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oldfart

Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« on: December 14, 2017, 09:51:37 AM »
Just for future reference....

I was reorganizing my reloading bench and found this box of  45 ACP Ball ammunition.
It was given to me about 5 years ago by my friend who bought it at the gun show here.
It is Vietnam-era Federal ammunition. The box says 1963 but the ammo is 1961.
Headstamp is FC61.

Specs:

LOA=1.265
Mouth dia.= 0.468
Bullet= 232 gr. FMJ
Case=Brass with asphalt sealer and crimped primer
Powder 5.7 grains of some fine grain grey flattened ball.
Velocity=814 fps from a 5.5 inch Bar-Sto bbl.
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bass monkey

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2017, 11:33:32 AM »
Pretty cool.
Still safe to shoot?
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oldfart

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2017, 12:49:11 PM »
Quote from: bass monkey on December 14, 2017, 11:33:32 AM
Pretty cool.
Still safe to shoot?
...
Absolutely safe.
We shot bunch of them a few years back.
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Inspector

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2017, 03:37:01 PM »
Cool stuff. I wish I had done that to some 1958 30'06 match ammo I got last year.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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oldfart

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2017, 07:44:28 PM »
Quote from: Inspector on December 14, 2017, 03:37:01 PM
Cool stuff. I wish I had done that to some 1958 30'06 match ammo I got last year.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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1958 is new stuff. I got plenty of 1953 that needs to be deconstructed. They don't go bang.
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2017, 07:47:08 PM »
That title sounds really, really painful!   :rofl:
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oldfart

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2017, 09:08:43 PM »
Quote from: Flapp_Jackson on December 14, 2017, 07:47:08 PM
That title sounds really, really painful!   :rofl:
:rofl:
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Inspector

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2017, 04:49:44 AM »
Quote from: oldfart on December 14, 2017, 07:44:28 PM
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1958 is new stuff. I got plenty of 1953 that needs to be deconstructed. They don't go bang.
That sounds painful as well....  :rofl:
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oldfart

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2017, 09:40:50 AM »
I got another one to do.
Frankford Arsenal 1932
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Heavies

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2017, 06:09:51 AM »
Quote from: Inspector on December 14, 2017, 03:37:01 PM
Cool stuff. I wish I had done that to some 1958 30'06 match ammo I got last year.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I yanked apart some LC match a while back, but can find the info...  It's VERY accurate stuff in my Garand, Seems really hot, but good and accurate.
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oldfart

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2017, 06:34:48 AM »
Quote from: Flapp_Jackson on December 14, 2017, 07:47:08 PM
That title sounds really, really painful!   :rofl:
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Haha but I'm going to divert this thread for a second now.
Last week I was reading the book MARINE SNIPER about Carlos Hathcock.
He described an unfortunate soldier captured by the VC and tortured by a particularly cruel woman dubbed the Apache.
You can guess the rest.
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2ahavvaii

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2017, 03:16:08 PM »
Quote from: oldfart on December 17, 2017, 06:34:48 AM
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Haha but I'm going to divert this thread for a second now.
Last week I was reading the book MARINE SNIPER about Carlos Hathcock.
He described an unfortunate soldier captured by the VC and tortured by a particularly cruel woman dubbed the Apache.
You can guess the rest.

ive read that book before.  she was a sniper too, and specialized in capturing grunts and chopping off their privates, then setting him loose to run back to base, where they would die
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ren

Re: Military 45 Ball Deconstructed
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2017, 03:34:32 PM »
Quote from: 2ahavvaii on December 19, 2017, 03:16:08 PM
ive read that book before.  she was a sniper too, and specialized in capturing grunts and chopping off their privates, then setting him loose to run back to base, where they would die

serious daddy issues
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