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**44 AMP** · December 24, 2013, 11:28 AM

original US steel cased .45ACP ammo was only made in one year, 1943. Even during the height of land combat in WWII, with brass in demand for so many other things, we went back to brass cases for the .45 after one year of producing steel (and I've never seen any steel cased ammo that wasn't EC 43 headstamped, so I believe it was all done in one place).

The only issue I have had in over a decade with my Tommygun was a broken extractor. I don't shoot steel cased ammo, ever.

You have a fine gun, but if you feed it the cheapest crap you can get, expect issues. If you don't get them, consider yourself blessed.

December 24, 2013, 11:28 AM	#6
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,833	original US steel cased .45ACP ammo was only made in one year, 1943. Even during the height of land combat in WWII, with brass in demand for so many other things, we went back to brass cases for the .45 after one year of producing steel (and I've never seen any steel cased ammo that wasn't EC 43 headstamped, so I believe it was all done in one place). The only issue I have had in over a decade with my Tommygun was a broken extractor. I don't shoot steel cased ammo, ever. You have a fine gun, but if you feed it the cheapest crap you can get, expect issues. If you don't get them, consider yourself blessed. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.