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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1639869, member: 66&quot;]In Roger Burdette&#039;s new book <i>United states Pattern &amp; Experimental pieces of WWII</i>, he does cite records that indicate that the mints DID use recycled shell cases and that the cases were from US training facilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Railroad gondola cars filled with shellcases soon appeared at mint facilities.&quot;(291)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;US cents consumed 3,500 pounds of cartridge cases per day, six days a week, at the Philadelphia Mint.&nbsp; They were also the primary metal for a two-franc brass coin (21,000 pounds per day) and Peruvian coinage that was expected to consume over 275,000 pounds on completion.(292)&nbsp; The War Production Board had allocated 1,200,000 pounds (600 tons) to the Philadelphia Mint and equivalent amounts to the other mints.&nbsp; Shipments were scheduled to arrive every five days.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>291 Based&nbsp; on descriptions in mint documents, most of the expended cartridges were 50 caliber.&nbsp; The army made sure no live cartridges were included.</p><p><br /></p><p>292 NARA-CP, RG104, entry 328-H, box 3 &quot;Philadelphia Mint operating records.&quot;&nbsp; Letter date 2/29/44 from Helen C Moore, Acting Superintendent, Philadelphia Mint to Director Ross.</p><p><br /></p><p>NARA-CP is National Archives and Records Administration College Park MD&nbsp; RG104 is Record Group 104.&nbsp; That is the record group for records dealing with the US Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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