Unknown Shotshell Headstamp

[cambria09]

Hello All. I dug this yesterday at a 1920's-ish farmhouse site. I have dug and identified hundreds of head stamps but I have never seen this one. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks and HH. C9

 

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Kynoch 2090 grouse ejector

 

[Harry.k]

Found this hope this helps

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Thanks! Great find! That's one I haven't seen before, too...!
...and, I dig lots of shotshell heads, almost every relic hunt...!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I've found a few of his shotgun shells on old farm sites here in Ontario as well.

Dave

Kynoch was established in Witton in Birmingham in 1862 by Scottish entrepreneur George Kynoch when he opened a percussion cap factory in Witton. In 1895 he built an explosives factory east of Shell Haven Creek, Essex (now known as Coryton). This opened in 1897, with an estate for employees called Kynochtown. Products included cordite, guncotton, gunpowder, and cartridges. After World War I many of the UK ammunition and explosives manufacturers were brought together under Nobel Explosives to become Nobel Industries, which was a founding element of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI) in 1926. Once Nobel Industries, including Kynoch Ltd, had merged to form ICI, the original Kynoch factory in Witton became the head office and principal manufacturing base of the "ICI Metals Division". Kynoch, along with names such as Eley, became brands of subsidiaries.

Kynoch, established a munitions factory on the north side of Arklow, Ireland. This factory employed several thousand workers during World War I, but closed shortly after it, all production being moved to South Africa. Seventeen workers were killed in an explosion there on 21 September 1917. It was believed that the plant was shelled by a German U-boat.

During the 1950s, the sound of test firing of munitions still occasionally shattered the peace over Witton, but with the standardization of cartridges across the Western powers and a general downturn in ammunition requirements, the sidelines in sporting cartridges were discontinued by Imperial Metal Industries (IMI) in 1970. IMI became independent of ICI in 1977, still producing rimfire and shotgun cartridges for the sporting markets. The more economically viable production of shotgun and rimfire ammunition continued. The Ammunition Division was incorporated separately as Eley Limited in 1983.

 

[A2coins]

Great ID, Nice find