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Picture Page August 2012
A box of Remington .45 ACP shot cartridges....
This is a full box of .45 ACP M15 shot cartridges, developed by Remington
Arms Company for the US Government as a replacement for the M12 shot
cartridges in December of 1943. The M12 had a paper bullet that tended to
swell up and break open The information above was taken almost entirely from History of Modern U.S. Military Small Arms Ammunition, by Hackley, Woodin & Scranton. . .
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humid climates. The extended length case of the M15 eliminated the need for
the paper bullet; it was referred to as the all brass cartridge during
development, and initially had a yellow waterproofed paper wad held in place
at the case mouth with a roll crimp. The waterproofing was changed to a dark
purplish-red color in July of 1944. Remington was the only maker of these cartridges.
Headstamps include R A 4 (made in1944, like those in the box pictured here),
R A 45, and REM-UMC 45 ACP. The 20 round boxes of M15 shot cartridges were
used by the Army Air Force, and were utilized in their B-2 and B-4 emergency
kits. They were intended for killing small game, and had to be loaded in the
pistol individually by hand, as the cartridge length did not allow it to be
fed from the magazine.