.45 Auto Western?

[Snoopy45]

My dad found some old ammo in his basement and gave it to me today. It says .45Auto Western. Wanted to see if anyone could shed some light on this round. Looks like it should chamber and function in any .45 Auto chambered firearm. But looked different then most ammo i see. Thanks

 

[BamaFan]

Maybe it came from Western Auto :-)

 

[RamRoddoc]

If memory serves me (I have sometimers disease) but Western is a branch of Winchester ammunition and that looks like a 185 grain Copper jacketed Semi-Wadcutter bullet. Typically a target loading.

You can use it in any .45 ACP.

 

[B. Byrd]

If memory serves me (I have sometimers disease) but Western is a branch of Winchester ammunition and that looks like a 185 grain Copper jacketed Semi-Wadcutter bullet. Typically a target loading.

You can use it in any .45 ACP.

That is correct. They used to market it as Winchester/Western.

I am not sure that Western wasn't the ammo brand of Winchester Repeating Arms.

 

[Snoopy45]

Thanks for the information. Ill see how they do next time Im at the range.

 

[Going Postal]

Western and WCC are both headstamps from the Western Cartridge Company (Olin Corp a few years ago) and it did used to be Winchester/Western.

 

[EMC45]

Winchester target load. Perfectly fine to shoot. Looks to be in pretty darn good shape. Old time primers (round top). I have Western brass that is nickel from the 50-60s. It all works just fine.