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Title: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: Ichiban on February 09, 2011, 06:17:23 PM

Saw this on another forum and decided to pass it along here.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)

FEDERAL and AMERICAN EAGLE 45 AUTO PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING
Immediate Action Required
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:
38X628 through 38X765
and
38T401 through 38T414
http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2011/02/federalamerican-eagle-45acp-ammunition.html (http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2011/02/federalamerican-eagle-45acp-ammunition.html)

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: kmitch200 on February 09, 2011, 08:52:55 PM

Thanks for the heads up....didn't take me as long as I thought it would to dig through the ammo pile - no recalled ammo here. 

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: Pecos Bill on February 09, 2011, 09:18:10 PM

What is the original source of this info? I checked the link and there was no indication it came from Federal. I checked Federal's web site and there's nothing there. Just asking.

Pecos

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: Ichiban on February 10, 2011, 08:26:00 AM

True, I did not personally vet this as it is on several of the major sites. 
A little google-foo led me to this flyer from Federal.
http://www.federalpremium.com/pdf/45_Auto_warning.pdf (http://www.federalpremium.com/pdf/45_Auto_warning.pdf)

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: Pecos Bill on February 10, 2011, 03:00:14 PM

Quote from: Ichiban on February 10, 2011, 08:26:00 AM

True, I did not personally vet this as it is on several of the major sites. 
A little google-foo led me to this flyer from Federal.
http://www.federalpremium.com/pdf/45_Auto_warning.pdf (http://www.federalpremium.com/pdf/45_Auto_warning.pdf)

Thanks for the fill in. I get a little suspicious when I see something on the web that says it's a "public service announcement". It's still not on Feds web site and a couple of my local pushers know nothing. I have contacted Federal and await their answer. This won't affect me as the only factory 45s I have are from Remington. I decided not to call Federal since their phones are probably under severe attack whether this is legit or not. Hopefully we'll get conformation shortly.

Pecos

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: Pecos Bill on February 10, 2011, 03:16:39 PM

Just heard from Federal and this is legit. This wasn't there this am when I looked but that was early. Guess I'll pass this on to my local pusher.

Pecos

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: billt on February 10, 2011, 08:09:43 PM

This seems to be happening much too frequently.  Bill T.

Title: Re: Federal/American Eagle .45acp ammunition recall (Public Service Announcement)
Post by: PegLeg45 on February 11, 2011, 03:48:41 AM

Quote from: billt on February 10, 2011, 08:09:43 PM

This seems to be happening much too frequently.  Bill T.

Speeding up processes and cutting corners.