Ammo ID please!

Reconinforce · June 20, 2012, 19:45

Ball Caliber .45 M1911
Federal Cartridge Corporation

Ok to shoot in a .45 acp I assume it would be but..

Corrosive or not?
Priced like a normal box or any collector value...?
Age? Any history..

Thanks!!!

**def90** · June 20, 2012, 20:45

I believe the 5 4 would denote that it was manufactured in 1954.

enbloc8 · June 20, 2012, 21:24

Federal Cartridge, 1954.

1954 was right around the time a lot of primers were being changed from corrosive to noncorrosive.

Dunno about collector value, but given its age and that it's military it must have at least some.

**BUFF** · June 21, 2012, 05:16

CULVER'S pages list the Federal .45 ACP switching over to non-corrosive primers in November, 1953 at lot number 1801. Any FC54 with lot 1853 is fine.

Normal U.S. military small arms ammo types in common chamberings, such as FMJ 230 grain ball .45 ACP in brass casings, loaded by any of the bigger and surviving ammunition plants, doesn't seem to bring much of a premium or even as much as the current, commercially produced and sold ammo you could buy at your local gunshop. Some cartridge collectors like to buy a box or two of old stuff just to have, but I won't pay really good money for milsurp unless it is in a case, or near case quantities in original packaging. My last buy was a fully loaded ammo can of 1,080 .30 M1 carbine cartridges made at Lake City in '72, packaged in 2 10 round stripper clips, 2 clips in each cardboard sleeve, 100 rounds in a cloth bandoleer that included a stripper clip guide, all packed tightly into an ammo can.

Reconinforce · June 21, 2012, 18:29

Thanks for the info all. To the range it will go!

randy762ak · June 21, 2012, 19:48

If you have many -shoot some -Personally Id keep it intact..-Ya never know when a GI 1911 will drop in your lap and it would make a nice accessory

June 20, 2012, 19:45	#1
Reconinforce Registered FALaholic #: 64538 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: MO Posts: 110	Ammo ID please! Ball Caliber .45 M1911 Federal Cartridge Corporation Ok to shoot in a .45 acp I assume it would be but.. Corrosive or not? Priced like a normal box or any collector value...? Age? Any history.. Thanks!!!

June 20, 2012, 20:45	#2
def90 Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 50609 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Peoples' Republic of Boulder, Colorado Posts: 8,842	I believe the 5 4 would denote that it was manufactured in 1954. __________________ There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live. Public libraries cannot let the public decide what is allowed in the library, or it would be brimming with pornography and gun magazines.

June 21, 2012, 05:16	#4
BUFF Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 789 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 7,141	CULVER'S pages list the Federal .45 ACP switching over to non-corrosive primers in November, 1953 at lot number 1801. Any FC54 with lot 1853 is fine. Normal U.S. military small arms ammo types in common chamberings, such as FMJ 230 grain ball .45 ACP in brass casings, loaded by any of the bigger and surviving ammunition plants, doesn't seem to bring much of a premium or even as much as the current, commercially produced and sold ammo you could buy at your local gunshop. Some cartridge collectors like to buy a box or two of old stuff just to have, but I won't pay really good money for milsurp unless it is in a case, or near case quantities in original packaging. My last buy was a fully loaded ammo can of 1,080 .30 M1 carbine cartridges made at Lake City in '72, packaged in 2 10 round stripper clips, 2 clips in each cardboard sleeve, 100 rounds in a cloth bandoleer that included a stripper clip guide, all packed tightly into an ammo can. __________________ BUFF Last edited by BUFF; June 21, 2012 at 05:50.

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June 20, 2012, 21:24	#3
enbloc8 Registered FALaholic #: 51665 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 824	Federal Cartridge, 1954. 1954 was right around the time a lot of primers were being changed from corrosive to noncorrosive. Dunno about collector value, but given its age and that it's military it must have at least some.

June 21, 2012, 18:29	#5
Reconinforce Registered FALaholic #: 64538 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: MO Posts: 110	Thanks for the info all. To the range it will go!

June 21, 2012, 19:48	#6
randy762ak Registered FALaholic #: 25888 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: From the commie state of stinking NY Posts: 1,486	If you have many -shoot some -Personally Id keep it intact..-Ya never know when a GI 1911 will drop in your lap and it would make a nice accessory