semperfi71
US Veteran
Today I found two boxes of empty cartridge cases at a gunshop.
The cases are the length of .45 Schofield. And according to other posts here they were intended for the .45 Schofield and in the case of the REM-UMC version, to be used in the Colt SAA and NOT the Schofield, due to the rim diameter.
The case are headstamped: "REM-UMC .45 Colt", "WRA .45 Colt", and "Western .45 Colt".
My questions are this.
The REM-UMC cases I bought are balloon-head/folded-head. When was this style of cartridge brass (balloon-head), and maybe even specifically these ".45 Colt" cases, LAST manufactured?
Same for the WRA and Western cases, when were they last made? (These are modern solid-head with extractor cut above the rim.)
Cases are to the right in the pic.
Thanks for any info.
The cases are the length of .45 Schofield. And according to other posts here they were intended for the .45 Schofield and in the case of the REM-UMC version, to be used in the Colt SAA and NOT the Schofield, due to the rim diameter.
The case are headstamped: "REM-UMC .45 Colt", "WRA .45 Colt", and "Western .45 Colt".
My questions are this.
The REM-UMC cases I bought are balloon-head/folded-head. When was this style of cartridge brass (balloon-head), and maybe even specifically these ".45 Colt" cases, LAST manufactured?
Same for the WRA and Western cases, when were they last made? (These are modern solid-head with extractor cut above the rim.)
Cases are to the right in the pic.

Thanks for any info.
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