I have about 100 rounds of Nickel plated 44 mag. brass that has TEXAS on the top and 44MAG on the bottom of the head of the case and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it such as was it some kind of special run, dufunct company, major company, reloading company or what?

Steve E..........

[ 05-30-2003, 04:17: Message edited by: Steve E. ]

Man! I have looked through every single peice of reference material I have (including news letters) and I can't find any reference to TEXAS.... It must be a proprietary cartridge / headstamp of some kind.... Sure would like to know what it is! Do ya, Maybe, Have an extra for sale or trade? I'll keep looking, though, to figure out this conodrum of yours.....

Midway was the source for that brass w/ the Texas hdstamp. I purchased a whole lot of nickel-plated brass in 45ACP during the nineties, for falling plates competition.

Seemed to be of good quality, lasting 15-20 reloads per case, finally splitting at the "neck" OTOH, they were fairly mild loads.

With the help of a gentleman from another forum I found out that the brass came from Midway, Ace Hindman and his son had them make up a few thousand and Midway must have made some for themselves also. Thanks for all the help.

Steve E.........

If anyone is still interested, the article is in Gun Digest #49 (1995), pp 65-67: "Boutique Cartridges are Here" by Holt Bodinson. The article has pictures of (amoung others) 'TEXAS' on 357 Mag, 44 Mag, and 45 ACP cases; BILL, BOB, JIM, JOHN cases; 'COOPER' on 45 ACP; 'JORDAN' on 357 Mag; and 'KEITH' on 44 Mag cases.

I am interested in purchasing one or two cases of EACH of these headstamps---live, fired, new, split, mangled,---any condition as long as the headstamp is legible.

THANKs, the_captn

(edited to correct spelling of Bodinson's name)

[ 06-15-2003, 03:16: Message edited by: captnemo ]

Count me in on The Captn's stake, too.... I would like ta get my hands on anything like those Headstamps! Allways needing new material.... And I have a few specimens for trade also.