Posted: 9/19/2002 11:02:17 AM EDT
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Just trying to figure all of these out... LC - Lake City (where is Lake City, anyhow?) WC/WCC/WRA - Winchester, various eras SL - Salt Lake City? TW - ? TZ/TZZ - ? DEN - ? FN - Fabrique Nationale? Belgian? There are more, and I will be taking pix sometime - but these are the ones still resident in short-term memory... FFZ |
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Quoted: Quoted: I always thought Lake City was in Utah somewhere. I might be wrong though Keving67 That's [b]SALT[/b] Lake City. There is a Lake City in Florida near I-10 and I-75, but I don't know if it is the same as the Lake City where the ammo in made. Now that you mention it, that is where I have heard it before. Never was good in geography. Keving67 |
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I found the DEN headstamp with dates in the '40's - was South Africa producing ammo then? I've also run across a "U", and a couple others. I'll get them all together one of these days and post a list - and maybe even a batch of photos for everyone to look at... FFZ |
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Quoted: I found the DEN headstamp with dates in the '40's - was South Africa producing ammo then? Sorry, I was thinking of DNL which is Denel of South Africa, instead of DEN. U- Utah Ordnance Plant TW- is Twin Cities Ordnance Plant DEN- Denver Ordnance Plant SL- Saint Louis Ordnance Plant from Cartridges of the World 9th edition. |
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And to think I had that book staring me in my ugly face the whole damn time... I guess I should read it! I've been too busy with "Understanding Firearm Ballistics" lately... Got a copy of "Ammo & Ballistics" lying about as well - I'll have to pillage thru there. When I get a chance, I'll have PIX - Tat or Brou, intersted in adding them to the Ammo FAQ? FFZ |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I always thought Lake City was in Utah somewhere. I might be wrong though Keving67 That's [b]SALT[/b] Lake City. There is a Lake City in Florida near I-10 and I-75, but I don't know if it is the same as the Lake City where the ammo in made. Now that you mention it, that is where I have heard it before. Never was good in geography. Keving67 I had the immense displeasure of living in that shithole in FL for 4 years. Definately not an ammo factory there. They build the hell out of mobile homes, though. At the time, I was a NC state licensed electrical contractor, with 15 years of experience in the field. My first job offer was $6.00/hour. Laughed at the fucker, and went fishing.... |
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LC/LCAAP/LakeCity is in the Kansas City metro area. Between Independence and BlueSprings Mo to be specific. There is a 100yd pubic(strict) shooting range on the grounds. That's where I usually shoot as there is nothing better in the area. A side note about LCAAP: it's a toxic waste dump, well not really but it's a NRC clean up site. LC produced and tested DU(depleted uranium) rounds. Some interesting stuff on the web about it. |
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Quoted: And to think I had that book staring me in my ugly face the whole damn time... I guess I should read it! I've been too busy with "Understanding Firearm Ballistics" lately... Got a copy of "Ammo & Ballistics" lying about as well - I'll have to pillage thru there. When I get a chance, I'll have PIX - Tat or Brou, intersted in adding them to the Ammo FAQ? FFZ Robert Rinker does a good job in that book. |
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Superfund = Heavy Toxic cleanup. We had a Superfund site here in South San Jose - the old Fairchild/Republic plant. It's now a grocery store - but I'm still a little leery of it... Moffett NAS is very nearly a Superfund site - especially after the AFU with the post Gas station a few years back... FFZ |
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EOD_Guy - Thanks for the DIA link (I thought they didn't exist anymore...?) I found and downloaded BOTH volumes of that manual, and added them to the rest of my ordnance info. After that, I started pillaging thru the rest of their FOIA stuff and will work on DefenseLINK later... I'm always looking for stuff like this - got any more? I could use the refresher... FFZ |