Which firearms have been built in Toronto over the years?
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While it might be a bit large to be considered a firearm, unless you are hunting Submarines, the 4 inch Breech Loading Gun Mark IX that armed the Canadian Corvettes duing WW2 was made by Massey-Harris, with many parts made in Toronto.
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While it might be a bit large to be considered a firearm, unless you are hunting Submarines, the 4 inch Breech Loading Gun Mark IX that armed the Canadian Corvettes duing WW2 was made by Massey-Harris, with many parts made in Toronto.
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Lindsay headstamped their first year of production as LAC, then switched to the DAL. I have photos of DAL 1919 and 1920, only actually own LAC 1917, DAL 1918 and DAL 1919.
Ross DID produce a small amount of .303 ammo at Quebec City but insisted on using his own bullets. It was rejected by the British. The .28 Ross experimental was headstamped at noon and 6 o'clock as ROSS E; it was made on contract by Eley in England. This was the forerunner of the .280 Ross. Some .280 ammo was asembled at Quebec by Ross, using imported components from several sources. When the factory was sold off for scrap, they had to dispose of 15 million part-finished .303 bullet jackets: enough to wear out every .303 I own 50 times over and then some!
North American Arms M1911 was produced in the Ross factory after it was seized by the Gummint.
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Ross DID produce a small amount of .303 ammo at Quebec City but insisted on using his own bullets. It was rejected by the British. The .28 Ross experimental was headstamped at noon and 6 o'clock as ROSS E; it was made on contract by Eley in England. This was the forerunner of the .280 Ross. Some .280 ammo was asembled at Quebec by Ross, using imported components from several sources. When the factory was sold off for scrap, they had to dispose of 15 million part-finished .303 bullet jackets: enough to wear out every .303 I own 50 times over and then some!
North American Arms M1911 was produced in the Ross factory after it was seized by the Gummint.
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Small Arms Ltd and Canadian Arsenals Ltd (same company, diferent name), were physically located in Lakeview which is to the west of the Etobicoke Creek, the Creek being a municipal boundary. Yet the products made there especially the No 4 Mk 1* were called "Long Branch", which was a village east of the Etobicoke Creek, geographically removed from Lakeview.
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There was also a small lot of Vickers produced in Canada during WW II and we suspect at Long Branch. They were in .50 Vickers calibre, as well as spare .303 barrels for the Vickers were also made. The total number of .50 Vickers was around 125 however no definitive info on the exact number is available. The No.4 Lightweight was also made at LB as was the Rozicwichi (pardon the spelling) SMG and several other experimental SMG's. R.E.L in Leaside Ontario (now part of Toronto) also made a sh*tload of optical devices which rivaled Zeiss in quality. Canada went from having no optical manufacturer to a world class optical maker in about 6 months, much to the amazement of both the UK and the USA. The optical glass we produced was second to none.
No, but we did proof five thousand 7.65 Mausers for the British ... along with 8,000 Ballister -Rigaud .45 pistols for them as well. As well, don't forget the 7.92 Brens at Inglis, Long Branch Training rifles (not a firearm), but did count in the total
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