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Harry
08-27-2008, 01:55 PM
I remember seeing a forum, thread, or site that listed lots of ident. markings on the brass case rims telling the manuf. or origin of the brass. I cannot find it now. Can anybody help. A particular brass that I have is a marking of WCC 54. They are in a 30-06 box, primed, ready for reloading. What are these marking?

Thanks in advance for any help:)
pincherpartner
08-27-2008, 02:11 PM
They're military. WCC stands for Western Cartridge Company and the 54 is for 1954. Sorry I don't know of the website you're looking for.
fishhawk
08-27-2008, 02:23 PM
http://www.geocities.com/gregory_bo/ hows that one work for ya?
Hip's Ax
08-27-2008, 02:36 PM
Its probably this one.

http://members.shaw.ca/cstein0/welcome.htm

He turns things on and off though. I bought his database and if you need to know one I'd be glad to oblige.

Mr. pincherpartner is correct.

WCC = Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill

"Western was founded in 1898. Western & Winchester combined in 1932 by the Olin Corporation to form Winchester Western. 1938 purchased USC Co., In 1944, became part of Olin Industries."
Calamity Jake
08-27-2008, 03:30 PM
"Western was founded in 1898. Western & Winchester combined in 1932 by the Olin Corporation to form Winchester Western. 1938 purchased USC Co., In 1944, became part of Olin Industries."


Then it is Winchester Cartridge Co. 54 (1954) Right?
pincherpartner
08-27-2008, 05:53 PM
That headstamp would still refer to the Western Cartridge Company even though it's merged with Winchester. Also used for military cartridges was WRA for Winchester Repeating Arms. Perhaps it was Olin's marketing group that decided to use the WCC stamp for military cartridges and WIN or W-W for civilian.
floodgate
08-28-2008, 11:35 AM
Olin's original financial base was with the Western Cartridge Co, and the "WCC" loads were manufactured at their East Alton, Ill. plant.

Fg
jonk
08-28-2008, 03:26 PM
As pincherpartner indicated, they are called headstamps. A 30-06 case is considered rimless (though it has a rim of sorts, yes) as opposed to something like a .38 special with a rim proturding out past the body taper.

The base of the case is the head. The part where the bullet goes in is the body.

I've never seen a rim marking or stamp- but plenty of headstamps.