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Old Military Brass
diver1
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The brass from the collection I bought seems to be mostly Military 30-06,308, & 38 special. Can I determine anything from the markings ? Is there a chart of markings that I can refer to. Lastly I plan to try and sell some of this brass. If I list it as old Military brass would people want the brass cleaned or would they generally prefer the patina ? Thanks Vince
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http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
The 2 digit number at the bottom is the year of manufacture.
The most common for US military are
FA Frankfort Arsenal
LC Lake City Arsenal
SL Salt Lake Arsenal
Den Denver Arsenal
TW Twin Cities Arsnal
EC and/ ECS Evansville Chrysler and/or Evansville Chrysler Sunbeam (WW-2 only, most common on steel case 45acp, somewhat less common on steel case 30 Carbine)
Now that being said, "if" I were to consider my time at about $10/hr to do the cleaning and sorting I would make more selling it "as is".
So it depends on if you like to sort while watching TV or you just want fast cash.
I'm sure everyone will be interested in this brass.
You can find most of the common headstamp (makers) codes here:
http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
The 2 digit number at the bottom is the year of manufacture.
The most common for US military are
FA Frankfort Arsenal
LC Lake City Arsenal
SL Salt Lake Arsenal
Den Denver Arsenal
TW Twin Cities Arsnal
EC and/ ECS Evansville Chrysler and/or Evansville Chrysler Sunbeam (WW-2 only, most common on steel case 45acp, somewhat less common on steel case 30 Carbine)
SL is actually St Louis.