We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

Plant is a little west of Dixie off Lakeshore , the ranges are still there and some older brick buildings . At one time a big observation tower was over towards the lake to spot bombers . They built a huge floating pyramid roof with black shingles they would tow out into the lake , bombers would fly out of Hamilton and do a run down the lake and bomb the pyramid with dummy shells . My mom and uncles as kids would go to Marie Curtis park on Lakeshore and watch the bombers. When the war was over my dad’s friends bought surplus dive gear and made a business with the Port Credit fishing fleet walking on the bottom of the lake collecting scrap lead from dummy bombs .


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I grew up nearby...
In the early/mid 70's we'd ride our bikes out behind where the test ranges were. The baffles were still present.
We'd occasionally find spent .303 casings.

The Lee Emfields produced at Long Branch are coveted as the best examples of that particular rifle.
They were also produced in the UK, Australia, India and the USA, however....The Canadian made rifles were of superb quality and enjoyed production conditions unaffected by war.
The US produced rifles have a reputation for brittle steel and many recommend not firing them...
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