New Headstamps

[Richard Hitchcox]

One of the local PDs turned in some ammunition they wanted to get rid of yesterday.  I found some headstamps that aren't in the gallery while looking through it to see what I had received.

The box this came in is marked "Cartridge, Pistol Ball, Caliber .45 M1911, Powder, Bulls Eye, No. 2, Army Lot 106, Frankford Arsenal".  This headstamp is different from the Frankford Arsenal headstamp already in the gallery.

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The box this came in is marked "Ball, Caliber .30 M2, Denver Ordnance Plant".

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The box this came in is marked "S&W/9MM, 9mm Luger, 100 gr. Jacketed Hollow Point, Smith & Wesson-Fiocchi, Inc., Alton, Illinois 62002, Made in U.S.A.".  This headstamp is different from the S&W F headstamp already in the gallery.

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Richard

[50M2HB]

Prototype for the US M61 AP, 7.62x51 NATO (.308) caliber.  20 rounds to a tan cardboard box.  Due to its early nature, the box is actually 30-06 caliber and too long, so cardboard was inserted along the top to act as a spacer.  T93E2 AP.  Buff colored label with black printing.  Black tip color, knurled bullet ID cannelure, smooth bullet crimp cannelure, brass percussion primer, red sealant, ring primer crimp.  Headstamp LC 54

[50M2HB]

.50 BAT (Battallion Anti-Tank or Basic Artillery Trainer) caliber (12.7x77) Spotter-Tracer, M48A1.  10-round, tan box, black ink stampinig.  Yellow/Red (recessed) tip, knurled bullet crimp cannelure, brass case, brass percussion boxer primer (without flashtube), red primer sealant, ring crimp, 4-position (90 degree layout) headstamp "LC 68."  Packaged 11 boxes per olive drab colored, M2A1 ammunition can, yellow stencilling "110 Ctgs Cal .50 Spotter Tracer M48A1 Cartons Lot LC 12577."

[Dalibor]

Some European headstamps...

PG Pobjeda Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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PS probably Povazske Strojarne
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Libra stamped over S&B  Libra a.s.  Jevisovice, Czech Republic, case made by Sellier&Belot.
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And close-up picture of re-stamped case
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[Dalibor]

More European headstamps...

PS probably Povazske Strojarne
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DAG  Dynamit Nobel AG  SUBSONIC 147grs(?) FMJ bullet, berdan primer, same funny color sealant used on bullet
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OL-PP  unknown
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IK  Igman, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, commercial after cca 1996.
123grs FMJ @ 1115fps
http://www.igman.co.ba/
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M-90   M-90 ammunition factory, Croatia
Contact:
M-90 d.o.o.
Bana Jelačića 51
47250 Duga Resa,
Croatia

http://www.m-90.hr/
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[50M2HB]

Current rifle case headstamp format from Lapua of Finland.  This is the .338 Lapua caliber.

[50M2HB]

5.56mm NATO caliber M193 Ball, FMJBT, gilding metal jacket, lead core bullet with knurled crimp cannelure.  Brass case, brass, percussion primer, no visible primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp "AP 07 5.56" from Arms Corporation (ARMSCORP) of the Phillipines.  Lot imported for commercial US market, fall 2007.  From white cardboard, 20 round boxes with black printing, "20 Cartridges  Cal. 5.56mm Ball, M193  Lot No 5560011"  Inside top flap purple ink stamped "07 072607"

[IHMSA80x80]

Here's my first picture for the Image Gallery.



DoubleTap Ammunition
568 S. Main St. #333
Cedar City, UT 84720

Mike McNett
President/CEO

[Justine Kreso]

Israel Military Industries
9mm CARB (9 x 19mm)
Designed for Uzi

[Richard Hitchcox]

I bought a box of ammo a couple of days ago, because I had not previously heard of the marketer.  The box is marked Ball, Caliber .30 M2 ... Greek Powder and Cartridge Co.  The headstamp isn't in the Headstamp Gallery either, so I have attached it below.

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Richard

[copdoc]

Here are a few unusual ones.

Experimental 7.62mm spotter tracer


Same round beside 22 magnum for scale


30-06 antenna erecting round


top of antenna erecting round


antenna round over experimental 25 Cal duplex


WWII German aircraft 7.92mm round left with green band beside standard 7.92mm


headstamp of aircraft round

[50M2HB]

.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber AP(HC)I round, Armor Piercing "Hard Core" Incendiary from ST Kinetics (ex-Singapore Technologies, ex-Charter Industries) from Singapore.  An improved API round, but with a tungsten core as opposed to the more typical hardened steel alloy core.  Nickel primer, green primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp 50 HG.  The HG designation isn't a manufacturer/plant code, but a date code.  HG translates to 87, 1987, the year of production.  Smooth projectile crimp cannelure, black/grey tip.  Other known tip color codes from ST are grey (API), red/grey (APIT). 

[50M2HB]

12 Gauge shotshell, US DoD contract over-run, 00 Buckshot from Winchester.  Olive Drab plastic body with chemically darkened brass hi wall case head, black ink stamping on body "9 Pel 00 Buck," brass primer, "Winchester 12 GA" commercial headstamp.  Packed 5 rounds per tan cardboard box, with black ink stamping "5 Cartridges 12 GA Shotshell No. 00 Buckshot Lot WCC08B078-006 Olin Corporation" on front and "5 Cartridges 12 GA Shotshell No. 00 Buckshot" on one end.  White label with black printing on back with bar code on opposite end "Military Grade MG Buck Q1544"  Marketed by Midway USA  Lot # indicates Feb 2008 production.

[50M2HB]

7.62 NATO caliber Blank, probably Grenade due to heavy wax case mouth sealant.  Black case mouth sealant, rose crimp case mouth, brass case, brass percussion primer, with clear primer sealant, ring primer crimp, TZ 79 headstamp.  From 20-round, tax cardboard box, with buff colored label, and Black ink printing, indicating lot # 5-79 with short string for breaking the seal and opening package.  Entire package sealed in plastic for storage. 

[50M2HB]

.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber Ball ammunition sold by J&G Sales of Prescott, AZ, April, 2008.  FMJBT projectile, copper jacket, mild steel core, smooth crimp cannelure, brass case, nickel percussion primer, purplish-red primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp "SF-1-81 12,7 I"  Headstamp indicates French production at the SFM (Gevelot) plant ("Societe  Francaise  des  Munitions") in 1981, probably 1st Quarter, using brass manufactured by "Societe  de  Metallurgie  Franco-Belge, Issy-les-Moulineaux"