Old Head Stamps

[Steve]

Came across some ammo I loaded in the 70s. The cases stamped FA 4 17 are loaded with 150 gr Lee gas checked bullets I made with a 1 cavity mold. (hand loaded with a lee loader)

The cases stamped Sears are from a few boxes I bought with the model 53 Ted Williams rifle, they are hand loaded with GI bullets. I have 5 of each stuck in a Federal plastic cartridge holder.

I used to shoot them in the High Power matches at a local gun club.

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[daboone]

Here's a link for one of the head stamps: http://www.mcpheetersantiquemilitaria.c ... em_069.htm

[Missionary]

Greetings
Oldest 06 cases I have reloaded were some from FA 37. Worked fine.
Have read the mercuric priming tended to make the brass brittle. I recon it was a matter how many times it had been reloaded or cared for after firing.
Mike in Peru

[Steve]

Greetings
Oldest 06 cases I have reloaded were some from FA 37. Worked fine.
Have read the mercuric priming tended to make the brass brittle. I recon it was a matter how many times it had been reloaded or cared for after firing.
Mike in Peru

When I started shooting those FA 4 17 cases I believe I had a couple hundred. They didn't last for many firings, I didn't know about annealing brass back then. I have about a dozen left. Just going to set them up to look at.

[Ranch Dog]

I've been using some really old 300 Savage brass stamped Dominion & Savage. This Dominion could be anywhere from 1948 through 1966.



Then the really cool one, this Savage headstamp runs from 1917 through 1926!

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It has all worked very well. Actually, since looking at the dates I've eased up on the small lots for this that I have but I do have about four cycles on it. I did have some problems with one of them, I would have to look which, but it was with some pretty hot loads.

[Missionary]

Greetings
Thanks RD for that photo of the S.A. Corp 300 Savage. I have never seen one of them.
Mike in Peru

[Ranch Dog]

Greetings
Thanks RD for that photo of the S.A. Corp 300 Savage. I have never seen one of them.

Me too. After looking them up I felt kind of bad using them.

[DaveInGA]

Thanks for posting these guys. Makes me want to go look through my brass and see what I find laying around in the bins. I think the oldest I have is Korean War surplus 30.06, but I have a .50 caliber can full of 20 round cardboard boxes of that ammo. I'm torn between using it and pulling it down. I only have two milsurp bolt actions for 30.06 now - a M1917 with a new barrel and a M1903A3 Remington with a like new barrel. I'm pretty sure I sold my 30.06 Mauser I got from somewhere.

[RBHarter]

I went and shot the 325 yesterday. I had about 5 boxes of old stock Win and 16 of whatever. Funny there were 3 SA 30-30 s it seems appropriate to set them aside as OM for the rifle .
Look at me I'm a collector.......

[Ranch Dog]

Look at me I'm a collector.......

Haah... that will read "where did I put them" sometime in the future!