Ever seen this ammo?

[Brickman301]

i reached into the very back of the ammo stash this afternoon and found quite a bit of this older odd 38 special ammo. Totally forgot I had this stuff! Shot a few boxes this evening, pretty accurate with very very low recoil. It’s a 2 piece case. The base/head is nickel plated brass, with a plastic case. The bullet is 158 grain FMJ semi wadcutter.
I’m guessing some of you have never seen this type before.
I’m sure some of the older guys here remember it!
Anyways, thought some of you would find it amusing.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Polymer casings, how advanced!

 

[Boats]

Polymer casings, how advanced!

Neva ben dun befo

 

[Brickman301]

Polymer casings, how advanced!

Haha, and just in case you thought this was newly manufactured ammo, here’s a picture with the price tag!
Oh, I miss the days of $6 boxes of 38 ammo.

 

[Magnumite]

Made an introductory splash once upon a time. A couple ruptured cases didn’t help its future.

 

[Brickman301]

Made an introductory splash once upon a time. A couple ruptured cases didn’t help its future.

Yep. I did a little research, looks like it lasted just about a year. 1984 from what I’ve seen. Neat concept. Was supposed to be super easy to reload, with preparatory bullets and a preparatory reloading tool.

 

[Sirex]

Don't forget to recycle.

 

[babalou]

was thinking belonged to those found German pistols on that beach until I saw .38

 

[4g64loser]

Usa cartridge. Cool piece of cartridge evolution.

For the cartridge nerds (like me) out there, this is a competitor to the USAC Brickman pictured above. Amtech. Used a hybrid case but the ass end is aluminum.

 

[Brickman301]

Usa cartridge. Cool piece of cartridge evolution.

For the cartridge nerds (like me) out there, this is a competitor to the USAC Brickman pictured above. Amtech. Used a hybrid case but the ass end is aluminum.

Cool! Is that also 38 special? Looks like .357?

 

[4g64loser]

Cool! Is that also 38 special? Looks like .357?

Definitely a 38. I have a handful of them that I kept. I'm a cartridge geek. I have a large collection of old stuff. Going way back to rimfire, even some pinfire and other dead ends of evolution.

Got some exotic, old, 357 mag rounds but I'm not putting pics of them up. Any of the "old timers" who knew a lot about 357 during the last days of wheel gun supremacy probably know what I mean.

 

[Brickman301]

Definitely a 38. I have a handful of them that I kept. I'm a cartridge geek. I have a large collection of old stuff. Going way back to rimfire, even some pinfire and other dead ends of evolution.

Got some exotic, old, 357 mag rounds but I'm not putting pics of them up. Any of the "old timers" who knew a lot about 357 during the last days of wheel gun supremacy probably know what I mean.

Neat! I’ve accumulated some odd and old ammo over the years as well, but I don’t consider myself a collector of those types of things.

 

[4g64loser]

Neat! I’ve accumulated some odd and old ammo over the years as well, but I don’t consider myself a collector of those types of things.

I'm in the geek category. I even have books on the old cases/ammo.