Some older headstamps.

I attended a show last few days and was given some ammo of varied caliber. Some was mixed headstamp .303 and I thought I better show you...specially Cinders because he always gives me crap for not showing what's new. In this case there's a couple of old CDN pre WW1...and one I didn't get but already have was a gallery lead bullet Canadian issue. Another was a .41 Swiss Vetterli rimfire cartridge, perfect shape. Nice Swiss marked on the head and was perfect shape...

Anyway, two pics of the same ammo so you can see the head stamps. Click on the pic and they should expand nicely.

You really shouldn't tease CINDERS like this :rofl:

Dick

Hhhhmpf! really I go away to give you chaps a rest and the place goes south................very nice pick up Jim :thup: some nice samples there I also have some of the stabbed primers and was told they were for air service only in case the primer backed out and jammed the M.G do not know how true that may be.

Nice samples of the Lindsay arsenal DAL, Verdun Canada DI and Montreal DA I do not think I have DI in my collection, not sure, are the "Z"s tracer rounds!
Cheers

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

are the "Z"s tracer rounds!

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The "Z" denotes Nitro cellulose powder.

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

are the "Z"s tracer rounds!

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I don't have any tracer in there at all. All but the five at left, obvious non military are ball ammo. Click on them to bring them up and then they expand again with the little box and arrow icon at the bottom of pic. A couple are nice and old. If you were standing here, I'd hand them to you...shipping's a pig...

Yep won't happen my friend as shipping live ammo here is a no no and probably is in Canada as well those early DAL's would be a nice addition it is a very gracious offer Jim as you know I am the bower bird personified though not to the amusement of my wife now that things are getting squirreled around the house.

Get the usual "Whats this doing here" yell, Reply "Wow good on ya love, I have been searching for that for ages geez your a gem." then when the coast is clear put it back there till next time ahhh the beauty of it all.......................!

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Always interesting to collect and you can always find something "new"

At the show one dealer had several large boxes, maybe 40 rds each of what appeared to be .303 but was marked 7.7...left me wondering if it was Jap or just a metric marking. I have no images of course. The very early headstamps are the most interesting to me of the ones I gained.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

The very early headstamps are the most interesting to me of the ones I gained.

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Your headed down the rocky road of cartridge collecting BAR! Very fulfilling i might add.

Cheers

Ain't that the truth.......

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Originally Posted by mike1967

the rocky road of cartridge collecting

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Guess I should start exposing a few more of the odds and sods I have...

Would be good Jim we all like to see the collections and how they gravitated to you, mine has been super trolling for years and flukeing some jags on the internet like my complete 20pdr Centurion tank smoke round

I do have a 20 Pdr projectile, picked it up 30 years ago when moving around an impact area, recognized it right away and grabbed it. I don't have the cartridge though...

There's a few others, my 6 Pdr, 81mm training, 60mm training, 37mm cartridge from what was the new antiaircraft guns and my complete 40mm. It's painted wrong though, I should fix that.

Nice ones Jim my 20pdr projie is unfired (inert) has a fake fuse which is fine by me as the driving band is untouched. Those mortar rounds are they U S Army prac ones!
Took a full length pic of the Centurian 20Pdr case with the projie in the case there is a 303 round bottom Rt for scale it is quite a weighty piece when together.

Now I have the color to paint my smoke round... The 81MM and 60MM are both solid cast, the bodies are unmarked. The tailfins of the 60 are marked 60mm M5 and the 81 tailfins are marked CCM. I think the pattern is the same for US or CDN but these came from our system.