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Offline Jeff Vicars

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Wooden Bullets
« on: August 13, 2003, 10:00:28 PM »
A friend gave me a couple of Winchester 45 Colt rounds factory loaded with wooden bullets. Anyone have any more info on this ammo?

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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2003, 05:44:29 AM »
When asking about ammo,it helps to include the headstamp.

    My guess would be that it is a .45 Colt shotshell,they were loaded in wooden capsules at least into the 1920s.

    Military training rounds in rifle calibers were loaded with wooden bullets
a least untill WW2,I have never encountered any headstamped later than
WW2.

    I can never recall seeing any pistol caliber ammo with wooden bullets other than the above mentioned shotshells.

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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2003, 09:33:27 AM »
I was way off, the headstamps read: REM-UMC 44 WCF. The wooden bullet protrudes about a quarter inch from the case mouth.
I didn't have the cartriage with me when I typed the first post, I was going on what I thought my friend had said. Sorry.