1917 45acp rounds

[6bg6ga]

Looked thru some of my old 45's and found 14 dated 17.

[6bg6ga]

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Looked thru some of my old 45's and found 14 dated 17.

[6bg6ga]

They are marked U.S.C.C.O. with 17 on the bottom.

[reed1911]

If you care to sell a couple I'd pay handsomely for them. My first 1911 happens to have been built in the same year, 1917.

[Scharfschuetze]

They look to be in great shape. Is that bullet jacket material cupro-nickel?

Just think, next year they will be 100 years old.

[6bg6ga]

They look to be in great shape. Is that bullet jacket material cupro-nickel?Just think, next year they will be 100 years old.'I absolutely don't have an answer to your question. I wonder if someone in the know will be able to answer your question.

[Scharfschuetze]

The silvery color seems to indicate that. Back in the early to mid 60s I shot a lot of British surplus ammo dated to WWI and it had the cupro-nickel jacket material that looks much like the bullets in your photo.

As you know, it is a bear to scrub out of a bore once it fouls. Back in the day, there were special formula bullet lubes for match shooters using such ammo. A few barrel ruptures were traced to this lubricant at various military and National Matches. The Army even had an ammonia solvent formula for the fouling. That was all for the Ought-Six round and Springfield rifles though. I doubt there was ever an issue with the 45 ammo.

Here's some Mk VII cupro-nickel jacketed 303 ammo. This ammo, if I remember correctly, has a small sheet of tin under the bullet which is supposed to help the fouling problem.

[imashooter2]

Sweet! I inherited my Grampa's 1917 vintage commercial Colt. He had a lot of 40s and 50s brass he picked up at Perry, but nothing that old. Like Reed, I'd love to trade dollars for any you might be willing to part with.

[MtGun44]

Cool collector ammo.

Bill

[mjwcaster]

I just got some that looks like that, 1924 I think.
Also some rimmed 45.
I was going to pull this down to melt the lead, not knowing what it was.
But once I looked at it I put it aside thinking someone may want it.
Just too cool to melt down for now.
Just what I need, more cool junk laying around.

[carbine86]

I've got a few in my collection with the oldest actually having a headstamp date of 1911

[mjwcaster]

Just looked

3 ea FA 15
1ea FA 28

USCCO
4 ea 17
23 ea 18

23 ea Rem Umc 45 AR brass
14 ea Rem Umc 45AR nickle

Neat collection, not sure what I will do with them.

[wv109323]

I saw this post a few days ago and wanted to ask some questions.
I have three rounds dated in 1917.
No. One is marked USCCO 17 with the silver colored bullet.
No. Two is marked USCCO 4-17. Bullet is worn to appear to be copper but at case mouth/bullet you can see the silver coating.
No. Three is marked W 17. The bullet is in the same condition as bullet two.
My question is: Was the silver coating a lubricant over a copper plated bullet? What was the silver coating's content? I just thought one was lead and the others were copper until examining my rounds.
Was the military .45 ACP rounds ever made with a lead or cast bullets?
With rifles wasn't the first copper bullets introduced with the 30-40 Krag?
I also have 13 rounds of .45 ACP marked RA 4. Is that Radford Arsenal 1944?

[shtur]

RA is Remington Arms. Remington manufactured ammo for the military at various periods.