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Federal Premium .45 ammunition recall


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Issued/updated 22 February 2011

Link to Product Safety Warning (click) Quoted below

Lot number ID guide (click) Second quote below

Link to form to fill out if you have any of this ammo (click)

FEDERAL and AMERICAN EAGLE 45 AUTO PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING UPDATED

Immediate Action Required

FEDERAL CARTRIDGE COMPANY • 900 BOB EHLEN DRIVE • ANOKA, MN 55303 • PHONE 763.323.2300 • Toll Free: 1-800-322-2342

Certain lots of recently manufactured 45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge. Use of product from these lots may result in firearm damage and possible serious injury.

DO NOT USE PRODUCT FROM THE FOLLOWING LOTS:

If you have in your possession any 45 Auto with the following brand names and part numbers, check to see if your ammunition package contains the above lots: American Eagle® (AE45A, AE45N1, or AE45A250), Champion™ (WM5233), GoldMedal® (GM45B), Hi-Shok® (45C, 45D), Federal® Personal Defense® (C45C, C45D) and Federal Premium® (P45HST1, P45HS2G,

LE45T1).

45 Auto Lot Number Identification Guide

FEDERAL CARTRIDGE COMPANY • 900 BOB EHLEN DRIVE • ANOKA, MN 55303 • PHONE 763.323.2300 • Toll Free: 1-800-322-2342

To help you correctly identify the lot number ranges affected by this 45 AUTO product warning, below are the various locations the lot may be found on packaging. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these locations to determine if you have product affected by the warning.

For a fast and easy way to determine if your product is affected by this warning, you can also:

• Look at the primer. If the primer is brass colored, it is NOT part of the warning.

• If your lot number has either an “R” or an “S” followed by any set of numbers, it is NOT part of the warning (Example: A02R12 or A02S12)

What does the lot number mean?

The lot number is a series of numbers and letters that tell when a cartridge has been manufactured and from what loading machine. For this product warning, you need to look for the number 38.

Example: (Q, U, P or V) 38 X 628 Shift loader year day

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yay! This should take about a hour...

This is actually great info. I purchased some .44 mag ammo the other day for my redhawk. Went out popped a couple rounds off, One was stuck in the rotor. Could not get that thing out... finally when it had came out it had cracked the case length wise...

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