Manufacture dates for CCI ammo lot numbers
I just bought a couple of cases of CCI .22LR ammo (Blazer and Mini-Mags) and wondered what the manufacture date on them was. I found the following info via Google:
Since 1995 SPEER/CCI products have used lot numbers that allow you to discern their date of manufacture. These lot numbers are in the form of L##L##, where L is a letter and # is a number. The first letter is the month A thru M, January thru December, skipping I (it might be mistaken for a 1). The next two numbers are the numerical day of the month 01 thru 31, single digit dates getting a leading zero. The second letter is the year A thru EA, skipping I and O (which might be mistaken for 1 and 0), for 1995 thru 2023. The purpose of the numbers following these is unknown to me.
First letter/Month:
A - January
B - February
C - March
D - April
E - May
F - June
G - July
H - August
J - September
K - October
L - November
M - December
First two digits/Numerical date:
01-31
Second letter/Year:
A - 1995
B - 1996
C - 1997
D - 1998
E - 1999
F - 2000
G - 2001
H - 2002
J - 2003
K - 2004
L - 2005
M - 2006
N - 2007
P - 2008
Q - 2009
R - 2010
S - 2011
T - 2012
U - 2013
V - 2014
W - 2015
X - 2016
Y - 2017
Z - 2018
AA - 2019
BA - 2020
CA - 2021
DA - 2022
EA - 2023
One case is Lot D12EA06 which would be April 12, 2023, and the other is F26EA06 which would be June 26, 2023. I also have an old case of Blazer that is Lot A12S24 which would be January 12, 2011, which sounds about right as to when I bought it.
Hope this is helpful.
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