While making my latest batch of .45acp today. I came across an odd case, and wondered if anyone had see this before and/or could clear up what's going on with it.
the above noted discrepancy between the head stamp and official spec was what actually made me curious, if the markings had matched spec I'd have put it on the shelf as nothing more than a Berdan primed European made 45acp case. but now I'm wanting to know more
- case is (except for head-stamp) visually indistinguishable from "normal" .45acp cases.
- Berdan primed (so unusable by me, anyway)
- Marked 11.25 x23("above" primer) 4FLB80("Below" primer) see attached pic
- 45acp metric specs are 11.43 ×23mm
- Large primer
the above noted discrepancy between the head stamp and official spec was what actually made me curious, if the markings had matched spec I'd have put it on the shelf as nothing more than a Berdan primed European made 45acp case. but now I'm wanting to know more
