulsion rounds, never used a grenade launcher of any sort.

 

[green]

These are US 30-06 M1909 noise blanks made by Dominion Arsenal in 1951.
DEFINITELY NOT grenade blanks and would be dangerous to use for firing grenades.
The common 30-06 grenade blank (M3) has a star crimp.

 

[tootall]

In my cartridge collection, I have various types of end closures for blanks.
--Star closure, both long and short
--roll crimp, like this one
--hollow wood "bullet". Blows up when fired.
--paper version of wood bullet
--all plastic round, "bullet" splits open

 

[Winchester-1897]

That's definitely not 7.62X51mm, length and shoulder angle are wrong. That's a .30-06 blank, I'd bet bottom dollar on it.

yep 30.06 stamped 1951

 

[Winchester-1897]

These are US 30-06 M1909 noise blanks made by Dominion Arsenal in 1951.
DEFINITELY NOT grenade blanks and would be dangerous to use for firing grenades.
The common 30-06 grenade blank (M3) has a star crimp.

good info thanks. I ended up with 7 of them.