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  • 4 years later...
Awesome link!!! Thats a sticky for sure...

 

I have one I have used in the past too... although its a text list, not photos...

 

http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes_bottom.htm

 

 

:smoke:

 

 

Pretty nice. I will bookmarl that one.

 

I found this a while back. All text. I printed it out and I saved it on my phone so it is always with me.

 

Brass Head Stamps

 

*

 

Code Cartouches

Manufacture - Type - Pays - Année

Réf

 

- 0 -

 

0

Unknown Factory, Czechoslovakia

14

 

05 - (050)

Spreewerke, Lübben, East Germany

7

 

07 - (070)

Ammunitionsfabriken Karlsborg, (Nammo/Vanäsverken), Sweden (also FFV Vanasverken, Karlsborg)

7

 

- 1 -

 

1

Rheinisch- Westfälische Sprengstoff A.-G. (Part of the Dynamit Nobel group), Nürnburg, Germany. Found on 7.62 x 39mm.

7

 

1

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

10

Arsenal, Kazanlak (previously named Durjava Voenna Fabrika), Bulgaria (When found on ammunition made after 1946).

7

 

10

Russian State Arsenal, location unknown. Listed here to avoid confusion with Bulgarian factory using the same code. Found on ammunition made 1946 and earlier. Factory Ceased operations in 1946

7

 

101

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

11

Chinese State Factory at Mudanjang and part of NORINCO group. Normally found as part of a two-entry headstamp with date being the only other entry

7

 

11

Not a manfuacturer's code, but rather a load identification code used by Pretoria Metal Pressing Ltd Pretoria, RSA on brass cases

14

 

11

Prvi Partizan, Milo ;a Obrenovica 2, 31000 Uzice, Yugoslavia (Serbia)

1

 

11

Unknown Factory, One of the countries that use to be part of Yugoslavia (only on brass cases)

13, 14

 

111

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

12

Not a manfuacturer's code, but rather a load identification code used by Pretoria Metal Pressing Ltd Pretoria, RSA on brass cases

14

 

12

O.J.F. (Osterreichische Jegdpatronenfabrik) Kremsach

14

 

121

Heilongjiang North Tool Factory in Mundanjiang, Peoples Republic of China

9

 

13

Not a manfuacturer's code, but rather a load identification code used by Pretoria Metal Pressing Ltd Pretoria, RSA on brass cases

13

 

13

Unknown Factory, Cuba

13

 

131

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

141

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

17

Barnaul Machine Tool Plant JSC, 28 Polevaya St., Barnaul 656002, Altai Territory, Russia

7

 

171

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

184

Russian State Factory, Kazan Region, Russia.

7

 

187

Tula Cartridge Plant JSC, 139 Marat St., Tula 300035, Russia

7

 

188

Novosibirsk Low Voltage Equipment Plant JSC, 30A Stantsionnaya St., Novosibirsk 630031, Russia

7

 

- 2 -

 

2

Royal Ordnance Factory W= oolwich, England. Found on .303 Mark II, c. 1880s

7

 

201

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

21

Mátravidéki Fémmüvek Sirok, Hungary. Normally found on cartridge headstam= ps with a date stamped right-side up in relation to the factory code

7

 

21

Plant 21, Uzinale Metalu= gica Di Copsa Mica Si Cugir, Romania. Normally found on cartridge headstamps foll= owed by the letters RPR which stand for Republica Popolara Romana (People's Republic of Romania)

7

 

21

Zaklady Metalowe MESKO, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland. Normally found on cartridge headstamps with a date stamped upside down in relation to the factory code

7

 

211

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

21215

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

9

 

22

Plant 22, Romania (addre= ss and actual name unknown)

7

 

221

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

23

Unknown Factory, Hungary, Probably now associated with Magyar Löszergyártó Kft., Mátravidéki Fémmüvek, H-332 Sirok, Hungary=

13

 

234

Unknown Factory, Poland<= o>

9

 

24

Norrhammars Bruk (Only manufactured the cases), Sweden

4

 

25

Vulcans Tändsticksf= abrik, Tidaholm, Sweden

4

 

26 (026)

A.B. Svenska Metallverke= n. Västerås, Sweden

4

 

27 (027)

Norma Projektilfabrik, Åmotfors, Sweden

4

 

270

Soviet State Factory at = Lugansk, Ukraine

7

 

28

Jönköpings V&a= uml;stra tändsticksfabrik, Jönköping, Sweden

4

 

29

Valtion Patruunatehdas (= VPT), Finland.

4

 

- 3 -

 

3-D

3-D Company Inc., (later= 3-D Investments Inc and 3-D Ammunition and Bullets), Box J Mainstreet, Doniph= an, NE 68332

1

 

3-D

3-D Investment Co. Inc, Doniphan, Neb., USA (at least some cases were made by Starline Inc., Covi= na, CA)

14

 

3 IMPACT D

3-D Investment Co. Inc, Doniphan, Neb., USA

14

 

3

Ulyanovsk Machinery Plan= t State Production Association, 2 Metallistov St. Ulyanovosk 432031, Russia<= /o>

7

 

30

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Facility in Herstal Belgium under German occupat= ion (ex-FN)

4

 

301

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

304

Probably Kouskovo / Luga= nsk, Moscow, USSR

9

 

31 (031)

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

31

Svenska Tändsticks = AB Jönköping, Sweden

4

 

311

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

312

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

32

Linköpings Tändsticksfabrik, Lidköping, Sweden.

4

 

321

Unknown Factory, Romania=

13

 

322

Unknown Factory, Romania=

13

 

323

Unknown Factory, Romania=

13

 

324

Unknown Factory, Romania=

13

 

325

Unknown Factory, Romania=

13

 

33

WaffenwerkBrünn, Czechoslovakia.

4

 

331

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

34

JönköpingsT&au= ml;ndsticksfabrik, Sweden

4

 

341

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

343

State Munitions Factory = at Krupski Mlyn (Silesia), Poland, as found on 7.62 x 25mm ammunition. Found also with a circle around the numbers

7

 

35 (035)

Svenska Metallverken, Bl= ikstorp, Sweden (1954 to 1965)

7

 

351

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

352

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

38

Russian State Factory at Yuryusan (Tscheljabinks Region), Russia

7

 

391

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

- 4 -

 

4

Remington Arms Company, = Inc., Bridgeport CT , and later: Lonoke, AR (only encountered on 12.7x99mm alum= inum cases)

14

 

4

Volkseigene Betrieb (VEB) Mechanische Werkstätten Königswartha, East Germany

6

 

434

Imported to Sweden from = Norway and made by Bakelittfabrikken, Norway

4

 

-5 -

 

5

Remington Arms Company, = Inc., Bridgeport CT , and later: Lonoke, AR (only encountered on 12.7x99mm alum= inum cases)

14

 

501 (0501)

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

51

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

539

Tula Cartridge Works (Tu= lski Patronny Zavod), 139 Marata St., 300004, Tula, Russia

7

 

54

Panstwowe Fabryka Am., Skarzysko-Kam., Poland

9

 

541

Possibly Tula Cartridge = Works, Tula, USSR

9

 

583

Imported to Sweden from = Raufoss, Norway.

4

 

586

Imported to Sweden from Hirtenberger, Austria.

4

 

599

Imported to Sweden from = Diehl Wehrtechnik, Germany

10

 

-6-

 

60

Russian State Factory at= Frunze, Kirgisia, Russia

7

 

601

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czech Republic, Factory in Vlasim reportedly made for Kazakhstan

8, 13<= /p>

 

601

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

602

Imported to Sweden from = Canada and made by SNC.

4

 

604

Argus, Austria

10

 

60A

60th Arsenal, Kao Hsiung, Taiwan, Nationalist China

2

 

61

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

613

Imported to Sweden from = Brazil and made by CBC.

4

 

616

Imported to Sweden from = USA and made by Winchester/Olin

4

 

6201

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

6202

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

6203

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

641

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

651

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

661

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

671

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

- 7 -

 

7

Vympel State Production Association, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

13

 

71

FFV Zakrisdalsverken, Ka= rlstad, Sweden

4

 

71

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

710

Russian State Ammunition= Factory at Podolsk, Russia

7

 

711

Russian State Ammunition= Factory at Podolsk, Russia

7

 

- 8 -

 

81

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

88

Western Cartridge Company (Olin), East Alton, IL

8

 

- 9 -

 

911

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

9

 

9121

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

9141

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

93

Unknown Factory, North K= orea

13

 

944

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

946

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

947

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

9

 

948

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

95

Unknown Factory, North K= orea

13

 

964

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

9661

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

9671

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

-A -

 

A-MERC

American Ammunition Co.,= 3545 NW 71st St, Miami, FL 33147 USA

17

 

A-ZOOM

Originally A-ZOOM Ammo, A division of Ready Products Corp., 4 Chrysler, Irvine CA 92618 (800-61READ= Y). Currently owned and operated by Pachmayr, a division of Lyman Products, 4= 75 Smith Street, Middletown, CT 06457

1

 

A N

Lake City Ammunition Pla= nt, Lake City, MO

15

 

A T 3

Unknown Factory, Yugosla= via (actually is ATZ in Cyrillic letters)

15

 

A&W

Allen & Wheelock, Worchester, MA

3

 

A

American Cartridge Compa= ny, Kansas City, MO

3

 

A

American Metallic Cartri= dge Co., South Coventry, CT

3

 

A

Pretoria Metal Pressing = Ltd, Pretoria, RSA

1

 

AA

Danish Government Arsenal (Ammunitionsarsenalet) Copenhagen, Denmark

1

 

ABT

American Ballistics Co.,= Inc. 1851 Canbdy Lane SW, Marietta, Georgia 30060

1

 

AC

Armeria F.A. San Cristob= al, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

3

 

ACE

Unknown-Perhaps CBC of B= razil

18

 

ACP

Arms Corporation of the Philippines, Parang, Marikina City, Metro Manila, 1800 Republic of the Philippines (formally Squires Bingham Co.-see SB)

17

 

AD

Komando Perindustrian TN= I, Angkatan Darat, also known as Pabrik Senjata Mesiu, with ammunition facto= ry at Turen, Maland, East Java (the Bandung facility is a small-arms factory= )

1, 7

 

AD

MAST Technologies, origi= nally at Las Vegas, but now located at 14555 US Hwy 95 South, Boulder City, Nevada 89005, USA, on ammunition made for Abu Dhabi

1, 7

 

ad

Patronen-Zündhü= ;tchen-u. Metallwarenfabrik, Aktiengesellschaft (formally Sellier & Bellot) ,Schönebeck/Elbe, Germany-WWII era

1

 

AE

in Israel, for "Ere= tz Ayalon (Homeland production at Ayalon Factory), a pre-independence Underground factory in the basement of a laundry at Kibbutzim Hill, Rehov= ot, Israel

1, 7

 

AEP

Anciens Établisse= ments Pieper, Herstal, Belgium

1

 

AF

Small Arms Ammunition Fa= ctory No. 1 Footscray, Australia

3

 

AFF

Small Arms Ammunition Fa= ctory No. 1 Footscray, Australia

1

 

AGUILA

Industrias Tecnos S.A. d= e C.V., Kilometro 6 Carretera Cuernavaca-Tepoztlan, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México C.P. 62000 (formally Cartuchos Deportivos de México S.A.-see CDM)

17

 

AH (overlaid)

Csepel Arsenal near Budspest, Hungary

15

 

AI

Artillerie - Inrichtingen NV, (Now Eurometaal NV) P. O. Box 419, 1500 EH Zaandam, The Netherlands

1

 

ak

Munitionsfabriken (formally Sellier & Bellot), Prague with factory in Vlasim, Czechoslovakia, (Manufactured under German occupation)

1

 

All German P??? codes

See http://users.swing.be/sw017995/german-codes.htm

=

 

am

Gustloff-Werke, Otto Eberhardt-Patronenfabrik (formally Hirtenberger Patronen Züundhütchen & Metallwarenfabrik A.-G.), Hirtenberg, Niederdonau, Austria (Manufactured under German occupation)

1

 

AMA

Danish Government Arsenal (Ammunitionsarsenalet) Copenhagen, Denmark

1

 

AMI

Anderson Munitions Inc., P.O. Box 2050, Cardova, TN 38088-2050 ( ca' 1996-1998 P.O. Box 17383, Memphis, TN)

17

 

AMRON

AMRON, Guld + Western Systems, Waukesha, WI 53186 USA

18

 

AMT

AmmoTech (Ammutechse), W= ierda Park, Centurion, Republic of South Africa

18

 

AMTECH

Amtech International Inc= ., 4142 Industrial Ave E., Cour d'Alene, ID 83814-2199

17

 

AO

Allegany Ordnance Plant,= US

15

 

AOA

Asahi-Okuma Arms Co. Ltd= ., 5050 Asanimae-Cho, Owari-Asahi, Aichi, Japan 488 (after May 1961-Asahi-Seiki Manfacturing Co. Ltd,)

17

 

AOC

Bombrini Parodi Delfino,= Rome, Italy on contract cartridges for Egypt

15

 

AP

Arms Corporation of the Philippines, Parang, Marikina City, Metro Manila, 1800 Republic of the Philippines (formally Squires Bingham Co.-see SB)

1

 

AP

Unknown Factory, France

15

 

AREX

AREX, Proizvodnja orodij, naprav in storitve d.o.o., Trubarjeva 7, 8310 Sentjenej, Slovenia

13

 

ARS

Atelier de Constuction de Rennes, Rennes, France

1

 

ARS

Unknown, possibly A. R. = Sampson, Sampson Machine Wroks, Costa Mesa, CA

18

 

asb

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G. Eichborndamm 107-127, Berlin - Borsigwalde, Germa= ny - WWII

1

 

ASC

Probably Fábrica = Nacional de Munições de Armas Ligeiras, Chelas, Portugal<= /span>

1

 

ATS

Atelier de Construction = de Tarbes, Tarbes, France

1

 

aux

Polte, Werk Magdeburg, P= oltestr. u. Fichtestr.,Magdeburg, Germany

1

 

auy

Polte, Werk Grünebe= rg (Nordbahn), Germany

19

 

AV FS

Probably Hirtenberger Pa= tronen-, Zündhütchen-und Metallwarenfabrik A.-G., Hirtenberg, Niederdona= u, Austria

18

 

avu

Silva Metallwerke G.m.b.= H., Genthin, Germany

19

 

AWA

A & W Allendorff, Sprengstoff-und Patronenfabrik, Schönebeck a. Elbe, Germany (After A= ug 1, 1913: Öberschlesische Aktiengesellschaft für Armee und Marin= e, Abteilung, Schönebeck a. Elbe 10, Germany---from box label Öberschlesische Werke A.-G.)

18

 

ay

Pirkl, Alois, Elektrotechnische-Fabrik, Ruppersdorfstr, 30, Reichenberg/Sud., Germany

1

 

aym

Povázské Strojárne Národný Podnik, Povázská Bys= trica, Czechoslovakia

1

 

AYR

A/S Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, Norway

2

 

-B -

 

B-WEST

B-West Inc., Tucson, Arizona (produced in Russia by Tula)

1

 

B N

Lake City Ammunition Plant, Lake City, MO

15

 

B T 3

Unknown Factory, Yugoslavia (actually Cyrillic letters VTZ

15

 

B

Berndorfer Metallwarenfa= brik Arthur Krupp A.G., Berndorf, Niederdonau

3

 

B

Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co. Ltd., Birmingham, UK

3

 

B

Braun & Bloem, Dusseldorf, Germany

3

 

B

Durjava Voenna Fabrika (= D. V. F.), Kazanlak, Bulgaria.

1

 

B

Leon Beaux & Co., Milan, Italy

3

 

B

Pirotecnico di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

1

 

BAO

Durjava Voenna Fabrika (D. V. F.), Kazanlak, Bulgaria

1

 

BB

Bertram Bullet Co. Pty. Ltd., 200 Goulburn Valley Highway, Seymour, Victoria, 3660, Australia

17

 

BB

Braun & Bloem, Dusseldorf, Germany

3

 

BBM

BBM Corporation, 221 Interstate Drive, West Springfield, MA 01089

1

 

BD

Hall's Telegraph Co., Burghfield, UK

15

 

BE

Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, UK

1

 

BEAUX

Leon Beaux & Co. S.p= .A., Via Dante, 14, Milano, Italy (address ca' 1956---1929 address: Via Paleocapa = 4, Milano)

17

 

BEST SHOT

Target Products Inc., Gr= and Rapids, MI, USA

18

 

BF

Bakelittfabrikken A/G, A= urskog, Norway

1

 

BF

Fábrica Nacional = de Munições de Armas Legeiras, Chelas, Portugal

1, 7

 

BHA

Black Hills Ammunition, = 3050 Eglin St, Rapid City, SD 57703-9574, USA

17

 

BM

British Munitions, UK

11

 

BM

Bullet Master, 1515 Moo = 4 Soi Kwang Rung Kwang Lot, Theparak Road, Samrong Nua, Samutprakarn 10270, Thailand

17

 

bne

Metallwerk Odertal G.m.b= .H., Odertal (Post Lautaberg/Harz, Germany

3, 7

 

bnf

Metallwerk Wolfenbü= ttel G.m.b.H., Halchterstr. 2l, Germany

19

 

BO WAY

BOWAY Gun Company, 41 Br= oadway, Glenelg, South Australia, Australia

18

 

BOF

Bangladesh Ordnance Fact= ory, Bangladesh

13

 

BPD

Bombrini Parodi Delfino,= Rome, Italy

1

 

BPE

Unknown

18

 

BPS

Boland Production Supply= , Winter Haven, FL, USA

18

 

BROWNING

Browning Arms Company, R= oute #1, Morgan, Utah 84050

1

 

Buffalo Rock

Buffalo Rock Shooters Su= pply, Route 1, Ottawa, WI 61350 (on cases made by Starline)

17

 

BULLSEYE

Unknown-found on 38 Spec= ial in Hong Kong China

18

 

bxn

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czechoslovakia, Factory in Zbrojovka Vlàsim,

1

 

byw

Johannes Schaefer, Stett= iner Schrauben-werk, Stettin, Germany

19

 

- C -

 

C-B

COR-BON, 1311 Industrial= Rd, Sturgis, SD 57785

1

 

C-P

Crompton Parkinson Co. L= td, Doncaster, Yorkshire, U.K.

8

 

C N

Lake City Ammunition Pla= nt, Lake City, MO

15

 

C

Creedmore Cartridge Co., Barberton OH

3

 

C

Munitionsfabrik Cassel, = Cassel, Germany

1

 

C

Pirotecnico Dell'Esercit= o Capua, Capua, Italy

1

 

CAC

Colonial Ammunition Co., Footscray, Australia

11

 

CAC

Colonial Ammunition Comp= any, Auckland, New Zealand

2

 

CALGARY P.S.

Olin Corp., East Alton, = IL 62024, USA (for the Calgary Police Services in Canada)<= /p>

18

 

CAVIM

Compañía A= nonima Venezolana de Industrias Militares, Apartado Postal: 66.459-1061 - Urb. L= as Mercedes, Calle Jalisco, Edificio CAVIM, Caracas 1060, Venezuela

7

 

CB

Cartoucherie Belge, Lieg= e, Belgium

1

 

CBC

Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, Avenida Industrial No 3330, Santo Andre, Estado de Sâo Paulo, Brazil (ca'1997: Av Humberto de Compos 3220, 09400 000 Ribeirao Pi= res SP, Brazil)

1

 

CCC

Canyon Cartridge Company= , 141 Albertson Ave, Albertson, NY

1

 

CCC

Creedmoor Cartridge Co., Barberton, OH

3

 

CCI

Cascade Cartridge Intern= acional S.A. de C.V., KM. 419.45 Carretera Central, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Partially owned by CCI of the USA from mid 1960s to early 1990s)

18

 

CCI

Omark Industries, CCI-Sp= eer / Sporting Equipment Division, Lewiston ID 83501 USA

1

 

CDL

C D Leet, Springfield, M= A

3

 

CDM

Cartuchos Deportivos de México, S.A., Kilometro 6 Carretera Cuernavaca -Tepoztlan, Cuernav= aca, Morelos, México, C.P. 62000 (now Industrias Tecnos-see AGUILA)

1, 7

 

cdp

Theodor Bergmann & C= o., K.-G., Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik, Werk Bernau, Kleistrasse 21, Berlin W= 62, Germany

7

 

CF

Cartoucherie Franç= ;aise, Paris, France

3

 

CG

ofors Carl Gustaf AB, (F= ormerly FFV Förenede Fabriksverken), Vanäsverken, Karlsborg, Sweden (and since 1998, NAMMO Vanäsverken. Carl Gustaf name is no longer used, b= ut "CG will continue to be used as a headstamp)

7

 

cg

Finower Industrie G.m.b.= H., Finow/Mark, Germany

19

 

ch

Fabrique Nationale D'Arm= es de Guerre (FN), Herstal, Belgium, Under German occupation and management by Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G.

1

 

CHAMPION

Unknown (cases made by S= tarline)

18

 

CI

Cascade Cartridge Intern= acional S.A. de C.V., KM. 419.45 Carretera Central, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Partially owned by CCI of the USA from mid 1960s to early 1990s)

17

 

CIS

Unknown Factory, Singapo= re

15

 

CJ

China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

1

 

CMB

Manurhin, France for Brazil

15

 

CMC

Uzinale Metalwrgica di Corsa Mica SI, Cugir, Romania

1

 

CN

China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

1

 

CN

Unknown Factory, France

15

 

CNIC

China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

13

 

COLT

Colt Inc, Military Arms Division, 150 Huyshope Ave., Hartford, CT 06102 and also Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1868, Hartford, CT 06144

1

 

COR-BON

COR-BON, 1311 Industrial= Rd, Sturgis, SD 57785

7

 

CP

Crompton Parkinson Co. L= td, Guiseley, Yorkshire, U.K. (1939-1945)

8

 

CPM

Canadian Professional Mu= nitions Ltd., 300 Railway St., Raymond, Alberta T0K 2S0, Canada=

18

 

CRB

Cartoucherie Russo-Belge= , Liege, Belgium

3

 

CROWN

Crown Aircartridges Ltd.= , P.O. Box 25, Bexhill upon Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4QB, England, UK

1,18

 

CT

Società Metallurg= ica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, Italy (CT =3D Campo Tizzoro)

15

 

CTMCo<= /p>

Crittenden-Tibbals Manuf= acturing Co., South Coventry, CT

3

 

CV

Cartoucherie Voltaï= que (CARVOLT), Ouagadoudou, Rèpublique Voltaïque (formally Upper Volta)

1

 

- D -

 

D&C

Dreyse & Collenbusch, Sommerda, Germany

3

 

D&S

D & S Manufacturing = Inc., Route 1, Box 381, Passadumkeag, Maine 04475

7

 

D

Dominion Cartridge Co., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

3

 

D

Dum Dum Arsenal, Calcutt= a, India

11

 

D

E. I. Du Pont de Nemours= & Co. Wilmington DE

2

 

D

Gustav Genschow & Co= ., Durlach, Germany

3

 

D

Königliche Munitions Fabrik, Dresden Royal Munitions Factory (Government Facility), Dresden, Germany

1

 

D22

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

15

 

d53

Unknown Factory, Peoples Republic of China

15

 

DA

Dominion Arsenal, Qu&eac= ute;bec, Canada

1

 

DAC

Dominion Arsenal, Qu&eac= ute;bec, Canada

1

 

DAG

Dynamit Nobel A-G, Trois= dorf, Germany, (previously Geco and DNG Gustav Genchow, Karlsruhe)

1

 

DAL

Dominion Arsenal, Lindsa= y, Ontario, Canada

11

 

DAQ

Dominion Arsenal, Qu&eac= ute;bec, Canada

1

 

DC

Dominion Cartridge Co. L= td., Brownsburg, Québec, Canada

1

 

DCA

Dominion Arsenal, Qu&eac= ute;bec, Canada

11

 

DCCO

Dominion Cartridge Co. L= td., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1

 

DDDD

DUDS Ammunition and Supp= ly Co., PO Box 363, Barton, Vermont 05822

1

 

de

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Leipzig, Germany

19

 

DEN

Denver Ordnance Plant, D= enver, CO

2

 

DF

Dum-Dum Arsenal, Calcutt= a, India

3

 

DFA

Delta Frangible Ammuniti= on LLC (Formally Delta Defense Inc.), 1235 Jeff Davis Highway Suite 710, Arlingt= on, VA 22202

1

 

DGSN

Direction Gén&eac= ute;rale de

 

1

 

DI

Defence Industries Ltd., Canadian Industries Ltd, Park Avenue Plant, Montreal, Canada

1

 

DM

Des Moines Ordnance Plan= t, Des Moines, Iowa

2

 

DM

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., , Früher Lorenz , Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

DMK

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., (Previously Deutsche Metall-Patronen-Fabrik), Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

dnb

Borck u. Goldschmidt, Mechanische Werk-stätten für Telegrafie und Telefonie, Berlin 0= l7, Fruchstrasse l-2, Germany

19

 

dnf

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoff A.-G., Werk Nürnberg-Stadeln, Germany<= /p>

1

 

DNG

Dynamit Nobel A.-G., Tro= isdorf, Germany, (Previously Geco and later DAG, Gustav Genchow, Karlsruhe)

1

 

dnh

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoff A.-G., (Previously Gustav Genschow & Co. ) Werk Durlach, Germany .

1

 

dom

Westfälische Metall-Industrie A.-G., Lippstadt, Germany

7

 

DOMINION

Dominion Ammunition Divi= sion, Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, Quebec Canada

1

 

dou

Waffenwerke Brünn A= .-G., Werk Povázská Bystrica, formally Czech National Arms and Ammunition Factory, Povázská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia under German occupation

1

 

DRS

Dansk Rekylriffel Syndikat, Copenhagen, Denmark

3

 

DWA

Deutsche Werke A.-G., Berlin, Germany

1

 

DWM B

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Berlin - Borsigwalde, Germany

1

 

DWM H

ederlandsche Wapen-en Munitiefabriek NV., "DE KRUITHOORN, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

3

 

DWM K

Deutsche Waffen u. Munitionsfabriken, Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

DWM L

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., (Previously Deutsche Metall-Patronen-Fabrik), Lübeck, Germany

7

 

DZ

Unknown Factory, Poland

15

 

- E -

 

E K

Greek Powder and Cartrid= ge Co., Athens, Greece

15

 

E

Eley Brothers, Ltd., Lon= don, England

3

 

E

Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, = Japan (character is a backwards E and is YO in Japanese)

15

 

EB

Eley Brothers, Ltd., Lon= don, England

11

 

eba

Metallwarenfabrik Scharfenberg-u. Teubert G.m.b.H., Breitungen-Werra Germany

19

 

EC

Eau Claire Ordnance Plan= t, Eau Claire, WI

2

 

EC

Evansville Ordnance Plant (Chrysler), Evansville, OH

2

 

ECCC

Metallwerk Elisenhü= tte GmbH., Nassau / Lahn, Germany for the European Cartridge Collectors Club<= o>

1

 

ECS

Evansville Chrysler, Sun= beam Ordnance Plant, Evansville, Indiana.

8

 

edq

Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Lübeck-Schlutup, Weslörstrasse, German= y

19

 

eej

Märkisches Walzwerk G.m.b.H., Strausberg Bez. Potsdam, Germany

1

 

eey

Metallwarenfabrik Treuen= britzen G.m.b.H., Werk Röderhof, Germany

19

 

EID

Établissements Industriels de Défense, Damascus, Syria

1

 

EIGN

Unknown Factory, Yugosla= via

15

 

ELD

Eldorado Cartridge Co., = Boulder City, Nevada 89005-0308 (wholly owned by Pan Metal Corp. (PMC) of Poongsa= n, Korea)

1

 

ELEY

Arms Corporation of the Philippines, (formally Squires Bingham Co.) Marikina, Republic of the Philippines

1

 

ELEY

Eley Brothers, Ltd., Lon= don, England

1

 

emp

Dynamit A.-G., Werk Empe= lde, (formally Alfred Nobel & Co.), Empelde, Germany

1

 

EMZ

Eurometaal-Zaandam. Zaan= dam, Netherlands

15

 

ENK

Greek Powder and Cartrid= ge Co., Athens, Greece

1

 

eom

H. Huck Metallwarenfabri= k, Nürnberg, W., Gostenhofer Hauptstrasse 61/63, Germany

19

 

EW

Eau Claire Ordnance Plan= t, Eau Claire, WI

2

 

- F -

 

F DE C

Fábrica de Munici= ones del Ejército, Lima, Perú

15

 

F DE M

ábrica Nacional de Municiones, Santa Fe, México (near Mexico City) Note: The "F = de M actually stands for just Fábrica de Municiones

1

 

F TC I

Fabrikalar Iskenderun, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, (Iskenderun Factory, Turkish Republic)

1

 

F

Cartoucherie Française, Paris, France

3

 

F

Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército, Santiago, Chile

15

 

F

Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, PA

3

 

F

Giulio Fiocchi, Lecco, Italy

1

 

F

P.W. U. Fabryka Amunicji, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland

3

 

F

Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 1 Footscray, Australia

11

 

FA

Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, PA

2

 

faa

Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

FAMAE

Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército, Santiago, Chile

15

 

FAMAP

Fábrica Argentina Militar de Munición de Armas Portátiles, San Lorenzo, Argentina

15

 

FAME

Fábrica de Municiones del Ejército, Lima, Perú

1

 

FAMMAP

Fábrica Argentina Militar de Munición de Armas Portátiles, San Lorenzo, Argentina

1

 

FAS

abryka Amunicji, Skarzys= ko, Skarzysko-Kamienna, (later "HASAG under German occupation)

1

 

fb

Mansfeld A.-G., Abt. Metallwarenfabrik, Werk Rothenburg/Saale, Germany

1

 

FC

Departmento de la Industrial Militar, Mexico City, Mexico

1

 

FC

Federal Cartridge Corp.,= Anoka, MN 55303 (also produced in Germany and Austria for Federal)

1

 

FC

Prvi Partizan, Titovo, U= zice 31000, Yugoslavia

1

 

FCI

Fabrica de Cartuchos de = Itajuba, Minas Geraia, Brazil

15

 

FCPQ

Fábrica De Cartuc= hos e Pólvoras Quimicas, Chelas, Portugal

1

 

fer

Metallwerk Wandhofen G.m= .b.H., Schwerte/Ruhr, Germany

19

 

FFV

Förenede Fabriksver= ken, Karlsborg, Sweden

1

 

FIOCCHI

Giulio Fiocchi, Lecco, I= taly

1

 

FLB

ábrica Militar &q= uot;Fray Luís Beltran, San Lorenzo, Argentina

1

 

FM FLB

Fábrica Militar F= ray Luis Beltran, San Lorenzo, Argentina

1

 

FM

Établissements Industriels de Défense, Damascus, Syria

1

 

FM

Fábrica Militar de Cartuchos de San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo, Argentina

3

 

FM

Fábrica Nacional = de Municiones, Santa Fe, México (near Mexico City)

2

 

FMC SL

ábrica Militar de Cartuchos de San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo, Argentina (formally Fábrica Militar de Munición de Armas Portátiles "Borghi)

1

 

FMCSF

Fábrica Militar de Cartuchos San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina

1

 

FME

Fábricas y Maestr= anzas del Ejército, Santiago, Chile

1

 

FMEP

Fábrica de Munici= ones del Ejército, Lima, Perú

15

 

FMG

Fábricas y Maestr= anzas del Ejército, Santiago, Chile

15

 

FMMAP B

ábrica Militar de Munición de Armas Portátiles "Borghi, San Lorenzo, Argentina

1

 

FMMAP SF

Fábrica Militar de Munición de Armes Portátiles San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina

1

 

FMSF

Fábrica Militar d= e San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina

1

 

FMSL

Fábrica Militar S= an Lorenzo, San Lorenzo, Argentina

1

 

FN

Fabrique Nationale d'Arm= es de Guerre (FN), Herstal, Belgium

1

 

FNB

Fabrique Nationale Herst= al, Herstal, Belgium

1

 

FNC MEXICO

Fábrica Nacional = de Cartuchos, Santa Fe, México (near Mexico City)

15

 

FNCM

Fábrica Nacional = de Cartuchos e Munições, Sao Paulo, Brazil

7

 

FNM

Fábrica Nacional = de Municiones, Santa Fe, México (near Mexico City)

3

 

FNM

Fábrica Nacional = de Munições de Armas Ligeiras, Chelas, Portugal

1

 

FNM

Unknown Factory, Mexico

15

 

FNP

Fábrica Nacional = de Palencia, Spain

1

 

FNT

Fábrica Nacional = de Toledo, currently known as Empresa Nacional Santa Barbara de Industrias Militares, SA Toledo, Spain

1, 7

 

FOMU

Fabryka Oruzja i Municje= , Prvi Partizan, Uzice, Serbia, Yugoslavia

1

 

FP

Unknown Manufacturer-on = 7.62mm NATO cartridge from Central Africa

15

 

FR

Fábrica do Realen= go, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2

 

FRONTIER

Frontier Cartridge Compa= ny Inc., Grand Island, NE 68801

1

 

fva

Draht-u. Metallfabriken G.m.b.H., Salzwedel, Germany

1

 

FVV&C

Fitch Van Vechten & = Co., New York, NY

3

 

- G -

 

G B

Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

G C CO

Graphite Cartridge Compa= ny, Washington, DC

2

 

G D

Gustav Genschow & Co= mpany, Durlach, Germany

1

 

G F.1

Government Cartridge Fac= tory N°1, probably Enfield, UK 1918 headstamp

11

 

G F.3

Government Cartridge Fac= tory N°3, probably Sparbrook, UK 1918 headstamp

11

 

G

Federal Cartridge Corp., Minneapolis, MN

3

 

G

Gévelot S. A., (Sociètè Française des Munitions), Paris, France

3

 

G

Greenwood & Batley L= td, UK

3

 

GA

Grenfeil & Accles Lt= d., Birmingham, UK

3

 

GA

Unknown Factory, Singapo= re (note that this is probably a date code since Singapore used GG for 1977 and GH= for 1978

15

 

GB

Greenwood & Batley L= td, UK

3

 

GBF

Greenwood & Batley L= td, UK

11

 

GD

Dynamit Nobel A.-G., Tro= isdorf, Germany (formally Geco and DNG Gustav Genschow, Karlsruhe)

1

 

Ge D

Gustav Genschow & Co= mpany, Durlach, Germany

1

 

GE

General Electric, Clevel= and, OH

2

 

GE

Georg Egestorff, Linden,= Germany

3

 

GEA

Guilford Engineering Ass= ociates Inc., 332 Stepstone Hill Road, Guilford, Conn. 06437

1

 

Geco

Dynamit Nobel A/G, Trois= dorf, Germany

1

 

Geco

Gustav Genschow & Co= mpany, Durlach, Germany

1

 

GEVELOT

Gévelot S. A., (Sociètè Française des Munitions), Paris, France

3

 

GF

G. Egestorff, Linden, Ge= rmany

3

 

GFL

Giulio Fiocchi, Lecco, I= taly

1

 

GG&Co

Gustav Genschow & Co= mpany, Durlach, Germany

1

 

GI

Dynamit Nobel A/G, Trois= dorf, Germany

1

 

GKB

George Kynoch, Birmingha= m

11

 

GPC

Greek Powder & Cartr= idge Company, Athens, Greece

3

 

GR

eorge Roth & Co., Au= stria. The letters "GR usually appear in trademark-style, with the letters intertwined

3

 

GSF

Unknown Factory, France-= --used under German occupation in 1944.

15

 

GT

Gevelot S.A.,Paris, Fran= ce on cartridges made for Pakistan in 1950-1960

15

 

- H -

 

H&F

Hardy & Fils S.A., 2= 51 Av. Louis, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

1

 

H

Hirtenberger Patronen-, Zündhütchen-und Metallwarenfabrik A.-G., Hirtenberg, Niederdona= u, Austria

1

 

H

Rheinische Metallwaren u= nd Maschinenfabrik, Dusseldorf, Germany

1

 

H

Winchester Repeating Arm= s Co., New Haven, CT

3

 

HA

Danish Government Arsenal (Ammunitionsarsenalet), Copenhagen, Denmark

1

 

HALGER

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoff A.-G., Nürnberg-U. Germany for Halbe & Gerlich, Hamb= urg (1922-1929)

8

 

HCC

Prvi Partizan, 31000 Tit= ovo, Uzice, Yugoslavia for the Hansen Cartridge Company, Southport CT

13

 

HERTER'S

Herters Inc., Waseca, MN (produced in Sweden)

1

 

hhw

Metallwerke Silberhü= ;tte G.m.b.H., St. Andreasberg i/Harz, Germany

19

 

HI-PER

Hi-Performance Cartridge= Corp., 133 Blue Bell Rd, Greensboro, NC 27406

1

 

HK

H. Huck Metallwarenfabri= k, Nürnburg, Germany

2

 

HL

Haerens Laboratorium, Copenhagen, Denmark from 1912 - 1937

15

 

hla

Metallwarenfabrik Treuen= britzen G.m.b.H., Werk Sebaldushof, Germany

1

 

hlb

Metallwarenfabrik Treuen= britzen, G.m.b.H., Werk Selterhof, Germany

3

 

hlc

Zieh-und Stanswerk G.m.b= .H., Werk Schleusingen/Thür., Germany

3

 

HN

Royal Ordnance Factory, = Hirwaun, UK

1

 

HOWITZER

Howitzer Products Limite= d, Blocks 1-5 Besselsleigh, Abingdon, Oxford OX13 5PZ England (cases produce= d in US by Starline)

1

 

HP

Hirtenberger Patronen-, Zündhütchen-und Metallwarenfabrik A.-G., Hirtenberg, Niederdona= u, Austria

1

 

hrn

Presswerk G.m.b.H., Metg= ethen, Ostprussia, Germany

1

 

HXP

Greek Powder & Cartr= idge Company, Athens, Greece

2

 

- I -

 

I

Jubbelpore Arsenal, Jubb= elpore, India

11

 

IAC

Unknown Factory, West Ge= rmany ca'1965

15

 

ICI

Kynoch Works, Imperial C= hemical Industries Ltd., Birmingham, UK

3

 

IK

Igman Zavod, Konjic, Yug= oslavia

2

 

IM

Industria Militar, Bogot= a, Colombia

1

 

IMG

Industrias Militares de Guatemala, Guatemala

8

 

IMI

Israel Military Industri= es, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

IMPA

Industries Metallurgica y Plastica, Argentina

15

 

IMPERIAL

Industries Valcartier In= c., Valcartier, Quebec, Canada

2

 

INDUMIL

Industria Militar, Bogot= a, Colombia

1

 

INTERARMCO

Fabrique Nationale Herst= al, Herstal, Belgium for Interarmco of Virginia, USA

2

 

IVI

Industries Valcartier In= c., Valcartier, Quebec, Canada

1

 

IWK

Industrie Werke Karlsruhe (formally DWM), Karlsruhe, Germany

15

 

- J -

 

J-A0A

Asahi-Seiki Manufacturin= g Co. Ltd., (until 1961, Asahi-Okuma Arms Co. Ltd) ,5050 Asahimae-cho, Owari-As= ahi. Asahi, Japan 488

1

 

J-AO

Asahi-Seiki Manufacturin= g Co. Ltd., (until 1961, Asahi-Okuma Arms Co. Ltd) ,5050 Asahimae-cho, Owari-As= ahi. Asahi, Japan 488

15

 

J-CH

Chuo-Kayaku-Kayo-Kaisha = Co. , Japan

15

 

J-ST

Showa-Kayaku, Inc., Tots= uka, Japan

15

 

J-TE

Toyo Seiki Manufacturing= Co., Ltd. Japan

7

 

J

Birmingham Metals & = Munitions Co./Nobel, Birmingham, UK

11

 

J

are basically interchang= eable in German. Archaic spelling of this arsenal was "Jngolstadt.=

1

 

JE

China North Industries C= orp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

1

 

JR

J. Roth, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1

 

- K -

 

K-1

Unknown Factory, Republi= c of Korea (probably the Army Arsenal in Dongrae before it was purchased by PM= C in 1982)

8

 

K

Karlsborg Arsenal, Karls= borg, Sweden

4

 

K

Kirkee Arsenal, Poona-3,= Kirkee, India

11

 

K

Kynoch Factories, Imperi= al Chemical Industries Ltd., Birmingham, England

1

 

K

Probably Kaunas Arsenal, Kaunas, Lithuania

1

 

K2

Kynoch (I.C.I.), Standish, UK (1943-1944)

11

 

K4

Kynoch (I.C.I.), Yeading, UK (1942-1944)

11

 

K5

Kynoch (I.C.I.), Kidderminster, UK (1944)

11

 

KA

Pusan Government Arsenal= , Pusan, Republic of Korea

2

 

kam

Hasag Eisen u. Metallwer= ke G.m.b.H., Werk Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland (formally Fabryka Amuniciji, Skarzysko, Kamienna)

1

 

KC (K&C)

Keller & Co., Hirten= berg, Austria

3

 

KF

Kirkee Arsenal, Poona-3, Kirkee, India

1

 

KH

Khamaria Arsenal, Khamaria, India

11

 

KN

Kings Norton Metal Co. Ltd, Abbey Wood, Kent, UK

3

 

KOF

Kenya Ordnance Factory, Kenya

8

 

KOPP

KOPP TZP sro, 671 56 Pavlice, Czech Republic (made in Russia)

1

 

KP

Lapuan Patruunatehdas, Lapua, Finland.

8,13

 

KS

Allegany Ordnance Plant (operated by Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.), Cumberland, MD, USA

15

 

KTW

KTW Inc., Lorain, Ohio, (later North American Ordnance Corp, Pontiac, Michigan)

1

 

KYNOCH

Kynoch Factories, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Birmingham, England

1

 

- L -

 

L Y

China North Industries C= orp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

1

 

L

Lapuan Patruunatehdas, L= apua, Finland

3

 

L

Lignose A.-G., Berlin, G= ermany

3

 

L

Lindener Zündhütchen-und Thonwarenfabrik, Hannover, Germany

1

 

L

Lorenz Patronenfabrik (Ammunition & Ordnance Co.), Karlsruhe, Germany

11, 12=

 

LAC

Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Australia

11

 

LAPUA

Lapuan Patruunatehdas, Lapua, Finland

1

 

LB

Leon Beaux & Company, Milan, Italy

3

 

LB

Longbow Inc., PO Box 624= , Burns Flat, OK 73624

1

 

LBC

Leon Beaux & Company, Milan, Italy

1

 

LC

Lake City Ammunition Plant, Lake City, MO

2

 

LC

Måtravidèki Fèmmüvek, H-3332 Sirok, Hungary, for: Armscorp USA Inc., Baltimore, MD

1

 

LE

Giulio Fiocchi, Lecco, Italy

1

 

LIBRA

Libra, 67153 Jevišovice 234-CR, Czech Republic

1

 

LM

Cartoucherie du Mans, Le Mans, France

1

 

LM

Lowell Ordnance Plant, Lowell, MA, USA (1942-1943)

15

 

lpk

Servotechna A.-G., Pragu= e, Czechoslovakia under German occupation

1

 

LRS

Lead Recovery Systems, I= nc., (a division of 3-D Co.), Doniphan, Nebraska

1

 

LVE

Novosibirsk Low -Voltage Equipment Plant Plc., 30A, Stantsionnaya St, Novosikirsk, 630108, Russi

1

 

- M -

 

M M

Musgrave Manufacturers and Distributors (Pty) Ltd, P O Box 183, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa

1

 

M&D

M&D Munitions Ltd., Farmington, Long Island, New York 11735

1

 

M&S

Klaus Mayer & Sons, Arnsberg and Neheim-Husten, Germany

3

 

M

Ammunitionsfabriken Marieberg, Stockholm, Sweden

1

 

M

Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co./Nobel, Birmingham, UK

11

 

M

Milwaukee Ordnance Plant, Milwaukee, WI, USA (1942-1943)

15

 

M

Munizioni e Cartucce Martignoni, Genoa, ItaLY

3

 

M

Standard Electrica, Madrid, Spain (during Spanish Civil War-on 9x19mm)

15

 

M+FA

Government Factory, Altdorf, Switzerland

15

 

MA

Probably Mukden Arsenal, Mukden China (from the 1920s)

15

 

MAL

Syarikat Malaysia Explos= ives Ltd., Batu-Arang, Malaysia

1

 

MANUCAM

Manufacture Camerounnaise de Munitions, Cameroon

1

 

MASTER

Master Cartridge Co. (now Georgia Arms), Villa Rica, GA

1

 

MAXIM

Maxim Munitions Corp., Waterton, NY

1

 

MAYER

Klaus Mayer & Sons, Arnsberg and Neheim-Husten, Germany

2

 

MCM

McLearn's Custom Machines, Claremore, Oklahoma

5

 

MCM

Munizioni e Cartucce Martignoni, S.p.A., Genoa, Italy

1

 

ME

Metallwerk Elisenhütte G.m.b.H., Nassau, Lahn, Germany

2

 

MEN

Metallwerk Elisenhütte G.m.b.H., Nassau, Lahn, Germany

1

 

MEP

MEP SPOL. S.R.O., Predni KoPanina 61, 164 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic

1

 

MESKO

Abbreviation for Marka E= xport Solidnosc Knokurencyjnosc Otwartosc. The company name is Zaklady Metalowe MESKO, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland

7

 

METALLVERKEN

AB Svenska Metallverken A.B., Stockholm, Sweden

1

 

MEXICO

Fábrica Nacional de Municiones, Santa Fe, México (near Mexico City)

2

 

MF

Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 1 Footscray, Australia

1

 

MFS

Magyar Löszergyártó Kft., Mátravidéki Fémmüvek, H-332 Sirok, Hungary

1

 

MFS

Munitions Factory, Sundari, Nepal

1

 

MFT

Munitionsfabrik Thun, Thun, Switzerland

1

 

MG

Marcel Gaupillat & Co., Paris, France

3

 

MG

Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 2 Footscray, Australia

3

 

MGM

Manufacture Generale de Munitions, Bourg-les-Valence, France

3

 

MH

Military Small Arms Factory No. 3, Hendon, Australia

1

 

MI

Robert Paulet & Cie, Société Méridionale d'Industrie, Marseille, France

1

 

MIDWAY

Midway Arms Inc., Columbia, MO.

1

 

MJ

Small Arms Ammunition Fa= ctory N°4, Hendon, Australia

11

 

MKE

Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi, Kurumu, Turkey

1

 

ML (overlaid

Magyar Löszermuvek RT, Veszprem, Hungary

1

 

MMCo

Mathews Manufacturing Co . (Pty) Ltd, PO Box 8188, Belmont Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

1

 

MMM

Manufacturas Metalicas Madrilenas, Spain (1959-1964)

15

 

MNAM

Manufacture Nationale d'Armes et de Munitions, Morocco

1

 

MQ

Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°5, Rocklea, Australia

11

 

MR

Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin, (Manurhin), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiller, France

1

 

MRP

Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, Santo Andre, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, for Magtech Recreati= on Products, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada (now Magtech Ammunition Company, Madiso= n, Ct. 05443)

1

 

MS

Manusaar, West Germany (1957-1963)

15

 

MS

Small Arms Ammunition Fa= ctory N°7, Salisbury, Australia

11

 

MSA

Mines Safety Appliance C= o., Pittsburgh, PA

3

 

MUNCHEN

Koenigliche Arsenal, Mun= ich, Germany

8

 

MUNICO

Industries Valcartier Inc., Montreal, Québec, Canada (Made for Politek Distribution Inc., Québec)

1

 

mus

Musgrave Manufacturers a= nd Distributors (Pty) Ltd, P O Box 183, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa

2

 

MW

Munitions Werke, Schoene= beck a.Elbe, Germany

1

 

MW

Small Arms Ammunition Fa= ctory N°6, Welshpool, Australia

11

 

MYRA

Myra's Sports Stors, Bro= ken Hills, N.S.W., Australia ca 1973

15

 

- N -

 

N S

China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

7

 

N

Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co., Birmingham, UK

11

 

N

Dum Dum Arsenal, Dum Dum , India

11

 

N

National Cartridge Co, Belleville, IL

3

 

N

Nitrogen Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

3

 

N

P.W.U. Fabryka Amunicji, Skarzyskó-Kamienna, Poland Note: PWU stands for Panstwowe Wytwornie Uzbrojenia (National Factory of Armaments). N usually shown as Norblin the metal supplier

1, 7

 

N

Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoff, A.-G., Nuremburg, Germany

1

 

N

Unknown Factory, Found in Central Africa

15

 

NA

National Arms & Ammunition Co., Birmingham, UK

11

 

NACo

Newton Arms Company, Buffalo, NY

2

 

NATIONAL

National Cartridge Co., Atlanta, GA 30315

1

 

nbe

Hasag, Eisen-und Metallwerke G.m.b.H., Werk Apparatebau Tschenstochau, Germany

19

 

NC

National Conduit & C= able Co., Hastings-on Hudson, NY

2

 

ndn

Unknown, probably post-w= ar Czechoslovakia

1

 

NEVINS

Nevins Ammunition, Inc.,= Boise, ID 83709

1

 

NGA

New Generation Ammunitio= n Pty Ltd, Box 9207, Hennopsmeer 0046 R.S.A.

1

 

NIC

NORINCO (North China Ind= ustries Corp.), Peoples Republic of China

1

 

nny

rvi Partizan-Namenska Proizvodnja, Titovo, Uzice 31000, Yugoslavia. These are actually Cyrillic letters equal to "PPU in the Western alphabet.

1

 

NORMA

ÅB Norma Projektil= fabrik, 670 40 Amotfors, Sweden

1

 

NP

ÅB Norma Projektil= fabrik, 670 40 Amotfors, Sweden

3

 

NPA

New Generation Ammunitio= n Pty Ltd, Box 9207, Hennopsmeer 0046 R.S.A. (contract for Taiwan-NPA=3DNational Police Administration) Cases made by Pretoria Metal Pressings Ltd., Preto= ria, Republic of South Africa

1

 

NPA

Olympic Arms & Ammun= ition S. A., Acioupoli, Kulois, Greece (contract for Taiwan-NPA3DNational Police Administration) Cases made by Sellier & Bellot, Prague

1

 

nr

POBEDA, Gorazde, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzogovina)

1

 

NRC

China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

7

 

nts

resswerk u. Drechslerwarenfabrik, "SPILBA, Jnh. Kaiser & Pichl, Liban Kreis Fitschin/Protektorat, Germany (now part of the Czech Republic)

7

 

NWM

ederlandsche Wapen-en Munitiefabriek NV., "DE KRUITHOORN, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

1

 

- O -

 

O

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Vlašim, Czechoslovakia

1

 

OFN

Ordnance Factory Nigeria= , Lagos, Nigeria

1

 

ÖJP

Österreichische Jagdpatronenfabrik, Kramsach, Tirol, Austria

2

 

oma

Unknown, probably post-w= ar Czechoslovakia

1

 

ONEX

Office National Des Subs= tances Explosives, Hussein Dey, Algeria

13

 

ORBEA

Cartucheria Orbea Argent= ina, Argentina

3

 

OS (overlaid)

Oberschlesische A.-G., Schönebeck/Elbe

1

 

OTAL

Unknown, Canada

1

 

oxo

Teuto Metallwerke G.m.b.H., Osnabrück, Germany

1

 

oyj

Ateliers de Construction de Tarbes, France (under German occupation)

15

 

- P -

 

P-D

Precison Delta Corporati= on, P.O. Box 128, Ruleville, MS 38771

1

 

P C H

Greek Powder & Cartr= idge Co., Athens, Greece (ca 1940)

15

 

P

Fabrica Nacional de Palencia, Palencia, Spain

7

 

P

Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN), Herstal, Belgium

1

 

P

Hirtenberger Patronen-, Zündhütchen-und Metallwarenfabrik A.-G., Hirtenberg, Austria

1

 

P

Mátravidéki Fémmüvek Sirok, Sirok, Hungary

1

 

P

Patronenfabrik A.-G., Solothurn, Switzerland

1

 

P

Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, OH

2

 

P

Pirotecnia de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

7

 

P

Polte, Werk Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

1

 

P

Pretoria Metal Pressings Ltd., Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

1

 

P

PT Pindad (Persero), und= er management of PT Bahana Pakarya Industrisi Strategis (Persero). Formerly known as Pabrik Senjata Mesiu. Ammunition factory at Turen Malang, West Java, Indonesia

13

 

P120

Dynamit A.-G., vormals Alfred Nobel & Co., Werk Empelde, Germany

1

 

P131

Deutsche Waffen u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Berlin-Borsigwalde, Germany

1

 

P132

Draht-und Metallwarenfab= riken G.m.b.H., Salzwedel, Germany

19

 

P14A

Waffenwerke Brünn A= .-G., Werk Povazská Bystrica, (Later Povazská Strojárne), Povazská, Bystrica, Czechoslovkia under German occupation

1

 

P151

Rheinisch-Westfälis che Sprengstoff A.-G., Werk Nürnberg-Stadeln., Germany

1

 

P154

Polte Werk Grüneber g, Grüneberg (Nordbahn), Germany

3

 

P162

Presswerke G.m.b.H., Metgethen/Ostpr., Germany

19

 

P163

Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen G.m.b.H., Werk Selterhof, Germany

19

 

P181

Hugo Schneider A.-G., Leipsig, Germany

3

 

P186

Metallwerk Wolfenbü ttel G.m.b.H., Halchterstr. 2l, Germany

19

 

P198

Metallwarenfabrik Treuen britzen G.m.b.H., Werk Röderhof, Germany

19

 

P207

Metallwerk Odertal G.m.b .H., Odertal (Post Lautaberg/Harz), Germany

19

 

P249

Finower Industrie G.m.b. H., Finow/Mark, Germany

19

 

P25

Metallwarenfabrik Treuen= britzen G.m.b.H, Werk Sebaldushof, Sebaldushof, Germany

1

 

P28

Deutsche Waffen u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

P315

Märkisches Walzwerk G.m.b.H., Strausberg bez. Potsdam, Germany

19

 

P316

Westfälische Metall-Industrie A.-G., Lippstadt, Germany

19

 

P334

Mansfeld A.-G. Metallwarenfabrik, Werk Rothenburg/Saale, Rothenburg, Germany

1

 

P340

Metallwerke Silberhü= ;tte G.m.b.H., St. Andreasberg i/Harz, Germany

19

 

P345

Silva Metallwerke G.m.b. H., Genthin, Germany

19

 

P346

H. Huck Metallwarenfabri= k, Nürnberg, W., Gostenhofer Hauptstrasse 61/63, Germany

19

 

P369

Teuto Metallwerke G.m.b.= H., Osnabrück, Germany

1

 

P370

Teuto Metallwerke G.m.b.= H., Osnabrück, Klosterstrasse 29, Germany

19

 

P379

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Berlin-Köpenick, Germany

19

 

P405

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoff A.-G., Werk Durlach (vormals Gustav Genschow), Durlach, Germa= ny

1

 

P413

Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Lübeck-Schlutup, Weslörstrasse, German= y

19

 

P442

Zieh-und Stanswerk G.m.b= .H., Werk Schleusingen/Thüringen, Germany

19

 

P490

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Altenburg, Germany

19

 

P491

Metallwerk Wandhofen G.m= .b.H., Schwerte/Ruhr, Germany

19

 

P54S

Showa Kinzoku Ltd., Toky= o, Japan (Ca 1954 for police)

15

 

P635

Gustloff-Werke Otto Eberhardt-Patronenfabrik, Hirtenberg Niederdonau, Austria under German occupation

1

 

P67

Patronen-, Zündhütchen- und Metallwaren-fabrik A.-G. vormals Sellier und Bellot, Germany

19

 

P69

Patronen-, Zündhütchen- und Metallwarenfabrik A.-G. (formerly Sellier & Bellot) Schönebeck a. Elbe, Germany

3

 

P90D

Munitionsfabriken vormals Sellier & Bellot, Prag, Fabrik in Vlasim, Occupied Czechoslovakia

19

 

P94

Kabel- u. Metallwerke Ne= umeyer A.-G., Nürnberg, Germany

3

 

pae

Reportedly Hasag, Eisen-= und Metallwerke G.m.b.H., Werk Skarzysko-Kamienna, Occupied Poland

19

 

Pak

Munitionsfabriken vormals Sellier & Bellot, Prag, Fabrik in Vlasim, Occupied Czechoslovakia

19

 

PC

Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, OH

11

 

PC

Pirotecnico Esercito-Cap= ua, Capua, Italy

15

 

PCCo

Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, OH

2

 

Pcdp

Theodor Bergmann & C= ompanie, K.-G., Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik, Werk Bernau, Berlin W62, Kleistrasse = 21, Germany

1

 

PEC

Pirotecnico Esercito-Cap= ua, Capua, Italy

1

 

PENN

Penn Ammo Inc., Delmont,= PA 15626

1

 

PETERS

Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, OH

1

 

PF

Patronenfabrik Solothurn= A/G, Solothurn, Switzerland

3

 

PH

Parker Hale, Probably Birmingham, UK

11

 

PINDAD

PT Pindad (Persero), und= er management of PT Bahana Pakarya Industrisi Strategis (Persero). Formerly known as Pabrik Senjata Mesiu. Ammunition factory at Turen Malang, West J= ava, Indonesia

7

 

 

PJJ

Danish Government Arsenal (Ammunitionsarsenalet) Copenhagen, Denmark-under German Occupation

1

 

PK

Pocisk, Spolka Akcyjna, = Warsaw, Poland

3

 

PKI

Unknown, made in one of = the countries that use to be part of Yugoslavia

13

 

PM

Proffitt's Machining Inc= ., Greenback, TN

1

 

PMC

Poongsan Metal Manufactu= ring Company Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea (probably at the Angang Ammunition Plant). Note that the "M" is shaped like an upside "W"= ;

1

 

PMC

Eldorado Cartridge Corpo= ration (previously Patton and Morgan Corp., and Pan Metal Corp. ) PO Box 62508, Boulder City, NV 89006. The PMC headstamped ammunition for ECC has been m= ade in Korea, the Philippines, Mexico and the Repuclic of South Africa.<= /o>

1

 

PMP

Pretoria Metal Pressings= Ltd., Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

1

 

pmt

Kabel-und Metallwerke Ne= umeyer A.-G., Werk München, Germany

19

 

PMV

Unknown Factory, Cuba

15

 

PNP

("Peruvian National= Police)

1

 

PO

Oramil S.A. Divisi&oacut= e;n A. M., San Sebastián, Spain. PO stands for Plásticas Oramil.

1

 

POF

Pakistan Ordnance Factor= ies, Wah Cantt, Pakistan

1

 

PP

Prvi Partizan, 31000 Tit= ovo, Uzice, Yugoslavia

1

 

PPU

Prvi Partizan, 31000 Tit= ovo, Uzice, Yugoslavia

1

 

PRO-LOAD

Pro Load Ammunition Inc.= , 5180 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls, ID 83854, (Formally: 1120 S. Varney St., Burb= ank, CA 91502)

1

 

PS

Giulio Fiocchi S.p.A., L= ecco, Italy

1

 

PS

Pirotecnia Militar de Se= villa, Sevilla, Spain

1

 

PS

Poongsan Metal Manufactu= ring Company Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea (probably at the Angang Ammunition Plant)

2

 

PS

Povázské Strojárne, Povázská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

1

 

PSD

Poongsan Metal Manufactu= ring Company Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea (probably at the Dongrae Ammunition Plant)

7

 

PSM

abrik Senjata Mesiu (als= o seen in factory literature as "Pabrik Senjata Munisi), Turen Malang, West Java, Indonesia

7

 

PT

Lapuan Patruunatehdas, L= apua, Finland. "VPT" headstamp with the "V" removed

13

 

Pu

Unknown (Perhaps Burgsmüller, Kreiensen, Germany)

1

 

PX

Unknown Factory, France

15

 

- Q -

 

Q

Made by Sellier & Be= llot, Prague, Czech Republic Factory in Vlasim for Qutar

13

 

QC

Unknown Factory, Republi= c of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

15

 

qrb

Pirotecnico de Bologna, = Bologna, Italy under German occupation

1

 

- R -

 

R-P

Remington Arms Company, = Inc., Bridgeport CT , and later: Lonoke, AR (also used by CDM of Mexico)

1

 

R (in shield)

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoffe A-G, Nürnberg, Germany

14

 

R

Dominion Cartridge Co., Montreal, Quebec, Canada for T Eaton Co. of Toronto in 1930

8

 

R

Fábrica do Realen= go, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2

 

R

Robin Hood Ammunition Co= ., Swanton, VT

3

 

RA

A/S Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, Norway

1

 

RA

Remington Arms Co., Brid= geport, CT

1

 

RANO

Jointly loaded by A/S Ra= ufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, Norway and AB Norma Projektilfabrik, 670 40 Amotfors, Sweden

2

 

RAUFOSS

A/S Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, Norway

2

 

RC

Raleigh Cycle Co. Ltd, U= K

15

 

RD

Armería F. A. San Cristóbal, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

1

 

REM-UMC

Remington Arms Co., Brid= geport, CT (also used by CDM of Mexico and CBC of Brazil)

1

 

rfo

Deutsche Waffen u. Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Berlin-Borsigwalde Factory, Berlin, Germany=

1

 

RG

Royal Ordnance Factory R= adway Green, Radway Green, UK

1

 

RH

Raleigh Cycle Co., Lts., Nottingham, England, UK

15

 

RHACo

Robin Hood Ammunition Co= ., Swanton, VT

3

 

RL

Royal Laboratory, Woolwi= ch, England

1

 

RM S

Rheinische Metallwaren-u= nd Maschinenfabrik, Abteilung Sömmerda. Sömmerda, Germany

1

 

RNADC

Royal Naval Armament Dep= ot, Caerwent, Wales, United Kingdom

1

 

ROFB

Royal Ordnance Factory B= irtley, Birtley, County Durham UK

1

 

RORG

Royal Ordnance Factory R= adway Green, Radway Green, UK

1

 

RPA

Republic of the Philippi= nes Army, Government Arsenal, Department of National Defense, Camp General Antonio Luna, Limay, Bataan, Republic of Philippines

7

 

RPR

("People's Republic= of Romania)

1

 

RRCo

Ross Rifle Co, Quebec, C= anada

2

 

RS

Unknown Factory, France<= o>

15

 

RTA

Royal Thai Army Arsenal, Bangkok, Thailand

2

 

RVB

Riverbrand Co., Australi= a Which merged with Myra's Sport Stors in 1977

15

 

RW

Rudge Withworth Co., Not= tingham, UK (1914-1918)

11

 

RWS

Rheinisch-Westfälis= che Sprengstoff A.-G., Nürnberg-U. Germany

1

 

RY

Établissements Rey Frères, Nîmes, France

1

 

- S -

 

S A CORP

Savage Repeating Arms Co= , Utica NY

3

 

S&B

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Factory in Vlasim

1

 

S&W-F

Smith & Wesson - Fio= cchi Inc., Alton, Illinois

1

 

S&W

Smith & Wesson Ammun= ition Company, Rock Creek, Ohio, 44084

1

 

S

Dum Dum Arsenal, Dum Dum= , India

11

 

S

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

S

Königliches Munitionsfabrik, Spandau, Spandau, Germany

1

 

S

Pirotecnia Militar de Se= villa, Sevilla, Spain

3

 

S

Sako A. B., (Suojeluskun= tain Ase-je Konepa ja Oy), Riihimaki, Finland

1

 

S

Unknown Factory, France

15

 

SA

Cartagena, Spain

15

 

SA

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

SA

Southern Ammunition Comp= any, Route 1, Box 6B, Latta, SC 29565

1

 

Sako

Sako A. B., (Suojeluskun= tain Ase-je Konepa ja Oy), Riihimaki, Finland

1

 

Sam's

Omark Industries, CCI-SPEER/Sporting Equipment Division, PO Box 856, Lewiston, ID 83501. A trial h= eadstamp made for Walmart Stores, but not accepted.

1

 

SAM

South African Mint, Pret= oria, Republic of South Africa (Subsequently Pretoria Metal Pressing Ltd.)=

1

 

SANDIA

Sandia Die and Cartridge Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123

1

 

SARA

Cartridges with the &quo= t;SARA headstamp are commeratives made for SARA

1

 

SAT

Finland

15

 

SAVAGE

Savage Repeating Arms Co= , Utica NY

2

 

SAW

Sage Ammunition Works, Middletown, CT

3

 

SB-T

Empresa Nacional Santa B= arbara de Industrias Militares, SA Toledo, Spain

1

 

SB

Arms Corporation of the Philippines, (formally Squires Bingham Co.) Marikina, Republic of the Philippines

1

 

SB

Empresa Nacional Santa B= arbara de Industrias Militares SA, Toledo, Spain

1

 

SB

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

SB

Sellier and Bellot, Schoenbeck/Elbe, Germany

15

 

SBP

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Factory in Vlasim

1

 

SCB

Cartoucherie Belge, Lieg= e, Belgium

3

 

SCC

Standard Cartridge Compa= ny, Pasadena, CA

1

 

SEL

Omark Industries , CCI-S= peer / Sporting Equipment Division, Lewiston ID 83501 USA

1

 

SF

Fábrica Militar de Cartuchos San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina

1

 

SF

Société Française des Munitions, (Gévelot S. A.), Place Jules Gévelot, 92310 Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France

1, 7

 

SFM

Société Française des Munitions, (Gévelot S. A.), Place Jules Gévelot, 92310 Issy-Les-Moulineaux,, France

1, 7

 

SGA

Singapore

15

 

SINTOX

Dynamit Nobel A-G, Trois= dorf, Germany. Trademark spelling for Non-Toxic ammunition

1

 

SK

Povázské Strojárne, Povázská, Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). Made for SK Jagd- und Sportsmunitions GmbH, Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany

1

 

SK

Showa Kinzoku Kogyo Co.,= Ltd., Japan

2

 

SK

Tulski Patronny Zavod, (= Tula Cartridge Works), Tula, Russia. Probably originally intended for SK Jagd-= und Sportsmunitions GmbH, Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany, but sold in the U.= S. in Tula boxes

1

 

SKD

Selve Kronbiegel Dornhei= m A.-G., Sommerda, Germany

3

 

SKN

aklady Metalowe "ME= SKO for SK-Nimrod GmbH, Schönebeck, Germany

1

 

SL

St Louis Ordnance Plant,= St Louis, MO

2

 

SLS

portnovi a Lovecke Strel= ivo, "SLS Ammunition brand, P. O. Box B16, 530 01 Pardubice, Czech Republ= ic

7

 

SM

AB Svenska Metallverken, Stockholm, Sweden

1

 

SMC

Symington Machine Corp, Rochester, New York

8

 

SMCO

Stant Manufacturing Co. Connersville, IN

2

 

SME

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czech Republic, Factory in Vlasim for SME Ordnance Sdn Bhd (SMEO), Lot 50= 65, Locked Bag No. 101, 48109 Batu Arang, Selanger Darul Ehsan, Malaysia=

7

 

SMI

Società Metallurg= ica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, Italy

1

 

SMP

Uniknown, Yugoslavia

13

 

SNC

SNC Industrial Technolog= ies Inc., (Formally Industries Valcartier Inc.), Valcartier, Quebec, Canada

1

 

SO

Sako A. B., (Suojeluskun= tain Ase-je Konepa ja Oy), Riihimaki, Finland

1

 

SOS

Unknown Factory, Austria=

7

 

SP

stands for "Servici= o de Policía

1

 

SP

Scorzato Hermanos & = Cia Ltd., Lujan, Argentina

3

 

SP

Swartklip Products (Pty.= ) Ltd., Cape Town, South Africa. Also formerly known as RMC - Ronden Manufacturin= g

8

 

SPC

Sociadade Portuguesa de Cartucheria, Portugal

1

 

SPEER

Omark Industries , CCI-S= peer / Sporting Equipment Division, Lewiston ID 83501 USA

1

 

SR

Royal Ordnance Factory Spennymoor, UK (1913-1945)

11

 

ST

Royal Ordnance Factory, = Steaton

15

 

suk

Deusche Waffen u. Munitionsfabriken A-G., Karlsruhe, Germany

1

 

SUPER-VEL

Super Vel Cartridge Comp= any, Shelbyville, IN

2

 

Super X

Western Cartridge Co., E= ast Alton, IL

2

 

SUPER

SuperCartridge Pty., Ltd= ., Victoria, Australia

15

 

SWN

Royal Ordnance Factory. Swynnerton, UK

15

 

SYI

Società Metallurg= ica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, Italy (used in the mid 1950s for an off-shore contract)

15

 

- T -

 

T

Empresa Nacional Santa B= arbara de Industrias Militares, SA Toledo, Spain

1

 

T

Munitionsfabrik Thun, Th= un, Switzerland

1

 

T

Tula Arsenal, Tula Russi= a

15

 

TA

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

TA

Thai Arms, Bangkok, Thai= land

1

 

TC

Unknown Factory, Turkey<= o>

15

 

TCW

Tula Cartridge Works (Tu= lski Patronny Zavod), 139 Marata St., 300004, Tula, Russia

1, 7

 

TE

Cartoucherie de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

1

 

TE

Toyo Seiki, Ltd., Tokyo,= Japan

15

 

TEXAS

Texas Ammunition Co. Bal= linger, Texas (www.texas-ammo.com) Cases by Starline

8

 

TH

Royal Ordnance Factory T= horp Arch, Thorp Arch, England

1

 

TH

Unknown Factory, France<= o>

15

 

tko

Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken A.-G., Lübeck-Schlutup, Weslörstrasse, German= y

19

 

TOYO

Toyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd= ., Japan

7

 

TPE

Unknown Manufacturer, UK=

1

 

TPZ

Tulsky Patronney Zavod, = (Tula Cartridge Works), 139 Marata St., 300004 Tula, Russia

7

 

TR

Dominion Rubber & Mu= nitions Co., Three Rivers, Québec, Canada

11

 

TRITON

Triton Cartridge Corpora= tion, P. O. Box 50 (Mailing Address), 2 Briar Lane, Wappingers Falls, New York 125= 90

7

 

TS

Atelier de Construction = de Tarbes, Tarbes, France

1

 

TS

Toyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd= ., Japan

7

 

TW

Twin Cities Ordnance Pla= nt, Minneapolis, MN

2

 

TZ

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

TZZ

Israeli Military Industr= ies, Tel Aviv, Israel

1

 

- U -

 

U

Kimberley Branch Mint, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa

11

 

U

Remington Arms Co., Brid= geport, CT

3

 

U

Rheinisch- Westfäli= sche Sprengstoff A.-G., Nuremburg, Germany

3

 

U

Union Metallic Cartridge= Co., Bridgeport, CT

3

 

U

Utah Ordnance Plant, Sal= t Lake City, UT

2

 

UMC

Union Metallic Cartridge= Co., Bridgeport, CT

1

 

UN

H. Utendoerffer, Nurembe= rg, Germany

1

 

US

United States Cartridge = Co., Lowell, MA

2

 

USCCO

United States Cartridge = Co., Lowell, MA

1

 

UT

Utah Ordnance Plant, Sal= t Lake City, UT

2

 

- V -

 

va

Kabel- u. Metallwerke Ne= umeyer A.-G., Nuremberg, Germany

1

 

VALMET

Valtion Patruunatehdas, = Lapua, Finland

15

 

VAPEX

Unknown Factory, Russia<= o>

13

 

VC

Canadian Industries Limi= ted (C-I-L,) Verdun, Quebec, Canada

2

 

VE

Cartoucherie de Valence, Valence, France

1

 

VEN

Ministerio de la Defensa, Servici= o de Armamento, Arsenal, Fábrica de Municiones, Probably located at: Apartado Postal 66.459.1061, Urb. Las Mercedes, Calle Jalisco, Caracas 10= 60, Venezuela

3, 7

 

VMT

Valtion Metallitehtaat, Helsinki, Finland

3

 

VPT

Valtion Patruunatehdas, = Lapua, Finland

1

 

VS

Unknown Factory, France

15

 

VZK

Vereinigte Zünder -= und Kabelwerke A.-G., Meissen/Elbe (Saxe), Germany

7

 

- W -

 

W-W

Winchester-Western (Olin= ), East Alton, IL

1

 

W

Winchester Repeating Arm= s Co., Bridgeport CT

2

 

wa

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Leipzig, Germany

1

 

wb

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Berlin-Köpenick, Germany

19

 

WCC

Western Cartridge Company (Olin), East Alton, IL

1

 

WESTERN

Western Cartridge Company (Olin), East Alton, IL

1

 

wg

Hugo Schneider A.-G., We= rk Altenburg, Altenburg, Germany

3

 

WIN

Olin Corp., East Alton, = IL 62024, USA

1

 

WINCHESTER

Olin Corp., East Alton I= L 62024, USA

13

 

WISE

J. B. Wise Inc, Watertow= n, NY

2

 

WOLF

Tula Cartridge Plant JSC= , 139 Marat St., Tula 300035, Russia

13

 

WRA

Winchester Repeating Arm= s Co., Bridgeport, CT

1

 

WRACO

Winchester Repeating Arm= s Co., Bridgeport, CT

1

 

WWG

W. W. Greener, Birmingha= m, England

3

 

- X -

 

X

Hovedarsenalet Laborator= ium, Copenhagen, Denmark

5

 

X

Povázské Strojárne, Povázská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

3

 

X

Used on German 9mm Para = and 32ACP cartridges for use with silencers. Probably made by: Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoff A.-G., Werk Durlach, Germany=

7

 

XL

Federal Cartridge Corp, Minneapolis MN

3

 

- Y -

 

NONE

NONE

NONE

 

- Z -

 

Z

Zbrojovka Brno, Brno, Czechoslovakia

1

 

Z28

Unknown Factory, Zambia<= o>

13

 

ZERO

Zero Ammunition Company,= 1601 22nd Street, S.E., Cullman, Alabama 35056-1188

7

 

ZI

Unknown Factory, Zimbabw= e

13

 

ZV

Sellier & Bellot, Pr= ague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Factory in Vlasim

13

 

 

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