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I was priming some rounds today and ran across 3 casings that have odd markings on the shell casings.
Casings marked: 45 AUTO on the bottom (at 6 o'clock position)
ACP markings (at 11.00 position)
55 marking (?) (at 1.00 position)
Normally I am very careful when I am priming always checking the head of the casing and the base for any type of cracking although I was a little careless of this casing. Using my Lyman hand primer I started the primer however it got stuck and had to be removed forcefully with pliers. Normally I always check the manufacturer also but overlooked these rounds. Could this be old military rounds from 1955? The 55 is very difficult to read and could possibly be 66?
Any help would be useful. I can't imagine anyone shooting ammo that old even from the 60's era although I know some old reloaders used to hoard old ammo. These were range rounds that I found sometime back within the last year. Could someone please enlighten me?
Tommy
Casings marked: 45 AUTO on the bottom (at 6 o'clock position)
ACP markings (at 11.00 position)
55 marking (?) (at 1.00 position)
Normally I am very careful when I am priming always checking the head of the casing and the base for any type of cracking although I was a little careless of this casing. Using my Lyman hand primer I started the primer however it got stuck and had to be removed forcefully with pliers. Normally I always check the manufacturer also but overlooked these rounds. Could this be old military rounds from 1955? The 55 is very difficult to read and could possibly be 66?
Any help would be useful. I can't imagine anyone shooting ammo that old even from the 60's era although I know some old reloaders used to hoard old ammo. These were range rounds that I found sometime back within the last year. Could someone please enlighten me?
Tommy