Does anyone have a reference on how to decode the Federal lot number scheme to a mfg year?
I've found some references but they don't include the letter 'X' which I believe is in the year spot.
Format is P##X###.
Other info I saw says first two numbers indicate caliber (which matched ammo I have), 'X' is the year and last three numbers are a Julian date + 400. Seems to match except the info I found did not have 'X' included in the definition of years.
I'm curious to what the mfg year was for this ammo I've acquired.
I've found some references but they don't include the letter 'X' which I believe is in the year spot.
Format is P##X###.
Other info I saw says first two numbers indicate caliber (which matched ammo I have), 'X' is the year and last three numbers are a Julian date + 400. Seems to match except the info I found did not have 'X' included in the definition of years.
I'm curious to what the mfg year was for this ammo I've acquired.
