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Old May 4, 2001, 12:16 PM   #6
Johnny Guest
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Ole-Timey Stuff

Hornady, certainly.

LAWMAN--
When was it that they used milsurp cases? It must be a ways back.

There were already using Frontier-stamped brass when I first became aware of the Frontier/Hornady connection in about 1979 or -80. They brought out a line of FMJ truncated cone bullets, mainly for 9mm--something to do with the Air Force switching over the the Beretta sidearm-- and .45 ACP. I saw some of the ammo at Gunsite in March '80, and then, later that year, they issued ammo to all contestants at the IPSC National Championships. We HAD to use their ammo, as a means of ensuring that power factors were met. This was Frontier/Hornady. I had a devil of a time finding the loaded ammo, or even the bullets to handload for practice prior to the nationals. Local shops in Denton couldn't even get it on special order and I had to go to Fort Worth or Dallas to find it.

The ammo came in 20-round boxes, Dark red, black and white, if I recall correctly. I still have a couple of 'em around with the IPSC special sticker on the box.

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Johnny
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