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Mike in cranberry

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Basic question....
« on: February 04, 2021, 01:39:52 PM »
 Are these both Washington arsenal bullets? I know the star is however the other appears to be more of an Asterix that a star. Can someone explain this to me ?
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emike123

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Re: Basic question....
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2021, 09:02:01 PM »
There are at least 4 different star cavity bases I know of.  3 are stars of varying sizes and one is the asterisk type star you show.  I have always assumed they were all Washington Arsenal types, but maybe Jim Thomas can weigh in after he finishes the General Tso's chicken he was picking up when I talked to him earlier.  ;D
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Re: Basic question....
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2021, 09:08:35 PM »
Im not a lead head, I pretty much stay on the iron side where the macho men are, lol I'm kidding. Anyway I'm curious as why the Washington Arsenal would have varying types of star markings.
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Mike in cranberry

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Re: Basic question....
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2021, 03:56:03 PM »
Thanks for your response! I figured it was probably just a variant.
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Jim T

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Re: Basic question....
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2021, 08:27:26 PM »
Dies wear out.  So they could just be variations.  Or they could be from different bullet presses; and the different stars are to identify which press each came from for QA purposes.
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