1943 Trivia
Average Cost of new house $3,600.00
Average wages per year $2,000.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 15 cents
Average Cost for house rent $40.00 per month
Bottle Coca Cola 5 cents
Average Price for a new car $900.00
Frank Sinatra and Glen Miller are pop music stars
Rationing of shoes, meat ,cheese, butter, copper
World War II is in full swing
The legendary Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team is formed “Go For Broke!”
PT109 collides with Japanese ship. Future president John F. Kennedy rescues his crewmates.
The Pentagon is built
US takes Guadalcanal
Allied forces invade Sicily
Evansville, Indiana: The Chrysler automobile plant is tasked with producing small arms ammunition for the war effort. Some 3 billion rounds of ammunition were produced.
2018-02-01
I was at the range yesterday and I overheard my friend talking about World War II ammunition. It turns out that there was a fellow next to him shooting off a lot of old ammunition. I asked him what the headstamp was and said he did not know.
I picked up a case off the ground and it was steel cased ECS 43 . (1943)
ECS 43 indicates Evansville Chyrsler Sunbeam plant in Indiana. I told him that I was sort of a collector and asked if I could have couple of rounds.
He gave me a whole unopened box.
I snagged an extra round for dissection so I still got the whole box intact.
In actuality, this ammunition is not a rare item. EC arsenal produced something like 12 million rounds per day. A couple years ago I was tasked with stuffing magazines for a public sports fair and someone donated a pile of this old ammo for people to blow off. It is corrosive.
Here is the analysis of the ECS 43 round.
Caliber= 45 ACP
Headstamp= ECS 43
OAL= 1.265
Mouth dia=0.470”
Bullet type=conventional full metal jacket with sealer
Bullet wt=227.3 gr
Bullet dia=0.450
Powder wt=5.4 grains fine grey ragged flakes
Case=steel (galvanized I believe)
Lot# EC S-S25005