PK. Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Many of us have participated in exhausting the recently re imported 45acp ammunition from Russia. I have used up about 10 tins and would open the boxes and transfer the loose ammo into GI cans for use. In doing so, I discovered that the ammo was packed up or down in alternating rows and when the top was cut from the box I could view half of the head stamps. Curiosity got the better of me and I started putting an example of each headstamp I encountered into a compartmented plastic cartridge box; this is what I ended up with. EC 42 ECS 42 FA 41 FA 42 W.R.A. 45 A.C. W.R.A.CO. 45A.C. WCC 41 WCC 42 RA 41 RA 42 R*A 42 REM-UMC 45ACP WESTERN 45 AUTO It is obvious we sent anything we could get our hands on to them at the time. Of the 10 cans (7,560 rds) I only had two misfires, both WRA headstamps. If anyone encountered any not listed, please add to the pot. I only regret we were not able to re import the beautiful guns that were meant to fire these cartridges. At least the ammunition got to fulfill a measure of its purpose some 60 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Pk, I picked up a can of 45's from Sportsman's Guide the other day. 600 round can, but haven't opened it up yet. I'll let you know when I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper28 Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 PK, Why do you suppose there are none dated after 1942? I looked through alot of this stuff and came up with the same dates and manf. you did. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Here is what I found out of several packs. The following head stamps were chronographed and the average velocity is listed in feet per second. W.R.A. 45 A.C. 918 FPS WESTERN 45 AUTO 926 REM-UMC 45 ACP 973 FA 41 Not tested, only found one of these and wanted to save it. FA 42 964 WCC 41 941 WCC 42 904 W.R.A.CO 45 A.C. 938 RA 41 929 RA 42 852 I posted this once on the old board I think. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Ops, I'v been shootin the stuff so fast...who looks at the head stamp...after all the smoke I can't see anyway! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK. Posted July 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Mike, the Russian repack stuff is gone. It was US ammo re packaged in 756 rd Russian tins and was obviously a mixture of headstamps. I believe the ammo you will receive is all Winchester and will be packed in US GI 50 rd boxes in the standard US 600 rd tin. There was also some EC steel case available in the same packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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