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The following information was taken from a 1976 Gun Digest.

Non Corrosive primers US Military ammo 30-06 & 45 ACP
Head Stamp Maker Changeover date Safe headstamps

FA Franklin Arsenal
30-06--- October 1951 FA 52 ETC
45 ACP--- July 1954 FA 55

FCC Federal Cart Corp
45 ACP--- November 1953 FCC 54

DAQ Dominion Arsenal
ALL Non Corrosive ALL

VC ALL Non Corrosive ALL

WRA Winchester
30-06 Ball-- August 1954 WRA 52
30-06 AP-- June 1954 WRA 52
45 ACP Novermber --1951 WRA 52

WCC Western
30-06--June 1951 WCC 52
45 ACP--November 1952 WCC 53

TW Twin Cities Arsenal
30-06 Ball-- December 1950 TW 51
30-60 AP-- Febuary 1952 TW 53

SL St Louis Ord Plant
30-06 Ball -- May 1952 SL 53
30-06 AP -- July 1952 SL 53

RA Remington Arms
30-06 November 1951 RA 52
45 ACP September 1952 RA 53

LA Lake City Arsenal
30-06 Ball-- June 1951 LC 52
30-06 AP--April 1952


ALL Military 30 Carbine, 9mm Luger, 38 Special with US headstamps have non-corrosive primers LC 53
The chart doesn't list the maker of "VC" headstamped ammo but here is link showing all military headstamp makers
http://www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/guns_and_weapons/headstmp.html

VC is listed as:
VC Verdun Arsenal, Canada - Under contract to US

The article also lists Lake City as both LA and LC. All the headstamps I have seen from Lake City has been marked LC however since I haven't seen everything, they may have made some ammo headstamped LA

The safe Headstamp date is when "for Sure" no more corrosive primers were used in the manufacture of Military ammo, by the respective manufactures

The dates listed is when each Manufacture begin the change over from Corrosive primers to Non-Corrosive primers.

IE:
RA Remington Arms
30-06 November 1951 RA 52

11-51 is when they change from Corrosive to Non corrosive primers for 30-06 Ammo and the RA 52 headstamped ammo is a "for sure" headstamp that means no left over corrosive primers were used in the manufactured ammo


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