303 Head stamp

[Andysarmoury]

Could anybody help id this 303 case it is stamped DAC 1916 GP-B i know what DAC stands for Diminion Arsenal Canada but not the other letters the case has no crinping indents of any kind, can anybody help
Cheers
Andy

 

[tigbrand]

Andy,its Gallery practice ball(as far as i know!)

 

[Andysarmoury]

Thanks Tigbrand i thought it was something like that.
Cheers
Andy

 

[spotter]

Whats a gallery round ? is it just a standard round with reduced charge for indoor training

 

[Andysarmoury]

Hi Spotter
Yes it was a reduced charge for training it was in 1902 that Major Gaudet a Canadian Officer submitted a short range training cartridge to the british. so the round became the 303 Gaudet short range practice cartridge.
Andy

 

[spotter]

Thanks andy, heard of them but never thought to ask about them untill now,i assume these come in all calibres and all nationalitys nowadays

 

[MissingSomething]

Just reading thru and thought I would post a couple of pictures of the rounds that I have...

They both have a 3 section vertical crimp at the bullet...