When did Midway make brass?
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
I believe it is PPU, eastern bloc manufacture, the same as Hornady and most others retailers.
Ian
Notorious member
Larry Potterfield got his start having 8mm Jap brass made and reselling it through mail order. Starline was also getting started about the same time and Midway contributed greatly to their success. I read about all that a while back on the Midway website, if you want to know how a lot of what we enjoy today got started, check it out.
Last month's AR had a good article on the Hodgdon powder company history, worth a read too.
Last month's AR had a good article on the Hodgdon powder company history, worth a read too.
uncle jimbo
Well-Known Member
I went and looked on
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
It says that Midway made it, which I doubt, but I really don't know.
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
It says that Midway made it, which I doubt, but I really don't know.
Longone
Active Member
If I remember correctly Midway also was selling brass that had more common names, like Bill or Bob ......etc. as a head stamp back then. I guess they thought it would be a neat idea to have your name on your brass. It was only a limited time deal as I remember but it was about the time they had their own brand headstamp which ran longer. I have some 45 ACP brass that is stamped with “Carroll” which probably came from them or Starline. Carroll was a reloading outfit that was located in Thompson CT., they have been out of business for at least 20 years.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
If you want to trust Midway advertising, then you need to collect old Herter's ads also.
I got some Midway 357 Mag brass new in the mid to late eighties (?) and have been into and out of the 357 twice since then, but some of the brass is still kicking about in my mixed brass bag. It's been reloaded so many times I have no idea how many and it went through hell while breaking in and tuning up the most miserable Rossi 92 that ever left their factory. It's still in fine functional shape but ugly. At the time I bought that brass, I was bent on wearing out a Ruger Security Six and few of my loads of that time were what one would call "gentle."
Are you saying that some companies take liberties with the truth?If you want to trust Midway advertising, then you need to collect old Herter's ads also.
Come on man, advertising is always spot on. Misleading? Never.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Generally speaking, if the case neck is hard it could well be Starline. They anneal prior to the last draw and polish according to the video they made some years ago. That is why, IMHO, their mag revolver brass is so good. East Bloc brass is almost always annealed just before final polish, as they like their necks soft. Hornady .450 Adams and .455 Webley could be bent with your fingers when you picked up the fired cases.
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I have some Midway brass left too. I was told at the time that it was made by a new company not far from Midway named... Starline. I also still have 100 of the "Bob" cases mentioned earlier too, Since there was 44 mag cases marked "Elmer", and 38 Spl & 357 mag cases marked "Bill", and 357 cases marked "Bob", one of the stories at the time was that they were named for Elmer Keith, Bob Milek, & Bill Jordan. I have no way of knowing if that was actually the case (NPI), but its a good story.
