The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VARIOUS MACHINE GUNS TEST-FIRE 273 ROUNDS OUT OF 500 INTO THIS SANDFILLED, CONCRETE STOP BUTT BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE FACTORY. SAND DISLODGED DURING TESTS IS SHOVELLED BACK DAILY.
RIFLE FIRE ALONG THIS METAL TUBE TESTS VELOCITY BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE AMMUNITION FACTORY. THE TUBE IS 180 FEET LONG, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS AT RIFLE AND STOP BUTT CONN
A VICKERS MACHINE GUN, MOUNTED ON A RIGID BLOCK, AND FIRED BY A BOWDEN CONTROL, IS USED IN THE DEVICE WHICH TESTS WHETHER THE AMMUNITION MAY BE SAFELY USED IN A MACHINE GUN SYNCHRONISED WITH AN AIRSCR
MELBOURNE, VIC. A LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUN TEST-FIRING .303 AMMUNITION, PRIOR TO THE AMMUNITION BEING SENT TO THE FIGHTING FORCES. 500 IN EACH 200,000 ROUNDS ARE TEST-FIRED.
THIS DEVICE SHOWS WHETHER AMMUNITION MAY BE SAFELY USED, BY TESTING IT IN A MACHINE GUN SYNCHRONISED WITH AN AIRSCREW BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE FACTORY.
German Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun converted in Australia to use .303 inch ammunition. The fusee cover, pistol grip and butt have been remade. The feed block has been modified and is stamped 9399.
A male munitions employee at the Small Arms Factory carries out a Bayonet's 10 ton test. Every bayonet that is produced by the factory must undergo most stringent tests before it is released for servi
