Anyone know when this “S&W” .45 ACP ammo was produced”?
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Your S&W .45 ACP ammo is from the late 1970's - early 1980's. S&W and Fiocchi bought out Alcan (Alton, IL) and started producing ammo under the S&W-Fiocchi brand in 1972. I bought 2 boxes of 9 mm ammo around 1975 that were headstamped "S&W-F". Fiocchi left or was bought out and S&W produced ammo under their own name after that and moved the plant to Rock Creek, OH. They stopped ammo production around 1980-1982 and I think .45 ACP was a late addition to their lineup. They also manufactured and sold primers. I don't think they manufactured their own brass, but did sell component brass with the S&W head stamp. I have 4 boxes of it that I got on eBay when you could still sell anything on eBay. It's stamped "S&W .38 SPL +P" and is nickel plated.
Have nickel .38 Spec and .357 in same boxes - bought in 1976
correction: .38 Spec +P and no "F" on headstamp
correction: .38 Spec +P and no "F" on headstamp
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Have a partial box of 9 mm S&W brass somewhere….
People collect everything but unlikely there will be a rush to buy the ammo but you might find a market for a few empty boxes. I see it a gun shows often. As a previous dealer, I was “forced” to purchase cases of S&W ammo to get my allocation of handguns from my distributors.
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It is fairly common in all calibers loaded. I wouldn't attribute much if any premium value over new ammunition prices. That might be different 50 years from now. I have quite a few 50 round boxes of S&W .38 Special and .357 ammunition, also several bricks of .22 LR. I would have to look, but I believe all had nickeled cases. I sort of remember that some rifle ammunition came in 10 round packs but I don't have any of it. I think there may also have been shotshells, have none of those either.
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Fiocchi made S&W ammo in the 1970's.
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You'd see a lot of that stuff in the '70s, maybe '80s. They sold popular rifle ammo too, like .270 and .30-06.
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I used to see it regularly in the 1980's. I think if it were mine I would shoot it and use the brass. As said above it's not that special and won't command a premium over new stuff.
Hi Bob, lol……
I agree…….it’s just that I have no desire to shoot 185gr. .45 ACP semi-wadcutters, in a semi-auto.
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If it's a Kimber 1911 like mine it won't care. Mine will feed anything. So long as it meets SAAMI specs.
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I have had a few of those 10 round rifle ammo packs. Very flimsy plastic packages but the ammo was good. Got an assortment from a local shop dirt cheap years ago, 30-30, 270, 30-06 and 308. They had had it for a while and just wanted to clear it out. Shot up most of it, kept a box or two of each which I later traded to another cartridge collector who was trying to do a grouping of S&W ammo. I agree, no significant premium to most people. Not old or rare enough for most and finding someone who is specifically collecting S&W ammo is a long shot. I would probably keep one for my general ammo collection and shoot the rest,
