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Originally Posted by DWalt
During the Board trials, there was a problem with a high misfire rate from the FA-manufactured ammunition. There is some indication that, as a result, commercially-manufactured ammuniton without headstamps was also used.
To me, it seems that the .45 Model of 1906 cartridge is what was later referred to as the ".45 Special" and ".45 Frankford."
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Regarding the Model 1909 .45 cartridge, I have two Colt M1909 revolvers. I fire them with mild .45 Colt reloads (the cases having the small-diameter rim), and can verify that extraction difficulties occur. I have had a few instances in which the extractor slipped around the rim of a partially-withdrawn fired .45 Colt case during extraction.
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1. Correct, S&W ordered a production lot from UMC variously reported as 10,000 or 20,000 rounds because the FA ammo made both the S&W and Colt revolver submissions look bad. Supposedly they had a UMC head stamp.
2. Correct.
3. The procedure for that problem is to point the muzzle skyward and use one full stroke to extract cases.