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    Quote Originally Posted by lawrence_n View Post
    OK, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the DI ammo is Berdan primed (hence, not reloadable) and it's the DIZ ammo that is Boxer primed.
    All Defence Industries ammo was Boxer primed and used the DI as maker ID and the Z as powder indicator.
    The other Cdn maker was Dominion Arsenals, DA hs, and they used Berdan primers and cordite through 1945.

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