.45 ACP Case ID

[Gun Surfer]

Picked up a bunch of .45 once fired brass at the police range last year. Marked with *I* (a capital I with a small five sided star to the left and right of the I), and "45 Auto" on the head. They seem to be very uniform and high quality brass. Anyone know who makes them?

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[jonnyc]

Independence Brand. Originally made by CBC of Brazil, but I think I heard that CCI took over production.

[Gun Surfer]

Thanks very much. I just googled it and in .45 ACP and .357 it gets very good reviews on other reloading forums. For me it is strong, uniform, reloads very smooth, cleans up nice, primes uniformly, and makes accurate loads. I am not in the market for any new brass, but if I could find some of the *I* stamped brass in .45 I might consider it.

[TDH]

I have had several dozen of those *I* .45 cases over the years and it resizes very nicely and holds up under a ton of reloads