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| BudE... |
 Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:57 pm |
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These are white rather than yellow and are boxer primed. Looking at the
bottom of the case it is marked 43 at six o'clock and E at ten o'clock and C
at 2 o'clock. Never saw anything like them before.
Thanks,
Bud
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:31 am |
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On Jul 12, 6:57 pm, "BudE" <budel... at (no spam) msn.com> wrote:
# These are white rather than yellow and are boxer primed. Looking at the
# bottom of the case it is marked 43 at six o'clock and E at ten o'clock and C
# at 2 o'clock. Never saw anything like them before.
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# Thanks,
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# Bud
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Take a magnet to them, they're probably US WWII plated steel cases
made to conserve copper. I've got some of these somewhere, they've got
the Frankford Arsenal primer pocket, which is .204" instead of .210".
So large primers WON'T fit without crunching. Made by the millions
but seldom seen these days, most were shot off. I don't remember off
hand what ammo plant was "EC", but I'm sure someone will weigh in.
The plating was either cadmium or zinc to prevent rust, don't remember
which these days. Loaded US steel case ammo is worth something to
military collectors these days, not sure about empties, though. Also
in .30 carbine, I've got some of those empties, too.
Stan
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| George... |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:32 am |
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Check and see if they are magnetic, they sound like WW II steel cased ammo.
George in Las Vegas
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| BudE... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:41 pm |
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Many thanks to all that replied. I never cease to be amazed at the amount
of knowledge out there and your willingness to share it.
Thanks,
Bud
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| George... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:43 pm |
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# one cent penny coin was produced in zinc for the same reason.
They were steel also, my family used to have a horde.
George in Las Vegas
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| R.L. Horn... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:43 pm |
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:47:21 +0000 (UTC), Robert Hankins
<easyx308 at (no spam) bellsouth.net> wrote:
# In this same years the one cent penny coin was produced in zinc for the
# same reason.
The 1943 pennies were also steel (galvanized). Americans would never accept
anything so cheesy as a zinc penny.
(Oh, wait...nevermind.)
Darn things had staying power too: Despite efforts to take them out of
circulation, poor public acceptance, and coins disappearing into
collections, it wasn't all that unusual to find a rusty old penny in your
pocket change well into the '70s and even early '80s.
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| Ron Bloom... |
| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:15 am |
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"BudE" <budelvin at (no spam) msn.com> wrote in message
news:g5bjss$905$1 at (no spam) grapevine.wam.umd.edu...
# These are white rather than yellow and are boxer primed. Looking at the
# bottom of the case it is marked 43 at six o'clock and E at ten o'clock and
# C
# at 2 o'clock. Never saw anything like them before.
Evans City Indiana, 1943 Steel or brass case?
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| Ron Bloom... |
| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:15 am |
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"R.L. Horn" <news at (no spam) eastcheap.org> wrote in message
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# On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:57:00 +0000 (UTC), BudE <budelvin at (no spam) msn.com> wrote:
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# # These are white rather than yellow and are boxer primed. Looking at the
# # bottom of the case it is marked 43 at six o'clock and E at ten o'clock
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# # C at 2 o'clock.
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# Steel cases produced by Evansville Ordnance (the EC stands for Evansville
# Chrysler). See:
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# http://cartridgecollectors.org/ww2usmfrs/
I do not know why I keep saying Evans City Indiana.
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| Ralph Mowery... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:02 pm |
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"gruhn" <gruhn at (no spam) rararchitects.com> wrote in message
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## one cent penny coin was produced in zinc for the same reason.
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# When I was a kid we called them steel. Were we wrong?
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They were steel with a coating of zinc. Look here for how much copper was
saved for the shells used in WW2.
http://www.usmintquarters.com/steelcents.htm
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| Dennis Mickey... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:02 pm |
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No. They were actually steel with a zinc coating to prevent them rusting.
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