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Going thru my ammo today and at the bottom of a ammo can was shells that looked like 45 ACP, mic'd the same in dia and length but some had a small crimp about half the way down on the case. Some had F A 32 stamped on the end and others were C C 26,as far as I can find out they are WWll era 45 acp and these numbers were lot numbers. F A stands for Frankford Arsenal 1816-1977, so my question is would you consider this useable ammo or should it be used for display only.
[QUOTE=Mykneesbehurtin;870822]Going thru my ammo today and at the bottom of a ammo can was shells that looked like 45 ACP, mic'd the same in dia and length but some had a small crimp about half the way down on the case. Some had F A 32 stamped on the end and others were C C 26,as far as I can find out they are WWll era 45 acp and these numbers were lot numbers. F A stands for Frankford Arsenal 1816-1977, so my question is would you consider this useable ammo or should it be used for display only.[/QUOTE]
Me’.I would trash them…25 plus ago I bought ten boxes of surplus 45 ACP to shoot with my 1911 45…I had a few smokestacks..And one round didn’t sound right..Like only the primer going off sure enough the bullet never left the barrel…I had about 8 boxes left and I dumped them all…
Could be very corrosive primers also