signal_4 Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 (edited) Was at my local store today and the owner was telling me about how a guy brought in a couple ammo cans loaded with boxed M1 Garand ammo and WW2 .45 ammo. The guys father had passed and he had no use for it. The store owner was needing some emblocs for the Garand so I traded him a few with loaded Lake City rounds for 2 boxes of the WW2 45 Edited May 22, 2024 by signal_4 Additional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 Sold two big sealed tins of packs of those not too long ago. Just remember if you shoot it, it has corrosive primers and if you don’t clean your gun thoroughly you will have rust on your gun. Don’t get me wrong, that 80 yr old ammo will still shoot, but I don’t use corrosive ammo on expensive full auto guns anymore, too risky, more of a collector’s item today. You are not in Louisiana are you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 Don’t shoot it in a Thompson. There’s original WWII documentation that shows that ammo can crack or break the web on the bolt face of Thompson bolts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 tons of this around when i was a kid, 1960s, its steel case and destroys 1911 extractors, just sayn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signal_4 Posted May 22, 2024 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 (edited) Sounds great ! Ya I don’t intend to shoot it. Having it purely for display/collector purpose ! One of the boxes is still sealed ! Thank yall for the info/advice ! Oh I’m not in Louisiana but next door to the left ! So was this brand of ammo strictly for the 1911 or was it also used for Thompsons during WW2 ? Edited May 23, 2024 by signal_4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 It was stated “in the event of an ammunition shortage, brass case ammunition was to be held in reserve for units predominately issued Thompson’s, units predominately issued M3/M3A1’s will be issued the steel case ammunition” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 Why this ww2 ammo can break extractors and bolt face? I’m interested to know, too loaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1gewehr Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 4 hours ago, Mk1992 said: Why this ww2 ammo can break extractors and bolt face? I’m interested to know, too loaded? The steel cases are harder than brass. More wear and impact from firing than when using brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 WWII STEEL CASE ammo. Its the same with running Wolf (though I think the cases are a little softer) WWII brass case ammunition was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signal_4 Posted May 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 17 minutes ago, Got Uzi said: WWII STEEL CASE ammo. Its the same with running Wolf (though I think the cases are a little softer) WWII brass case ammunition was fine. Is that what the “S” mark is for then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 the S on the headstamp ment STEEL ! just sayn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 Evansville Chrysler was the only one to make steel case 45acp ammo during WWII. There was som steel case M1 Carbine ammo made too, I have some, just have to find it. They said it was was training only, but steel cases have turned up in foxholes from WWII so I’d say some made it into the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 (edited) I bought several 600 rd. cans of ECS4 head stamped ammo and have had no problems with it. It was $60 delivered per case from an outfit called Paragon Sales. Function has been perfect, but it is very smoky and leaves behind a thick black sludge that's difficult to remove. I've noticed no tendency to corrode. As I understand it, the steel cased ammo was limited to stateside training use. Combat ammo was brass cased only. Linked is a table that shows the dates when US small arms ammunition manufacturers switched to non-corrosive priming. .30 carbine ammo was always non-corrosive. Noncorrosive Priming Information for U.S. Military Small Arms Ammunition - SurvivalBlog.com Edited May 23, 2024 by TSMGguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 a neat littlebook published in 1946 : bullets by the billion: written by chrysler corporation , covers every thing about the evansville chrysler project mamurfacturing .45 ammo during ww2, great photos, covers everything you want to know, look it up , just sayn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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