Hello All,despite having had several .50 BMG rounds moreorless forever,I had never given any thought to the collectable potential of these,until now,that is.
One that's come my way in recent days is headstamped KS 43,a quick shufti in the relevant book revealed this to be from the Alleghany Ordnance
Plant.I then checked my old ones,the headstamps of which were long forgotten,these turned out to be CAL 50 FA 36, a pre WW2 product of the
Frankford Arsenal,and one each from the ordnance plants in Milwaukee and
Saint Louis.
It seems that in addition to these there were another 8 plants in the US
producing .50 ammo during WW2,some with interesting names like
Eau Claire and Twin Cities.Are all of these fairly readily available,subject to looking in the right place,of course.
One that's come my way in recent days is headstamped KS 43,a quick shufti in the relevant book revealed this to be from the Alleghany Ordnance
Plant.I then checked my old ones,the headstamps of which were long forgotten,these turned out to be CAL 50 FA 36, a pre WW2 product of the
Frankford Arsenal,and one each from the ordnance plants in Milwaukee and
Saint Louis.
It seems that in addition to these there were another 8 plants in the US
producing .50 ammo during WW2,some with interesting names like
Eau Claire and Twin Cities.Are all of these fairly readily available,subject to looking in the right place,of course.