Topic: Assorted headstamp questions

[Axel Manthei]

Scott,

ammo with this headstamp was marketed by the Star-Vector Corp, NV under the Golden Tiger Brand. The homepage of Star-Vector is not working anymore so they might be out of business.

Greetings

Axel

[Curtis Kubo]

Is the 9mm Largo the same as the 9mm Bergman-Bayard?  If not, does anyone have dimensional data for the 9mm Largo?  And lastly, is anyone familiar with the headstamp 6S with the year 61 or 62 (sorry no photos) for suspected caliber 9mm Largo cartridges?  Mahalo in advance!

[Bob Shem]

http://9mmlargo.com/cartridge/index.htm

http://9mmlargo.com/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_mm_Largo

http://www.9mmlargo.com/discus/messages/20/241.html?1094904024

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product258.html

http://ammunitiontogo.com/catalog1/product_info.php?pName=25rds-9mm-largo-santa-barbara-military-surplus-128gr-fmj-ammo&cName=pistol-ammo-9mm-largo

Wow, I can't believe that I beat Chuckie Clow to the punch! 

[Axel Manthei]

Aloha Curtis,

 I know it sounds strange but could the 6S be a PS ?
The Spanish headtsamps are know for their sloppy look and are sometimes incomplete "printed".
PS = Pirotecnia de Sevilla
PS is a common headstamp on 9 mm Largo (9x23)


Greetings

Axel

[Evan Thompson]

Any ideas who the manufacture was?   

[Charles Clow]

That crescent and star are symbols on Turkish ammo.

Reference:


Cartridge Headstamp Identification
By: Curtis Steinhauer
www.cartridge-corner.com

CMC

[Charles Clow]

Kass also has a headstamp with the crescent and star as being from Turkey.

CMC

[Ashely Northcutt]

Found this in the DIA Small Caliber Identification Guide.


*Note 4 says that there may be some variations on this headstamp.

[Axel Manthei]

Evan,

just a little addition to Richards information.

The 8 x 57IS (aka 7.9x57IS) was made by different manufacturer for the Turkish military and contains the manufacturer.

FS indicates Fabrique Soloturn as manufacturer.
7.9 is the caliber abbrevation
TC is the property mark for the Turish military
1947 is the obviously the year of manufacturing (at least the case)

@Richard
The differences are explained in the two letters opposite to the T halfmoon C.
Please check the explanation for the different headstamp codes and you will find that this position indicates the manufacturer.
Fabrique Soloturn  has a FS
Fabrique National has a FN
Hirtenberger has a HP in this position.

If you enter T and the halfmoon symbol you should find 8 headstamps if you have done the updates ....

Greetings

Axel

[Evan Thompson]

Thank you for information provided by all.  Most helpful. 

[Tori Kujala]

Hey y'all,

I have a 9mm Luger cartridge case with "BLAZER 9mm LUGER" as the headstamp.  The cartridge case is brass and the primer is nickel.  The first thing that came to mind was CCI's Blazer Brass but all of my Blazer Brass has "CCI" for a headstamp instead of "Blazer".  Any ideas?

Thanks

Tori

[Axel Manthei]

Tori,

there are quite a few different ones around.
Please check for dots on the headstamp and post the picture.

I have seen them sold Walmart and different gun shops.
Obviously this is the inexpensive brass version of BLAZER

Greetings

Axel

[Tori Kujala]

Axel, I see one dot between the 9mm and Blazer

[Chris Gunsolley]

:: waiting for Richard to chime in ::

http://www.afte.org/forum/smf1/index.php?topic=1367.90

(near the bottom)

[Tori Kujala]

Thanks Axel, Chris, and (by default) Richard.  I looked in the Headstamp Guide and didn't see one.  I thought it was Blazer Brass. My stock of it is a couple of years old. 

Any chances of getting the images posted on this link added to the guide?