my 4 boxes do not have a lot number on them.....oh joy :angry:
i have never heard of this "tracer" powder....not that i care anyway. if they need to investigate me for a shooting, let them. better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6
On my Federal p45hst2 50 round boxes, the lot is printed on the outside of the box. The lot is in the range of lot for recall, but they said this type is not under recall.
On my Federal C45D 20 round boxes, the lot is printed on the inside flap of the box, on the flap that said "45 Auto". Open both ends and look on that. I have 5 boxes that are recalled. I left a voice message with Federal for the recall and am awaiting a call back to get it exchanged.
There must be thousands of people to deal with in this. They should have set up a web page to deal with this. The phone is way too slow.
Has anyone been able to verify the overpressure incident alluded to in this video? I did a brief Google search and didn't find any media stories.
The reason I'm asking is because the rumor making the rounds at Chantilly is that this recall is a cover story and the real issue is those lot numbers were manufactured without the tracer that is supposed to be in all ammo (powder) to aid forensic investigators.
One guy even went so far as to claim he'd used his kinetic bullet puller to disassemble cartridges from the affected lot numbers and the unaffected numbers...and found no statistical variation in powder weights. Now, of course, that wouldn't be a valid test if the recall lots were charged with a different, faster burning powder.