I was gave some .45 ACP Military Head Stamp some of which dated back to WW2. I got some interesting variations that I had not seen before including a Steel cased .45 ACP. I also got a 45 ACP round with a military head stamp from Winchester that is loaded with a silver colored bullet. I do not know if it lead or not but it isn't copper. Anyone else ever seen any WW2 .45 ammo like this not loaded with copper hardball?
.45 ACP Ammo Question
- Thread starter Bill B.
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Do you mean "was given" or do you mean you gave some away?
243winxb
Member
Both .... Ammo was gave to me and some I have already gave away some. I was separating out the ammo putting the corrosive in one pile and the rest in another. Just had that one odd round with the silver hardball bullet. Winchester stamp, not corrosive, It may be a lead alloy but not soft lead and military head stamp.
My bullet type is on this list but I did not see my Winchester Headstamp with that bullet, Thanks
243winxb
Member
Looks like a steel jacket was coated with tombak, a copper/zinc coating.
They should be collectors items?
They should be collectors items?
jonnyc
Member
You "were given" very common ammo, not collectible at all...at least not worth any $ to a collector. The silver jacket is Cupro-Nickel-Clad-Steel.
Thanks for the reply. I didn't think it was rare, it was just I hadn't seen it before. It was just someone clearing out an estate and knew I shot a .45. Thanks for the information. My father in law had not seen the steel cased stuff since Battle of the Bulge .... he used in a Grease Gun. I gave it to him to hang on to in his collectible box.
pbearperry
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The silver color bullet may be from WW1.
