Vintag WWII cartridges ammunition ammo
Updated August 9, 2026
| Lot number | 155 |
| Category | Firearms & Militaria |
| Auction | Mid Summer Sale |
| Date | August 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM CDT |
| Auction house | Estate Sales of East Texas |
| Location | Tyler, Texas |
This is a box of pistol cartridges sitting bullet-down inside a green plastic ammunition storage grid. One cartridge has been flipped upside down to display its headstamp.Headstamp IdentificationThe cartridge in the center shows the markings F A 42:F A: Stands for Frankford Arsenal, a historic United States Army ammunition manufacturing facility located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.42: Indicates the year of manufacture, 1942, during World War II.Caliber and DetailsBased on the visual proportions of the cartridge base, the rim design, and the dark lead-colored bullet tips showing on the surrounding rounds, these are .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) ammunition.During WWII, millions of these .45 ACP rounds were produced by Frankford Arsenal for standard-issue military sidearms like the M1911A1 pistol and the Thompson submachine gun.
