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A bud gave me a sack of cast off ammo, bits of stuff he no longer had guns for. In the mess was a few loose 45's & a couple half moon clips. First look saw old rounded primers & the the year stamp 18, nah, must be 81. Nope, that was upside down. Sure it was 18 when I saw the 17's. Notice the heavy case cannelures to keep the bullet from being pushed down in all of it. Not to mention the staked bullets in the REM UMC loads, 3 per shell. They sure didn't want the bullet to move in the case.
Steel jacket bullets as well, the Rem's being gilding metal plated(I read that) About 30 minutes in a vibratory tumbler. All dated in the time frame of the introduction of the 1917 Smith & Colt revolvers that would use it.

I'll not be shooting it.