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  • perry shooter
    if YOU GO TO A MILITARY / GUNSHOW AND HAVE FULL BOXES YOU MAY GET A FAIRLY GOOD PRICE OTHER WISE LOOSE ROUNDS NOT MUCH AT ALL
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  • TheBrassMan
    If the boxes are full and match, they are worth about $30 - $40.
    The loose rounds not much. The clips are worth something.
    Most of the spent cases are junk, non-reloadable. They would go in my scrap barrel.
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  • CS8161
    quote:Originally posted by TheBrassMan
    If the boxes are full and match, they are worth about $30 - $40.
    The loose rounds not much. The clips are worth something.
    Most of the spent cases are junk, non-reloadable. They would go in my scrap barrel.


    The spent cases appear to be boxer primed, why would they just be junk? Thanks for the info!
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  • charliemeyer007
    They look steel to me.

    added They stick to a magnet and rust.
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  • TheBrassMan
    A lot of those spent cases are an alloy. Not steel but something else.
    They are not reloadable. They do not deprime very nicely, I tried one once just to see.
    The old primer did not want to come out. Took a needle punch and hammer and it finally came out.
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  • Tailgunner1954
    E.C./E.C.s. (Evansville Chrysler/Evansville Chrysler Sunbeam) 45acp's were made by the BILLION (3.26 billion if you're fussy). Enough so that their contract was cancled BEFORE the war was over (IOW the military knew that they had way more than they could possibly use, even if the war lasted another 3-4 years).
    http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1945/46Ammo/Cover.htm

    It is Steel cased and corrosive shooting ammo.

    A unopened box in mint condition will bring a slight premium (couple bucks) over a opened box. A unopened case will bring a small premium over a equivalent volume of unopened boxes (~ 20 bucks or so)
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  • CS8161
    quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
    E.C./E.C.s. (Evansville Chrysler/Evansville Chrysler Sunbeam) 45acp's were made by the BILLION (3.26 billion if you're fussy). Enough so that their contract was cancled BEFORE the war was over (IOW the military knew that they had way more than they could possibly use, even if the war lasted another 3-4 years).
    http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1945/46Ammo/Cover.htm

    It is Steel cased and corrosive shooting ammo.

    A unopened box in mint condition will bring a slight premium (couple bucks) over a opened box. A unopened case will bring a small premium over a equivalent volume of unopened boxes (~ 20 bucks or so)


    Thanks!
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  • CS8161
    quote:Originally posted by TheBrassMan
    A lot of those spent cases are an alloy. Not steel but something else.
    They are not reloadable. They do not deprime very nicely, I tried one once just to see.
    The old primer did not want to come out. Took a needle punch and hammer and it finally came out.


    Thanks, I will scrap the steel cases.
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  • b0400879
    quote:Originally posted by TheBrassMan
    .... the spent cases are junk, non-reloadable. They would go in my scrap barrel.

    Pretty much correct.
    EC used a buzzard-sized primer for this contract, & it's visibly smaller in diameter than a standard LP.
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