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12-04-2014, 09:46 AM
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I found these old .45 caliber rounds headstamped "E.C.", for "Evansville Chrysler" with the date "43". Anyone ever seen this type of ACP round before?
I've heard they were designed as "survival" rounds......both to kill predators like snakes....and to take small animals and birds for food, when no food was available.
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12-04-2014, 10:05 AM
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Not sure, but believe they were packed in pilot's survival kits for the intended purpose you stated.
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Cartridge, Shot, Caliber.45 M-12
Cartridges of the World 13th Edition, page 535
The story I heard was that these were issued to WW-2 pilots in the Pacific theater as survival ammunition as you said for small game. No other markings on the box?
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12-04-2014, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bastogne71
Cartridge, Shot, Caliber.45 M-12
Cartridges of the World 13th Edition, page 535
The story I heard was that these were issued to WW-2 pilots in the Pacific theater as survival ammunition as you said for small game. No other markings on the box?
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I heard the same story about Pacific pilots using these. However most handguns carried in the Pacific by pilots were38 specials. Don't know the real story. Hope some more knowledgeable people will chime in.
Oop's, I forgot the Army Air Corps was in the Pacific as well. Everything I have heard of the Air Corps wore shoulder holsters occupied with 1911's.
Last edited by 30-30remchester; 12-04-2014 at 10:34 PM.
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12-04-2014, 08:40 PM
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Don't shoot them
These cartridges are collectible and probably worth several dollars each. I've never fired these and I'm thinking that as a woods survival round, they may have had to be single-round loaded and didn't have the energy to cycle the action.
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12-08-2014, 07:02 AM
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Cool find! I personally would have to try JUST ONE TO SEE if they would still go bang. "I gots to know"...............
I found 5 very very old Browning 12 gauge paper Shells from the early teens or twenties I believe and tried two just for the heck of it. They did NOT work but they do look cool in my antique ammo display.
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