This is another complicated corporate history thing.
Olin Corp owned Olin Brass and the Western Cartridge Company.
In 1931 they bought Winchester Repeating Arms. In 1980 they spun off the firearms part of Winchester and kept Winchesters ammo business.
The old WCC plant used Olin Branding, and the old WRA ammo plant used Winchester branding.
Now they just use the WCC ammo plant in with the Winchester ammo brand, but the ammo has WCC headstamps.
You will find your box has WCC headstamps.
I would love a close up of the box. Thats the real military issue.
You can buy M882 contract overrun off gun store shelves today, but it's not packaged as such.
It's Winchester 9MM 124grain FMJ Q4318 OR Winchester Ranger RA9124N 9mm NATO 124gr
I have seen it for sale at Dunhams and Dicks.
Nato Spec 9mm made by Olin/Winchester in 1995. Shoot it and pick up the brass.
Isn't there something about military brass that makes it somewhat difficult to reload the first time?
Isn't there something about military brass that makes it somewhat difficult to reload the first time?
I thought 9mm nato had a 124 grain fmj. one of the links from colt 556 states
that it is 112 grain.
I have read that 9mm nato is a little hotter than sammi spec.
somewhere between off the shelf 9 and +p.
Any modern pistol, or especially european manufacture can handle it.
maybe not an OLD luger.
Uncommon? I haven't seen it before.
Wasn't Bridgeport Brass, across from the armory on Holt rd., a "maker" of brass casings, for either Win., or Olin ?????