45 Cal. ammo

vdegrazia

I have what appears to be Army issue 45 cal. ammo. There are 2 boxes both in excellent condition. They are light brown and one has Werstern cartiage Co. stamped on it in black plus a lot number, the other has Winchester Repeating Arms plus the lot number. The ammo has WWC 54 or WRA 51 stamped on the head of the brass along with the cal 45. The ammo is jacketed ball ammo.

Is there any collector value atteched to this ammo? The Winchester box is short 9 rounds and the Western box is shourt about 20 round, Both boxes are in excellent condition.
Any info will be greatly appreciated.

nmyers

There's zero collector interest in boxes of USGI .45 ball ammo, and minus collector interest in partial boxes. Shoot it.

Neal

fergusonmorse392

the ammo has better value being sold, someone will give you more for it than its worth for there collection, or trade for modern ammo, do not shoot it!!!! it is highly corrosive!!! if you shoot it be preparied to completely disamble your pistol for cleaning as you would any gun shooting black powder, (hot soap & water) although in this case its the primers that are the problem.

Iconoclast

As one who collects & deals in a limited way with ammo, I completely concur w/ nmyers & f392. Pre WW2 for collecting (and then only if it is unusual or in full boxes), late 50s for shooters, stuff in the middle is essentially valueless. You can pick it up at any gun show for $0.10 to $0.20 a round, max . . . and usually it gathers dust. Too common to be of interest to any collector and, being corrosive, of virtually no interest to a shooter.