Topic: New Headstamps

[50M2HB]

9mm Parabellum (9x19) caliber full metal jacket ball, manufactured by Smith & Wesson in Rock Creek, OH.  50 round, cardboard box, blue printing, blank ink stamped "115 gr 9mm Full Metal Case Luger S9mm5"  Brass cased, nickel boxer percussion primer, green primer sealant, headstamp ".. S&W .. 9mm"  Headstamp dots designate source of brass used in ammunition construction.

[50M2HB]

30-06 150 gr. FMJ-BT Ball, copper jacketed/lead core bullet.  Match load, by Federal Cartridge Co for National Garand rifle championsips, US DoD Civilian Marksmanship Program.  20 round, white cardboard boxes, with black printing.  10 rounds per clear plastic belt ammunition holder.  Brass case, brass percussion boxer primer, red primer sealant, no primer crimp, headstamp "FC 30-06 SPRG"

[50M2HB]

7.62x51 (7.62 NATO) caliber Ball, 2nd model, from Pakistan Ordnance Factories, model L2A2, gilding metal clad steel bullet jacket, smooth bullet crimp cannelure, brass case, brass percussion primer, purple primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp "POF 80 L2A2"  From 20 round, yellow cardboard boxes, with tan over label printed in green ink, with purple ink stampings of 1980 production date, lot number, acceptance, etc.

[50M2HB]

.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber ball from Pretoria Metal Pressings.  690 gr. FMJ-BT, copper jacket, mild steel core projectile with smooth crimp cannelure, brass case headstamped "D 02 12.7"  Brass, percussion, boxer primer, purple primer sealant, 3-stab primer crimp, 234.7 grains of ball powder.  Two, 10-round, tan cardboard boxes to an olive drab battle pack.  White labels with black printing "10 RD 12.7x99mm Ball 046 D 02" on both.  D indicates "Denel" the parent company of PMP, 046 is the lot # and 02 is the production date of 2002.  Imported for the US commercial market by Wideners of TN, May of 2008. 

[50M2HB]

12.7x99 (.50 BMG) caliber Ball from South Africa, 1997 production, Pretoria Metal Pressings (PMP), gilding metal jacket, mild steel core, smooth crimp cannelure, brass cased, brass percussion primer, purple primer sealant, 3-stab crimp.  "15" refers to loading, not a plant/manufacturer code.  Type 1 (i.e. ball), 5th model.

[50M2HB]

12.7x99 (.50 BMG) caliber Ball from South Africa, 1998 production, Pretoria Metal Pressings (PMP), gilding metal jacket, mild steel core, smooth crimp cannelure, brass cased, brass percussion primer, purple primer sealant, 3-stab crimp.  Reportedly part of a lot originally produced for either Columbia or Kazakhstan.  M1A5 bullet.

[50M2HB]

9x19 (9mm Luger, 9mm Parabellum) M939 Training-Practice-Tracer from FFV VINGAKER of ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN, not for pistol or SMG's but as a sub-caliber training device for the AT4 Anti-Armor weapon.  For M287 target practice launcher for M136 AT4 Anti-armor weapon.  Same ballistic trajectory of M136 HEAT round to 400 M, MV 950 fps, Trace to 450 M, Max range 1600 M.  Red tip, white case mouth sealant.  Brass case, brass, percussion primer, white primer sealant, case head 1/2 blackened for ID, headstamp "FFV 90"  Packaged in white cardboard, 50 round box, with black plastic tray carrier, black ink printing "50 rds 9mm Practice Cartridge M939 90E003-010" Lot number indicates May 1990 production.

[50M2HB]

7.62 NATO FMJBT, cupro-nickel clad steel jacket, lead core, smooth crimp cannelure from Metallwerk Elisenhütte G.m.b.H., Nassau, Lahn, Germany.  Lot imported for the US commercial market, available by Midway USA, June, 2008.  Brass case, brass percussion berdan primer, green primer sealant, 3-stab primer crimp.  Headstamp (NATO symbol) "MEN 94B0008"  (Headstamp includes lot number, indicating February 1994 production.)  Bullet design is AB22 whose terminal ballistic performance in tissue is unique from most other 7.62 NATO FMJBT Ball bullet designs.  Rather than pitching up 90 degrees, then pitching backwards another 90 degrees and exiting backwards, AB22 pitches up 90 degrees then breaks into two parts at the cannelure, similar in performance to M193 5.56 NATO Ball.  Packaged 20 rounds to a tan cardboard box with white label and black printing "AB22 20 Patrone 7.62mm DM111 Weichkern LOS MEN94B0008."  Packages had been opened & resealed with thin white paper label with blue printing "MMunDp6."  10 cardboard boxes to an olive drab plastic "battle pack," with white label & same markings.  Battle Packs have been opened and resealed with olive drab duct tape.

[50M2HB]

7.62 NATO (7.62x51) Blank from Germany, Dynamit Nobel (DAG).  Olive Drab plastic case body & "bullet," steel case head, nickel primer, no primer sealant, 3-stab crimp, "7.62x51 DAG-89-70" headstamp.  "Bullet" is cross-hatched (4 slits) at the tip for breakage when fired.  Packed 50 rounds to a tan cardboard box with white label and black printing.  4-segmented circle on label indicates "blank"  10 boxes to a tan cardboard sleeve with similar white label.  Sleeve is sealed in clear plastic "battle pack" bag.  Boxes had apparently been opened at some point and resealed with twin, thin, white strips printed in black ink "Munitionsdepot Zetel."

[Beddow]

Here is a 22 LR headstamp currently not in the Guide. I just came across this one in a case.

Cascade Cartridge International
Manufactured in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

A reference with images of the ammunition box and profile view of a cartridge is in the AFTE Journal 1979, Vol. 11, #2, pg 87

[Jason Flater]

Extreme Shock Ammunition
9mm Luger
Clintwood, VA

[Richard Hitchcox]

I am working a case with a 40 caliber class bullet that has a very thin "painted on" jacket and a CCI 40 S&W cartridge case.  While looking through my lab ammo I found that the older boxes of CCI Blazer Brass ammo have the "CCI" headstamp, but the newer boxes have a "BLAZER" headstamp.



I couldn't find a previous submission of this headstamp.

Richard

[50M2HB]

5.56 NATO caliber Mark 262 Match/Sniper load ("Long Range") for US Special Operations Command.  77 gr Sierra Match King Open Tip Match (NOT hollow point) copper jacketed, lead core, boat-tail.  Mod 0 is without bullet crimp cannelure, Mod 1 is with cannelure.  Produced exclusively by Black Hills Ammunition of South Dakota utilizing brass from other producers.  Tan 20-round cardboard box with black plastic separators, black ink stamping.  Department of Defense Identification Code (DODIC) AA53.  Brass case, brass percussion boxer primer, no primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp "WCC 04" (Winchester 2004 brass in this lot).

[Frank Miller]

Here is a new one I found in our ammunition collection:

Polte, Werk Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

[Frank Miller]

Here is another one that I found:

We have the original packaging from Forensic Ammo Services

Swartklip Products (Pty.) Ltd., Cape Town (Formerly known as RMC - Ronden Manufacturing)