Last week I loaded 500+ rds of 38 Spec in mixed cases. Yesterday I was bored silly so I decided to sort it by headstamps to see if there was any in enough quantity to keep them for serious shooting and use the odd lot stuff for playing.
In the process I found two cases marked "USC Co 38 S & W SPL". They caught my eye because they were more copper color than brass.
United States Cartridge Co. closed its doors way back, the factory was emptied by January 1, 1927. Those two cases have been circulating for 86 years!
They came out of a bucket that had 1300+ cases in it. The contents were bought/shot/picked up from various sources, tumbled and tossed between buckets and finally all poured together. I can't help but wonder if there are any more in there.
Would be interesting to know if those two stayed together all these years or just happened to come together again, in this same batch of 529 rounds, for a little class reunion.