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The former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green manufactures small arms ammunition for the British armed forces. It is located in the hamlet of Radway Green near Barthomley near Alsager in Cheshire in the UK. The factory, which is now owned by BAE Systems Global Combat Systems, was established in 1940. It has manufactured a wide range of ammunition, including:
.38 S&W - (Mk IIz ball) - [production ended in 1960s]
.303 British - (ball, blank, tracer, incendiary, armour piercing and proof testing) - [production ended in 1973]
.280 British - ('7 mm Mk 1z' - small amounts for developmental purposes of the Enfield EM2 and Taden gun in the 1950s) - [production ended circa 1956]
4.85×49mm - (small amounts for developmental purposes of the L64/65 in the 1970s)
9×19mm NATO - (standard FMJ, starting in the Second World War and still in production). 9mm 1Z ammunition was superseded in March 1944 by the more powerful 2Z cartridge.
5.56×45mm NATO - (standard FMJ, tracer and blank ammunition)
7.62×51mm NATO - (standard FMJ, tracer and blank ammunition)
4.6×30mm - (standard FMJ) for the Heckler & Koch MP7
All ammunition currently produced at Radway Green is NATO certified i.e. bears the NATO roundel as part of the headstamp on the cartridge case surrounding the primer. Additionally, headstamps bear the ammunition type ID, the initials "RG" plus the year of production e.g. "L18A1 RG 11" for 5.56×45mm blank cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 2011. Headstamps on cartridges manufactured during the Second World War and in pre-NATO years bear the initials "RG", the year of production and the broad arrow to signify Ministry of Defence property.
The ordnance factory has its own firing range on-site, where batches of ammunition are periodically test-fired from a variety of different weapons. The intention of test-firing is to check for proper function and performance within contract requirements such as reliability, consistency (e.g. velocity tested via gun chronograph) and accuracy at various distances from the muzzle etc.
A private, dedicated spur once led off the main former London, Midland and Scottish Railway railway line to facilitate transfer coal and other raw materials inwards and the final product outbound.
On the 20 August 2008 the Ministry of Defence announced a £2bn contract with BAE Systems to supply British forces with small arms and medium calibre ammunition.
Thefts from factory
On 21 January 1985 a former quality controller at the factory was sentenced to six years imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal, three charges of theft and asking for eight other offences to be taken into consideration. After the thefts were discovered, it took a team of four Ministry of Defence Police officers a fortnight to recover around £26,000 worth of goods stolen from the factory (which included a rocket launcher) from the man's house in nearby Alsager. The man's son, an apprentice at the factory, "resigned in disgrace", but charges were left on file, and he was not prosecuted. The thefts were believed to date back at least ten years, and the prosecution stated that there was some evidence that the man had also stolen from ROF Chorley when he was based there. In the wake of the thefts security was tightened across all Royal Ordnance Factories.
Cartridge from Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .50, M2. Found on the Swedish Airforce old shooting range in Hertsön. Used in the -50´s. Headstamp (M42) on the cartridge tells that it is made at Milwaukee Ordnance Plant, Milwaukee WI in 1942.
The former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green manufactures small arms ammunition for the British armed forces. It is located in the hamlet of Radway Green near Barthomley near Alsager in Cheshire in the UK. The factory, which is now owned by BAE Systems Global Combat Systems, was established in 1940. It has manufactured a wide range of ammunition, including:
.38 S&W - (Mk IIz ball) - [production ended in 1960s]
.303 British - (ball, blank, tracer, incendiary, armour piercing and proof testing) - [production ended in 1973]
.280 British - ('7 mm Mk 1z' - small amounts for developmental purposes of the Enfield EM2 and Taden gun in the 1950s) - [production ended circa 1956]
4.85×49mm - (small amounts for developmental purposes of the L64/65 in the 1970s)
9×19mm NATO - (standard FMJ, starting in the Second World War and still in production). 9mm 1Z ammunition was superseded in March 1944 by the more powerful 2Z cartridge.
5.56×45mm NATO - (standard FMJ, tracer and blank ammunition)
7.62×51mm NATO - (standard FMJ, tracer and blank ammunition)
4.6×30mm - (standard FMJ) for the Heckler & Koch MP7
All ammunition currently produced at Radway Green is NATO certified i.e. bears the NATO roundel as part of the headstamp on the cartridge case surrounding the primer. Additionally, headstamps bear the ammunition type ID, the initials "RG" plus the year of production e.g. "L18A1 RG 11" for 5.56×45mm blank cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 2011. Headstamps on cartridges manufactured during the Second World War and in pre-NATO years bear the initials "RG", the year of production and the broad arrow to signify Ministry of Defence property.
The ordnance factory has its own firing range on-site, where batches of ammunition are periodically test-fired from a variety of different weapons. The intention of test-firing is to check for proper function and performance within contract requirements such as reliability, consistency (e.g. velocity tested via gun chronograph) and accuracy at various distances from the muzzle etc.
A private, dedicated spur once led off the main former London, Midland and Scottish Railway railway line to facilitate transfer coal and other raw materials inwards and the final product outbound.
On the 20 August 2008 the Ministry of Defence announced a £2bn contract with BAE Systems to supply British forces with small arms and medium calibre ammunition.
Thefts from factory
On 21 January 1985 a former quality controller at the factory was sentenced to six years imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal, three charges of theft and asking for eight other offences to be taken into consideration. After the thefts were discovered, it took a team of four Ministry of Defence Police officers a fortnight to recover around £26,000 worth of goods stolen from the factory (which included a rocket launcher) from the man's house in nearby Alsager. The man's son, an apprentice at the factory, "resigned in disgrace", but charges were left on file, and he was not prosecuted. The thefts were believed to date back at least ten years, and the prosecution stated that there was some evidence that the man had also stolen from ROF Chorley when he was based there. In the wake of the thefts security was tightened across all Royal Ordnance Factories.
Focus Stacking Test - 70-300mm with reverse Tamron 90mm Macro lense. f8 on 70-300 15 images stacked with Zerene. Stacking capture with Nikon remote and 100ms focus interval.
The .45-70 rifle was originally issued with a copper cartridge and used in the American West during the second half of the 19th century, but the soldiers soon discovered that the copper expanded excessively in the breech upon firing. This sometimes jammed the rifle by preventing extraction of the fired cartridge case. A jam required manual extraction with a knife blade or similar tool, and could render the carbine version of the weapon, which had no ramrod to remove stuck cases, useless in combat except as a club.
Headstamp;
1943
DI Z
DI = DI
Defence Industries, Verdun, Canada. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in... Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z (Canadian Pattern)
Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 8Z (Canadian Pattern)
Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z (Canadian Pattern)
Drill D 1942 (Canadian Pattern)
Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z, G Mk 6Z (Canadian Pattern)
The 'Z' suffix Refers to graphite glazed nitro-cellulose propellant
A close-up view of the ACP cartridge case found at the Norseman site on Shining Tor, showing the (19)42 marking which proves it can't be from the 1941 Defiant crash
Background:
peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2007/10/noorduyn-uc-64a-nor...
Reloading shotshells, easy money. My recipe is 15 years old and I think shoots better than factory AA loads.
Remington - United Metallic Cartridge Co. If I'm not mistaken, brass was only stamped as REM-UMC until 1970 and yes, I tend to hang onto things.
February 14th, 2015
Some Federal .223 Remington brass destined for future CMP matches...
I like Lake City brass overall, but so do most other Civilian Marksmanship Program service rifle shooters, so I'm going to experiment with F C (Federal) brass...It's much easier to find your own brass after each shooting string when you have a unique headstamp on the brass...
A three-exposure, handheld HDR pic...
Found on a hilltop in the southern part of the Chuckwalla Mountains. I wonder when it skipped across the desert and bounced onto this hilltop? The Chocolate Mountains Gunnery Range is a few miles across the valley. This round was likely fired in the 1950's or 1960's by a Colt Mk 12 20MM aircraft-mounted cannon (the bombing range is a Navy range and I've found many 20MM x 110MM USN shell casings with 50's and 60's headstamps). Regardless, it's been here for a long time. Some of the likely US Navy culprits which carried the Mk 12 cannon during that timeframe include:
F4D Skyray
F3H Demon
A-4 Skyhawk
F-8 Crusader
F-11 Tiger
A-7 Corsair II
My mystery round has been identified by a gunsmith friend as a .45-55-405 for use in the carbine version of the Trapdoor Springfield. That designation means a .45 caliber round loaded with 55 grains of black powder and a 405 grain bullet. The headstamp on this one has a "C" for carbine (they were loaded lighter than the 70 grains used in rifles), an "F" for Frankford Arsenal (located just outside Philadelphia and operated from 1816 until 1977), and the numbers "3 80" which indicates it was made in March of 1880. This one is also distinctive as it is inside primed and not a rimfire as I had assumed. That deep rolled crimp at the base holds a primer cup in place inside the cartridge.
i learned a long time ago that sorting by manufacturer wasn't necessary when loading for the kind of shooting i do. hey, this is for a browning high power, not some sooper dooper whizbang space gun
.303's found at Allonby
The casings have been fired, and were manufactured by Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, and Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, UK, with dates for 1941 and '43.
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219
Bought these from a guy i work with. Approx. 50 rounds of .30-06 ammo for $10. Armor Piercing, Tracer, Incendiary, ball and some reloaded match grade stuff, probably loaded in the 1950's. Most headstamps are from '43. Pretty good deal!!
It is a 200mm round with a headstamp BMARC, a Lincolnshire-based firm of the British Manufacture & Research Company , a subsidiary of the Swiss engineering firm Hispano-Suiza. BMARC specialised in the production of aircraft, and naval anti-aircraft cannons. The IZ stamped on the bullet casing stands for “nitro cellulose powder”, the projectile propellant made by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, better known as ICI. BMRAC produced the munitions for the Royal Air Force’s Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aircraft.
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219
УКУПОРЩИК = Without Transaction (without money transfer)
ВЕСОВЩИК = Weigher or Checkweigher
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219
УКУПОРЩИК = Without Transaction (without money transfer)
ВЕСОВЩИК = Weigher or Checkweigher
Case
Headstamp = 50 (factory) over 75 (year)
Case Material = steel
Coating = copper wash
Water Volume = 63.7 gr.
Over all Length = Min = 3.017 Max = 3.025
Powder Weight = 49.1 gr.
Bullet
Diameter. = .311"
Length = 1.268"
Weight = 148.2 gr.
Style = Spitzer Boat Tail
Core = Steel
Tip Color = Silver
Magnetic? = Yes
Ballistic Coefficient = 0.377
Sectional Density = 0.219