I opened one of my cases of brass today and found some odd ( to me ) head stamps. Along with the usual WCC and LC, there are some EC 43 and PC 43 marked brass. Who made these?
Thanks
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I opened one of my cases of brass today and found some odd ( to me ) head stamps. Along with the usual WCC and LC, there are some EC 43 and PC 43 marked brass. Who made these?
Thanks
I found this site very helpful in identifying the oddball headstamps I come across sometime...
Headstamp Codes on Small Arms Ammunition
I think yours would be Evansville Ordnance Plant (Chrysler), Evansville, OH and Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, OH plus year codes if I am reading the reference correctly....
Thanks TR, for the prompt reply and the link. I found several thousand carbine hulls in my basement storage area and started to deprime some. Also found lots of .45 ACP brass. It was a good day.
jdavison,
The "EC 43" marked cases should be steel and not brass. Suggest you take a pass on reloading those.
Don
Actually, all of the cases are brass. I have some steel cases in my collection that are loaded. Thanks for the link Skip. Now I know what the cases with the pointed bullets are for.
EC43 should be Brass! EC44 should be steel......
Ed, my anti-virus software several days ago balked at going to Headstamp Codes on Small Arms AmmunitionQuote:
Originally Posted by Tired Retired
It was listed as a "bad-guy" sort of site installing really bad stuff on a PC for later use.
Have you had any problems with it?
Anyone else?
Phil
My anti-virus wouldn't let me go there either. Put up a big red flag.
Denny
Phil/Denny, I just went there again with McAfee and did a check with the McAfee Site Advisor. It says its good. It does show it has an online affiliation with PayPal, but it shows as testing as good. guess I will be running a full scan tonight just to make sure.
I have been using that site for quite a while now with my reloading. Hope I didn't send anyone to a bad sight!
Thanks for the concern.
Ed
Norton Internet Security says "Safe Site".
Just revisited Headstamp Codes on Small Arms Ammunition and the A/V has no problem with it. Strange things going on out there....
Today I discovered one of my old AF Squadron sites had been hi-jacked.
The hackers and crackers just never quit.