Found This In My Reloads
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SGT ROCK 11B
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Nice 95 year old brass.
You pick up range brass? Once a old timer left his .30/06 brass and as I recall it was 1935. He was shooting an '03 Springfield. He knew the stuff was worn out because some had splits that I tossed. Then when I resized the good pieces about half split.
I am thinking someone did the same thing.
You pick up range brass? Once a old timer left his .30/06 brass and as I recall it was 1935. He was shooting an '03 Springfield. He knew the stuff was worn out because some had splits that I tossed. Then when I resized the good pieces about half split.
I am thinking someone did the same thing.
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I have 4 five gallon buckets of range brass that I've picked up since the 70's .
Ivan the Butcher
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I started shooting 45 ACP in the late 70's and we had several boxes of new 1917/1918 brass case steel jacket ammo. Lots of WW2 steel case copper jacket stuff also.
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DWalt
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I have noticed that GI WWI .45 ACP brass has a slightly smaller primer pocket, and today's LP primers will not seat without reaming the primer pocket first. I have done that, is a PITA. No idea if the brass case GI .45 ammo made in the 1920s was the same way. The WWII Evansville steel case GI .45 ammo is the same way, not worth the effort to attempt reloading it.
As recently as 10 years ago, there were full sealed cases of surplus WWII .45 ACP steel cased ammo available for sale. I do not remember how it was priced. About the same time I managed to buy around 20 boxes of the WWII steel cased GI .45 ammo for $3/box at an estate sale. It is long gone. Only problem was you had to use water to clean your pistol after shooting it to prevent rusting.
I just checked several random rounds of GI WWI .45 ACP bullets with a magnet. I found none having steel jackets. Probably cupronickel by their appearance.
Regarding the .45 ACP ammo shipped to Russia, I remember reading that when it came back, every box had mixed headstamps, like the Russians had dumped out all of the boxes, mixed them up, and re-boxed them. Allegedly Uncle Sam supplied the Russians with many H&R Reising .45 SMGs. The Russians never used them, nor any of that .45 ammo. During WWII, the Russians never lacked SMGs. They made their own by the millions, mainly the PPSh.
As recently as 10 years ago, there were full sealed cases of surplus WWII .45 ACP steel cased ammo available for sale. I do not remember how it was priced. About the same time I managed to buy around 20 boxes of the WWII steel cased GI .45 ammo for $3/box at an estate sale. It is long gone. Only problem was you had to use water to clean your pistol after shooting it to prevent rusting.
I just checked several random rounds of GI WWI .45 ACP bullets with a magnet. I found none having steel jackets. Probably cupronickel by their appearance.
Regarding the .45 ACP ammo shipped to Russia, I remember reading that when it came back, every box had mixed headstamps, like the Russians had dumped out all of the boxes, mixed them up, and re-boxed them. Allegedly Uncle Sam supplied the Russians with many H&R Reising .45 SMGs. The Russians never used them, nor any of that .45 ammo. During WWII, the Russians never lacked SMGs. They made their own by the millions, mainly the PPSh.
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AJ
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I find old head stamped .45 ACP ammo on an irregular basis. Less frequently now than years ago. A friend has a gun shop and I pick up loose rounds from estate sales, just for the asking. Found some last year that dated to WW I. When I was stationed in Calif. the local police would get widows turning in guns and ammo to them. We would be a beneficiary of some especially the .45 ACP. One day they gave is a large paper shopping bag half full of .45 ACP. In it was ammo headstamped from WW I up to the 1960's. Since we were not collectors the 1stSgt. and I shot it up. All went bang with the exception of six rounds from 1936. Still run across some of the real old cases when reloading..
Hair Trigger
US Veteran
AJ
US Veteran
I have a couple boxes of 45-70 that say " repacked at the Frankford Arsenal 1895. They are unopened. They have a drawstring like a band aid to open
Nemo288
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Now that's interesting.
Be every informative to see what's inside one of those.
Wondering if "repacked" means "reloaded" from BP to nitro.
Be every informative to see what's inside one of those.
Wondering if "repacked" means "reloaded" from BP to nitro.
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SGT ROCK 11B
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I always found it interesting that at one time the headstamp had the year and month. In your picture FA 10 16 (October 1916)
