more 45 ammo fun, can you name em?

bobski

June 04, 2005 10:22

lot of you guys didnt know i collected ammo! i did for a long time but like everything else, dust has formed on a lot of things. so with that said, what do i have here? and note again, 2 more without bands around them!
left to right:

1. F A 1 12
2. REM-UMC 18
3. EC 43
4. FA * 42
5. PETERS 45AC

thanks!

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  kingjoey

  June 04, 2005 10:40

  Isn't #4 one of those flare rounds they issed to airmen?
  
  Love them Beavers
  

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  Iconoclast

  June 04, 2005 11:24

  1. Standard ball round - Frankfort Arsenal
  
  2. " " with trial bullet retaining indents (3 point), date added to commercial style bunter
  
  3. " " steel case - Evansville Chrysler
  
  4. M1 tracer, model 1939 (note "X" in nose and residual red lacquer - the "X" was an in-house identification at FA of the unpainted bullet, not an official identification scheme); star in headstamp indicates a "soft anneal" used exclusively (in .45 ACP, although the design appears on variations in case metallurgy in other calibers) on tracer rounds because of the tendency of the chemicals to swell, which in turn led to cracking / splitting of the case mouths, particularly in the hot, humid climate of the Pacific, if the standard "high anneal" process was used.
  
  5. Commercial load
  
  The case cannelures are, I believe, simply variations in the manufacturing process which were used or not depending on internal criteria.
  
  "There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain)

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