[Low-Tech/High-Tech] Looting and Improvising arms and armour in Victorian London

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Originally Posted by Green-Neck

I'd be wary of any ammunition found at the proof house as they may be proof loads, ie +p+ loads.

Good point.

Do such proof loads have bullets? I know they reach a peak pressure of x2.5 the expected working pressure, but is there is a projectile in the cartridge?

Originally Posted by Green-Neck

I beleive England's only other proof house is Birmingham, so I could imagine quite a large stock of arms.

This is true, but as noted above, from what I can tell governmental arsenals in the UK had their own proofing procedures until 1988.