Expended ammo. WWll training

[A. F Medic]

What happened to all those "policed up" cartridges that were used in training etc. Melted down? Buried?

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[browningautorifle]

I can't say about WW2 but as for my time in the army we returned the brass salvage and it went through the system to be sold as scrap in Crown Assets. All discarded items went that way. Including weapons parts. They were rendered unservicable if they weren't already.

[RCS]

If you check the headstamps on M1909 blank cartridges, you will find many different headstamps

[Maple_Leaf_Eh]

I can't imagine a country that was scrounging up pots and pans 'for the war effort' letting empty brass go to waste. Back in the hopper, I say.

[RCS]

One of the Model 1917 Enfield Service Manuals provided the following:
Manufacture of 1909 Blank cartridges is done by using cases which have been fired or which have slight defects rendering them unsuitable for use in ball cartridges.