S&W Ammo???

[skeet]

S&W and Fiocchi bought out Alcan in the early 70's..Sold ammo under the S&W-F headstamp for approx 2 months. Their ammo line was pretty extensive for a while. They developed Nyclad ammo and sold shotgun ammo that was some really good stuff. They also sold some of the first sabot 12 ga slug shells..police ammo. I happen to have some few boxes of S&W-F and a few of the regular S&W. They bought out Fiocchi very quickly.. Alcan stuff ...was mosty Fiocchi marketed items. Alcan 220 Max fire primers especially were Fiocchi 616 primers which are still being sold here. Alcan powders were imported mostly from Sweden and Italy(Bashieri & Pellegri known as B&P). After a few years foray in the ammo business they sold out of it as they couldn't compete in the market any better than the ol Super Vel company. Takin on the big boys in the ammo market was almost impossible.. There were others that didn't cut it either..Activ and US Ammo Company were 2 others, USAC lasted about 6-8 months..Activ a few years..Then there was Wanda and a few others. S&W-F headstamped ammo and brass is very rare, Some was brass but most handgun ammo was nickle plated. The 9mm Nyclad ammo was very good stuff. Federal still markets some of the S&W bullet types