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Hi, BigG,
Since you addressed me directly, I will have to say I agree with Mike. COTW is pretty good, but has some errors. It is a good general source, but Datig's books and some others are much better. The best on U.S. military is the two volume set "History of United States Military Small Arms Ammunition (1880-1939 and 1940-1945)" by Hackley, Woodin, and Scranton. The basic sources were Frankford Arsenal records, covering the ammuntion FA itself made. But FA was also the contracting office for all the government ammunition contracts for the period, so those records were available also.
A neat figure to impress your buddies: From late 1941 to late 1945, Frankford turned out 1.8 million rounds of .30 caliber ammunition. Per day.
Jim
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