30 carbine ammo identification

[tomusaf]

Anybody deal with any of this type ammo. Could not find out much on line. 50 rounds perbox. Looks like lake city brass reloaded by hornady. 110gr soft point. Thxs

 

[GodBlessTheUSA]

I did find this:

"In the early 1990s, Hornady began to produce small quantities of its own cartridge cases, and in-house production of their cartridges made up a small fraction of what was being loaded into ammo every year. At the time, all locally produced cartridge cases bore the “HORNADY” headstamp,..."

Hornady Frontier Ammo Review - Guns and Ammo

You'll have a hard time finding a low-cost line of ammo with as many offerings and of better quality than Hornady's Frontier.

www.gunsandammo.com

Ergo, if the case headstamp is not Hornady they may be 30+ years old...?

 

[Granite3]

Pretty sure those are not reloads, but first run ammo.

Got some of that with my second carbine back in 2010 or so. Rifle came with 100 or so rounds of it. Wasted it all on targets.

 

[tomusaf]

There is date on inside flap of box 1972. Nut looks fantastic for that age

 

[dhal22]

A friend of mine had a Iver Johnson(?) 30 carbine pistol. Many years ago. That thing was a riot to shoot.

 

[tomusaf]

Like mine

 

[Necron 99]

There is date on inside flap of box 1972. Nut looks fantastic for that age

Does the box have a UPC code? If not they be from 1972

 

[tomusaf]

No upc code

 

[tomusaf]

Here is head stamp lc over 45