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Thanks, Mike,
31 O S is the code for 31st August 1944.
Evidently Kynoch were still able to fit in some civilian production, no doubt to meet the need to maintain animal control in the Colonies and to harvest venison in Scotland (although the Army was no doubt doing a fair bit with .303” Mark 7 Ball in the Battle Training Areas).
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![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/09/21/6eoxWHS5_t.jpeg) This Eley-Kynoch colour catalogue was a happy find at a Charity Shop. It think it dates between 1957 and 1963 (surprisingly they were not yet offering .410 Extra Long 3” cartridges). Intriguing selection of bullet weights for .303 British Sporting cartilages. I anticipated 215, 174 and 150 grains, but not the 210 or 192 grain loadings.
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Parabola, it is interesting that Kynoch made special 303 V1 cartridges in addition to the VI ones. Do you suppose they were for taking pot shots at buzz bombs (V1)? I wonder how many years they marked the boxes as V1 instead of VI for the Mark 6? Does that make those boxes collectors' items?
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Well spotted!
I hadn’t noticed, but the box with the V1 marking is of fairly recent Kynamco production.
I am sure that David Little, who founded Kynamco after he left Eley-Kynoch, was fully conversant with Latin numbers.
Whoever did the typing (they used self adhesive labels I believe they printed on the premises) probably thought it was V1 for Version 1 instead of VI for 6.
I have mentioned before that I knew an old boy who as a teenage gunner in a Home Guard Anti-Aircraft Battery in 1944 shot down a V1.
The doodlebug plummeted to earth to land just in front of their gun-pit. They made it into the shelter in time, but when they emerged found that the force of the blast had bent the barrel of their 3.7” gun.
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I don't think there is any significance in the V1 vs VI marking. Just typing issue as Parabola says. I just received a box yesterday made in 1961 marked: 303" BRITISH (MARK 6z TYPE) CARTRIDGES. They are Metal Covered Solid Bullet 215 GRNs. No reference at all to roman numerals. Along with that box I received another made in 1963 which again all 303" BRITISH CARTRIDGES that are Metal Covered Soft Point Bullets 215 GRNs, with no reference at all to any Mark number.
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.......
I have mentioned before that I knew an old boy who as a teenage gunner in a Home Guard Anti-Aircraft Battery in 1944 shot down a V1.
The doodlebug plummeted to earth to land just in front of their gun-pit. They made it into the shelter in time, but when they emerged found that the force of the blast had bent the barrel of their 3.7” gun. Damn, Hello, That could wake you up
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