Glad the collet puller is working out for you. Those old presses can handle most anything. Ammo from 1978? hmm. Yep I got some too. Still have .22s and shotshells from my high school days.
This was the FN .45ACP from 1955. It was put in a GI ammo can in 1978.
I scrounged through my remaining disorganized ammo. I found another 500 rounds of 7.62mm ball, which is good. But I recounted my .45, and I have only 600 rounds of ball left, which is only about four trips to the range, max.
I have another thousand coming in, but I think I'll have to order another increment of 500, especially if .45ACP is now the "new .380" as far as availability goes.
When I was at the range last week, I kept getting bonked on the head and back by someone shooting a new Glock on the firing point on my left. Only a new Glock will throw empty brass over the top of an eight-foot divider. When they left, I picked up their .40S&W brass, and an aftermarket front sight for the Glock. I guess they didn't notice it got shot over to my side, too.
On my right, two guys were firing a 1911 for a while, and then switched to an AR15. Since they were on the last firing point on the right, I guess the brass was bouncing back at them a lot. So they packed up and moved to the left. They were going to throw away the .45 brass, but I told them that I'd be happy to clean up after they moved.
This was the first time I came back with 3x the empties I started with.