Canada - 22 Box Id

1 Canada Created and Edited By Roger E. Huegel 2013. Map and flag from Canada . Introduction The history of .22s in Canada is dominated by one company, The Canadian Industries Ltd. which was the successor of the Dominion Cartridge Co. If you combine Winchester, Western and Remington of the , you would have the equal of Canada also has other manufacturers, private label sellers and importers which makes Canada a very interesting country to collect. ARMAMENT INTERNATIONAL. This company started importing .22s from Yugoslavia about 1989. These loadings are produced by Valor. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LTD. Became the parent of Dominion Cartridge Co. in 1928. Their offices and manufacturing was in Montreal. Their trademark changed as the years passed. They were active in producing new loadings, especially target loadings. In 1976, they sold their ammunition operations to Les Industries Valcartier, Inc. or DOMINION CARTRIDGE CO. This manufacturer started producing.

2 22s in the 1880s. Up until World War II, they were the only company producing .22s in Canada . Their offices and factories were in Montreal. In 1928 they became part of DOMINION ARSENAL. While this arsenal produced ammunition from approximately 1880 to 1945 it only produced .22s in the early 1920s. Boxes from this arsenal must be considered very rare. FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CORP. In 1988 the Federal Cartridge Corp. of the USA exported their 22s into Canada . They updated their boxes to comply with the bilingual requirements of Canada . FIOCCHI. No information available at this time. GEVELOT OF Canada . During the 1960s, Gevelot of France elected to open an ammunition plant in Canada . They produced .22s for a few years, then discontinued operations. The collector should attempt to complete his collection of these issues as they are not common in today's market. LES INDUSTRIES VALCARTIER, In 1976, purchased the ammunitions operations, including the.

3 22s. Canada . Manufacturers PRAGOTRADE. This company is an importer which has had imports from Czechoslovakia with their name on them. Dates of sales are not known at this time. Their offices are in Toronto and Montreal. REMINGTON ARMS OF Canada . Remington never produced .22s in Canada but they did sell .22s with a Canadian address. A plant located in Canada was planned during 1912 and a catalog was produced showing a Winsor, Canada address. Boxes were produced in the showing this address in order to get sales rolling before production started. The plant never opened. By 1916 all planning for this plant was dropped. These boxes are very rare. ROYAL CANADIAN CARTRIDGE & MUNITIONS Corp. Royal Canadian Cartridge and Munitions produces shotshells, .22-calibre rimfire rounds, and other small arms ammunition. It is a Canadian-owned company. RUKO of Canada Produced by Armscor who had established a company in Ontario during 1986.

4 Ruko was a private Canadian label. SIMPSON-SEARS. This is a large retailer in Canada who had a private label box produced for them in the late 1970s. This box was probably produced by Winchester of Canada . WINCHESTER OF Canada . The Cooey Machine and Arms Co. was purchased by the Olin Corp. of the in 1961. They started producing .22s approximately 1965 in this plant. Their loadings paralleled the format of the East Alton plant. They discontinued producing .22s in Canada during the early 1990s. They are importing .22s from Winchester of the in special boxes to fill their sales needs in Canada as of 1986. WORLD FAMOUS SALES OF Canada . This is an importer who has had at least one .22 box imported from Yugoslavia with their name and address on the bottom of the box. Their offices are in Toronto. X L EXPLOSIVES LTD. The history of this company is not known at this time. They imported .22s from Fiocchi of Italy and packed them in special private label boxes.

5 They probably sold these .22s in the 1960s. Canadian companies are listed alphabetically in this publication. Canada . Contributors THANKS. Special thanks to the following collectors for helping me with this project by supplying me with box images and sharing their knowledge. Presented in alphabeti- cal order. R H. J B. P M C. D B. B C R M. D C R R. C S. R E. J U. P G. E W. J -P G. B Z. D G..22 B N. J H. G H. Canada . Bibliography Headstamp drawings courtesy of The RIMFIRE HEADSTAMP GUIDE by George Kass Headstamps are illustrated at the beginning of each company section. ARMAMENT INTERNATIONAL. IMPORTS. S-1. ARMAMENT INTERNATIONAL. LR-1. LR-3. AI-1. ARMAMENT INTERNATIONAL. IMPORTS. This company started importing .22s from Yugoslavia about 1989. These boxes were produced by Valor and has their headstamps. V-3. S-1 .22 SHORT (HIGH VELOCITY). "A-1" Gray and white box with green, white and black printing. Large, one-piece box with end flaps.

6 "V-3" h/s on a brass case. Lead bullet. LR-1 .22 LONG RIFLE (HIGH VELOCITY). "A-1" Gray and white box with red, white and black printing. Large, one-piece box with end flaps. "V-3" h/s on a brass case. Lead bullet. LR-2 .22 LONG RIFLE (STANDARD VELOCITY). "A-1" Gray and white box with blue, white and black printing. Large, one-piece box with end flaps. "V-3" h/s on a brass case. Lead bullet. AI-1. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. Logos Headstamp drawings courtesy of the RIMFIRE HEADSTAMP GUIDE by George Kass D-5 D-6 GG-4. C-I-L. 1928-1931 1932-1950 1950-1956 1957-1960. Bent "D" First logo to Double Oval Single Oval Blue on white include C-I-L Blue on White Blue on Buff Blue on Buff Blue & Red on White Buff on Blue Blue on White Red on White Red on White Blue on Yellow White on Red 1961-1962 1962-1976 1967-1976 19672-1976. Single Oval Single Oval Single Oval Single Oval Blue on Yellow Red on Yellow Red on White Red on White Red on White Red on White Red on Yellow Blue on Yellow Green on Yellow Green on Yellow CIL.

7 CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. HEADSTAMPS (h/s). Date Coding on C-I-L ammo boxes (1901-1980). MONTH DAY YEAR YEAR YEAR. A Jan A 1 A 1901 K 1931 S 1961. B Feb B 2 B 1902 L 1932 T 1962. C Mar C 3 C 1903 H 1933 U 1963. D Apr D 4 D 1904 N 1934 C 1964. E May E 5 E 1905 0 1935 D 1965. F June F 6 F 1906 P 1936 E 1966. G July G 7 G 1907 Q 1937 F 1967. H Aug H 8 H 1908 R 1938 G 1968. I Sept I 9 I 1909 S 1939 H 1969. J Oct A0 10 J 1910 T 1940 I 1970. K Nov AA 11 K 1911 U 1941 J 1971. L Dec AB 12 L 1912 V 1942 K 1972. AC 13 M 1913 A 1943 L 1973. AD 14 N 1914 B 1944 M 1974. AE 15 O 1915 C 1945 N 1975. AF 16 p 1916 D 1946 O 1976. AG 17 Q 1917 E 1947 P 1977. AH 18 R 1918 F 1948 Q 1978. AI 19 S 1919 G 1949 R 1979. B0 20 T 1920 H 1950 S 1980. BA 21 U 1921 I 1951. BB 22 V 1922 J 1952. BC 23 W 1923 K 1953. BD 24 X 1924 L 1954. BE 25 Y 1925 M 1955. BF 26 Z 1926 N 1956. BG 27 G 1927 O 1957. BH 28 H 1928 P 1958. BI 29 I 1929 Q 1959. C0 30 J 1930 R 1960.

8 31. CIL. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. 1928-1931. Bent "D" Issues S-1 L-1. L-5 LR-1. C-I-L. LR-8. XL-1. CIL-1. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. 1928-1931. Bent "D" Issues In 1928 Dominion became part of the Canadian Industries Ltd. group of companies. A new trade mark. reflected that amalgamation. These boxes are hard to locate, as they were produced for a very short time. S-1 .22 SHORT. SUPER-CLEAN SMOKELESS GREASELESS . Blue and yellow label with blue and yellow printing. Buff two-piece, full cover box. Full wrap-around end label. D-5 h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. L-1 .22 LONG. SUPER-CLEAN SMOKELESS GREASELESS . Blue and yellow label with blue and yellow printing. Buff two-piece, full cover box. Full wrap-around end label. D-5 h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. L-5 .22 LONG (HOLLOW POINT). "SUPER CLEAN . Blue and bright yellow label with blue and yellow printing;. Buff, two-piece, full cover box. Full wrap-around end label.

9 D-5" h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. LR-1 .22 LONG RIFLE. (SMOKELESS GREASED". Yellow and blue label with white and blue printing. Buff two-piece, full cover box Full wrap-around end label. D-5 h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. LR-8 .22 LONG RIFLE. (SMOKELESS GREASELESS". Box of 100. Yellow and blue label with white and blue printing. Buff two-piece, full cover box "D-5 h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. All of these boxes noted have military markings stamped on them. XL-1 .22 EXTRA LONG. LESMOK . Red and yellow labe1 with white and red printing. Buff two-piece, full cover box. Full wrap-around end label. "D-5 h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. CIL-1. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. 1932-1950 issues BB-1 CB-1. CB-2. S-1. C-I-L. S-2 S-3. S-4 S-5. CIL-2. CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Ltd. 1928-1931 Issues While the markings of the .22 boxes began showing the parent identification in 1928, it was not Until 1932 that; this trade mark appeared.))

10 It was during this period that; the product line started to add new loadings, such as the WHIZ BANGs which were first offered in catalog #20. as a high speed loads. This would have been about 1934. Box construction underwent 3. different changes during; this period. BB-l .22 CAPS. "SUPER CLEAN". Bulk packed box of 100..B1ue printing on a buff box. D-5 h/s on a copper case. No product code. Lead bullets. CB-1 .22 CAPS. "SMOKELESS". Box of and blue label with blue and white printing. Buff, two-piece, full cover- box. Full wrap-around end label. No product code. "D-5" h/s on a copper case. Lead bullets. CB-2 .22 CAPS. "SMOKELESS". Same as CB-l except a different format to the top. S-1..22 SHORT. (BLANK). Red printing on a buff box. No product code. "D-5" h/s. Variations noted: (a) Copper cases. Rolled crimp with a lavender wad. (b) Brass cases. Rolled crimp with a lavender wad. (c) Brass cases. Star crimped with lavender- wad.