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Post by stevein on May 15, 2021 18:59:05 GMT -5
Bought this at auction today. The picture showed a different colored cartridge but I just blew it off as lighting as many pics were not very good. Turns out it was made at the Evansville Chrysler plant in 1943. As soon as I touched it with a magnet I realized it was steel case. Price was right in fact lower than 45 FMJ. Upon more inspection and a simple Google search I found out it is steel jacketed too. A couple of threads also said it has corrosive primers. So that it unfirble in my book. This link has a ton of info on the production at the plant and more details on what headstamps and box code mean. Looong read. forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/ww2-cal-45-acp-repack-evansville-ordnance-plant-chrysler/16564/48A brass round next to the steel.  The box labeling and codes.  Headstamps.  |
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Post by medic22 on May 15, 2021 19:30:13 GMT -5
For those interested, the Chrysler plant still mostly stands. It is still an Escalades sports distribution center, though specializing less in the ping pong tables and basketball goals of my youth, and now its mostly Bear Archery and other hunting related brands.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 15, 2021 20:17:22 GMT -5
This was Indiana Industries at one time. The latter part of my vertical archery shooting and hunting I used numerous XI bows. The XI stood for Experimental Indian.
My first bow was a 52” Indian Industries Mohawk that was 45 @ 28”. I still have it. The only bow I ever owned that I didn't killed a deer with. It hangs above my den window
Sorry to get off topic.
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Post by stevein on May 15, 2021 20:55:14 GMT -5
In the link it said they were producing 1.5 Million rounds a day. It listed a schedule of work hours and it was running 6 days 24 hours a day. Need some 45 ACP?  |
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Post by bill9068 on May 15, 2021 21:05:28 GMT -5
I had a warehouse where bunkers once stood in Evansville just around the corner from the ammunition plant.
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Post by medic22 on May 15, 2021 21:45:19 GMT -5
This was Indiana Industries at one time. The latter part of my vertical archery shooting and hunting I used numerous XI bows. The XI stood for Experimental Indian. My first bow was a 52” Indian Industries Mohawk that was 45 @ 28”. I still have it. The only bow I ever owned that I didn't killed a deer with. It hangs above my den window Sorry to get off topic. I still have a left handed Indian bow my dad gave me. I don't remember all the specs but it's a 20# draw. I'm not a lefty but my 7 year old is and it appears my 3 year old will be also. Glad I kept it all these years. |
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Post by bullseye69 on May 15, 2021 22:50:54 GMT -5
Thats pretty cool.
How many boxes did ya get?
Just clean the barrel when your done shooting is all ya have to do.
I shoot old 8mm mauser ect out of my old military rifles. Just swab the barrel like you would clean any barrel and it won't corrode.
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Post by parson on May 16, 2021 7:29:59 GMT -5
I had an XI Legend Magnum back in the early 90s. Took quite a few deer with it.
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Post by treetop on May 16, 2021 15:37:11 GMT -5
In the link it said they were producing 1.5 Million rounds a day. It listed a schedule of work hours and it was running 6 days 24 hours a day. Need some 45 ACP? Sure would like to have a stack like that today |
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Post by bartiks on May 16, 2021 20:17:41 GMT -5
I read a book about Eville during WW2 and it said that 95% of all 45 caliber ammunition made during the war came from Eville. I thought that was definitely something worth remembering, just shows you what can be done when a nation comes together.
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Post by stevein on May 16, 2021 20:26:48 GMT -5
Thats pretty cool. How many boxes did ya get? Just clean the barrel when your done shooting is all ya have to do. I shoot old 8mm mauser ect out of my old military rifles. Just swab the barrel like you would clean any barrel and it won't corrode. I just picked up the one box, it was all they had. If it was not steel and corrosive I would shoot it. It would make a great addition to a display or photo shoot of a USGI 1911. |
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Post by Sasquatch on May 17, 2021 7:19:10 GMT -5
Very cool.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on May 17, 2021 7:23:40 GMT -5
Very cool.
Now Woody off topic a little.
I still have my XI bow that I bought in Fort Wayne in 1985. Killed more deer with that bow than any other weapon. Even my 1100 shotgun.
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