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<blockquote data-quote="Dumpstick" data-source="post: 3322573" data-attributes="member: 41653">I don&#039;t know the answer to that.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a hard line date.&nbsp; Different cartridges could be purchased with that style brass at different times.&nbsp; Cartridge companies would make runs of brass, then use it up as demand dictated.For the most part, by the 1940s that old balloon head style had gone by the wayside. However, 44-40 was popular even into the late 1950s, or even later, especially in the western US.And, if it was reloaded by the owner, who knows how old the brass itself is?&nbsp; It could have been purchased almost any time, and reloaded multiple times over the years.&nbsp; I have some 38spl brass that is the old style, with that same REM-UMC headstamp.ETA: Come to think, that 38 Spl balloon head brass is also a Large primer pocket.&nbsp; This was prior to manufacturers standardizing on the SPP for that cartridge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dumpstick, post: 3322573, member: 41653"] I don't know the answer to that. It's not a hard line date. Different cartridges could be purchased with that style brass at different times. Cartridge companies would make runs of brass, then use it up as demand dictated. For the most part, by the 1940s that old balloon head style had gone by the wayside. However, 44-40 was popular even into the late 1950s, or even later, especially in the western US. And, if it was reloaded by the owner, who knows how old the brass itself is? It could have been purchased almost any time, and reloaded multiple times over the years. I have some 38spl brass that is the old style, with that same REM-UMC headstamp. ETA: Come to think, that 38 Spl balloon head brass is also a Large primer pocket. This was prior to manufacturers standardizing on the SPP for that cartridge. [/QUOTE]

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