Just a side note
I have a LOT of 45 ACP MILITARY brass. Most of it is of the Winchester (and buyout companies) headstamp.
By my own conclusions, I have found the following headstamps amoung this stuff.
WCC - Winchester Cartridge Company
WRA - Winchester Repeating Arms
I've noticed that by the date stamps on those cases that around the late sixties the Headstamps changed from WCC to WRA (around 68 I think) or maybe the other way around. All of the later stuff in the seventies and eighties seems to have the W-W headstamp.
Of course, as we all know, the newer White box ammo says "Winchester" on the headstamp.
As far as I can tell, Remington military ammo all has the R-A headstamp, followed by the date (i.e. R-A 70), the same as the Winchester cases, while the commercial cases all seem to have the R-P headstamp.
Fiocchi is the strange one, I've seen some that said "Fiocchi" and then have seen some with a "G.F.L" headstamp.
Maybe we should make a sticky with all the different headstamp nomenclature for reference?
Last edited by CaptainRazor; July 30, 2005 at 10:50 PM.
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