Guide to Ammunition Cartridge Head-stamps
What does that weird head stamp mean on that old bullet? Hopefully this compilation list of Manufacturers Marks will help.
A Aniertcan Cartridge Company
A A ( raised ) —American Metallic Eagle Cartridge Cartridge co.Co.
(on ritnfiresb
AA Co—Atnerican Ammunition Co.
—Bologna Arsenal, Italy
Acorn—Gustav e Establissements Genschow (RWS) Pieper Germany(Bel•
gium
Aln- Federal Cartridge Powder Co.Co. (Airline)
ART —French Arsenal (government)
& Wheelock
AWGA•'rench manufacture
13 -A3t•aun & Bloem (Germany) v— Braun & Bloem (Germany)
Bird—
Bomb—Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken (Germany) C. ( raised
C. (impressed ) -—Creedmoor Cartridge Co.
CAC—Colonial Ammunition Co., Ltd., Aukland,
New Zealand
CCC—-Creedmoor cartridge Co. e Co.—Clinton Cartridge Co.
CDW—C. I), Leet, Springfield, Mass.
C.OA.— ( or monogram of same) Indåstrias Quimicas Argentinas "Duperial" (Argen-
tine)
CRIV Belgium manufacture
Cross—Switzerland
( 'rowll -Sweden
-Crittenden & Tibhals Mfg. Co., (on
ri m ti res
T). (in a Genschow, Durlach
Works ( Germany)
1) Dominion Cartridge Co. (Canada) 1) —dul'ont Contract, World War I
p.o.e.—Dominion Co.
—Dominion Arsenal. Quebec
Ammunition Co. (Canada)
Denver Ordnance Plant. World War 11
Diamond-- Western Cartridge Co. (on rim fires)
Genschow (shotshells)
Moines Ordnance Plant
Deutsche Metalwaffen, Karlsruhe (Ger
Werke Aktiengesellschafft
( Germany)
Waffen und Munitions Fabri ken (Germany)
E—Eley Brothers ( England)
Brothers. (England)
ËC—Evansville (Chrysler) Ordnance Plant
EC S—Evansville (Sunbeam) Ordnance Plant
(Austria)
EP—Montgomery W•ard (on rimfires) ENK—Greek Government manufacture
EW-—Eau Claire Ordnance Plant
P—-Frankford Arsenal (US)
F. (impressed )—Federal Cartridge Co. (rimfires )
FM—Fabrica Nacional de Municiones, Mexico,
F de M—Fabrica Nacional de Municiones, Mexico, D. F.
FN—Fabrique Nationale (Belgium) Browning Works
FNCM—Fabrica Nacional e Municoes SA, Sao
Paulo, Brazil
G—French manufacture
G—Gambles Stores (rimfires)
G. EGESTORFF—Linden Hanover (Germany)
GF—Giuli0 Fiocchi (Italy)
GD—French manufacture
GECO—Gustave Genschow (Germany)
GD—-Capua Arsenal (Italy)
GFL—Giuli0 Fiocchi (Italy)
GG (intertwined monogram)—Gevelot & Gaupillat (France)
GH--Griffin & Howe
Stores (Rhot ghellsì
G & Star—Gevelot & Gaupillat (Paris)
G & Star—Societe Francais Des Munitions
( France )
Geneva Cross—Swiss National Armory
GR—G. Roth (Austria)
Il—Winchester Repeating Arms (rimfires)
H (raised)—Winchester Repeating Arms (rimfires) early manufacture
H and 2. 3, or 4 stars—Hirtenberger Patronen Fabrik (Austria)
H and Date2Hirtenberger Patronen Fabrik
Austria )
HB—Hou11ier & Blanchard (Paris)
H.F.. 1913- (Ilirtenberger Patronen & Metal. warenfabrik Hirtenberg (Austria) on 6.5 Greek Mannlicher
HT.—Haerlns Krudtvaerk (Denmark)
H P—Federal (rimfires)
Federal (shot shells)
ICI—-rmperial Chemical Industries (England) TCI ANZ-—E1ey Imperial Chemical Industries) plants in Australia and New Zealand
JG—Jacob Goldmark (rimfires) K—Kynoch Cartridge Co. (England) KC—-Kynoch Cartridge Co.
Cartridge Co.
Manufacture
& Co. (Austria) KN—-Kings Norton Metal Co. (England) L.—-Lowell Cartridge Co.
LEON BEAUX & CO., MILANO (Italy)
LC—Lake City Ordnance Plant
Leaf—Keystone Cartridge Co. (Keenfire)
(Germany)
M—Hungarian Manufacture
MALLARD—Sears Roebuck & Co. (shot shells)
MFA CO. POINTER—Meriden Firearms Mfg. Co., Meriden, Conn.
MAXIM—Maxim Munitions Co., World War I MW—Mohtgomery Ward (rimfires)
MONARK—Federal Cartridge Co. (shot shells)
N. in a shield—Rheinish Westphalische
Sprengsdorff Exp. Co. (Germany)
N—Nobe1
NA CO.—Newton Arms Co.
NC—National Brass & Copper Co. World War
I manufacture
Oak Leaf—Gustave Genschow (Germany)
ORBEA—Industrias Quimicas Argentinas
'Duperial' OYJ—French Manufacture, P. (raised—Phoenix Cartridge Co.
P. (impressed Cartridge Co.
PC CO.—
PETERS—
PARKER BROS. & CO., West Meriden, Conn.
(shot shells)
PFC—Argentine Government
R. (in (Rheinish Westphalische Sprengstoff, Germany)
RA—Remington Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
RaUMC—
RemUMC— "
RAH—Remiflgton Plant at Hoboken
RAS—2Remington, made in the old Robin Hood plant at Swanton, Vermont
RED HEAD RELIANCE—Montgomery Ward (shot shells)
RHA CO.—Robin Hood Ammunition (Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
RHP CO.—Robin Hood Ammunition (Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
ROBIN HOOD—R o b i n Hood Ammunition ( Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
Rising Sun Flag (impressed)—Japanese (shot shells)
R.L.—Royal Laboratory (England)
RMS—Rhenische Metalwaffen & Maschinenfabriken (Germany)
RWS—Rhenische Westfalische Sprengstoff
(Germany)
RR CO.—Ross Rifle co. (Canada) SA CO.—Savage Arms Corp.
SA CORP.—Savage Arms Corp.
SAVAGE—Savage Arms Corp.
SAW—Sage Ammunition Works, Middletown, Conn.
SB—Sellier & Bellot (usually on
SFM—-Societe Francaise Keenfire (France)(Ger- US (intertwined
Co.,
SRI) —Keystone Cartridge many)
Slr—St. Louis Ordnance Plant
(Lujan, Argentine)
S.C.CO.-—Southern Cartridge Co., Savannah, Ga. (Star Brand shot shells)
So. C. Co.—- Southern Cartridge Co., Houston,
Texas (Dixie, Retreiver shot shells) sMI—Italian Manufacture
SAS, or a bird in outline—Spreafico, Argentine
SAT—-Suomen Ampumatarvetihdas (Finland) Stars (4)—Hirtenberger, (Austria) Superspeed—Winchester R. A. Co.
Super X—Western Cartridge Co.
Swastika—Chinese manufacture (1924)
TKY—Teikoku & Yakkyoseiza, Tokyo, Japan (shot shells)
Turkish Marks--—(usually on 7.65 mm. Turkish
Mauser)
TW---Twin City Ordnance Plant
U—Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (before merger with Remington)
UMC—Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (before merger with Remington)
U. (in a shield)—H. Utendoerffer
U-—Utah Ordnance Plant
U HiSPEED—Remington UMC (on rimfires
Cartridge Co.
VZ—German Manufacture
W—Winchester Repeating Arms Co., (9 mm. rim fire)
WRA—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
WRA Co.—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Super Speed—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Staynless—Winchester Repeating Arms Co. W. EVANS, LONDON--on rifle cartridges W—-Western Cartridge Co.
W Co.—Western Cartridge Co.
WCC—Western Cartridge Co.
WESTERN—Western Cartridge co.
SUPER-X—Western Cartridge co.
WR & Co.—Westley Richards (England)
XL—Federal Cartridge Co. (rimfires)
XR—Sears Roebuck & Co. (rimfires)
XTRA-RANGE—Sears Roebuck & co. (shot shells)
1901 NEW RIVAL—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
1901 LEADER—Winchester Repeating Arms co.
1901 REPEATER—Winchester Repeating Arms co.
1901 PIGEON—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
What does that weird head stamp mean on that old bullet? Hopefully this compilation list of Manufacturers Marks will help.
A Aniertcan Cartridge Company
A A ( raised ) —American Metallic Eagle Cartridge Cartridge co.Co.
(on ritnfiresb
AA Co—Atnerican Ammunition Co.
—Bologna Arsenal, Italy
Acorn—Gustav e Establissements Genschow (RWS) Pieper Germany(Bel•
gium
Aln- Federal Cartridge Powder Co.Co. (Airline)
ART —French Arsenal (government)
& Wheelock
AWGA•'rench manufacture
13 -A3t•aun & Bloem (Germany) v— Braun & Bloem (Germany)
Bird—
Bomb—Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken (Germany) C. ( raised
C. (impressed ) -—Creedmoor Cartridge Co.
CAC—Colonial Ammunition Co., Ltd., Aukland,
New Zealand
CCC—-Creedmoor cartridge Co. e Co.—Clinton Cartridge Co.
CDW—C. I), Leet, Springfield, Mass.
C.OA.— ( or monogram of same) Indåstrias Quimicas Argentinas "Duperial" (Argen-
tine)
CRIV Belgium manufacture
Cross—Switzerland
( 'rowll -Sweden
-Crittenden & Tibhals Mfg. Co., (on
ri m ti res
T). (in a Genschow, Durlach
Works ( Germany)
1) Dominion Cartridge Co. (Canada) 1) —dul'ont Contract, World War I
p.o.e.—Dominion Co.
—Dominion Arsenal. Quebec
Ammunition Co. (Canada)
Denver Ordnance Plant. World War 11
Diamond-- Western Cartridge Co. (on rim fires)
Genschow (shotshells)
Moines Ordnance Plant
Deutsche Metalwaffen, Karlsruhe (Ger
Werke Aktiengesellschafft
( Germany)
Waffen und Munitions Fabri ken (Germany)
E—Eley Brothers ( England)
Brothers. (England)
ËC—Evansville (Chrysler) Ordnance Plant
EC S—Evansville (Sunbeam) Ordnance Plant
(Austria)
EP—Montgomery W•ard (on rimfires) ENK—Greek Government manufacture
EW-—Eau Claire Ordnance Plant
P—-Frankford Arsenal (US)
F. (impressed )—Federal Cartridge Co. (rimfires )
FM—Fabrica Nacional de Municiones, Mexico,
F de M—Fabrica Nacional de Municiones, Mexico, D. F.
FN—Fabrique Nationale (Belgium) Browning Works
FNCM—Fabrica Nacional e Municoes SA, Sao
Paulo, Brazil
G—French manufacture
G—Gambles Stores (rimfires)
G. EGESTORFF—Linden Hanover (Germany)
GF—Giuli0 Fiocchi (Italy)
GD—French manufacture
GECO—Gustave Genschow (Germany)
GD—-Capua Arsenal (Italy)
GFL—Giuli0 Fiocchi (Italy)
GG (intertwined monogram)—Gevelot & Gaupillat (France)
GH--Griffin & Howe
Stores (Rhot ghellsì
G & Star—Gevelot & Gaupillat (Paris)
G & Star—Societe Francais Des Munitions
( France )
Geneva Cross—Swiss National Armory
GR—G. Roth (Austria)
Il—Winchester Repeating Arms (rimfires)
H (raised)—Winchester Repeating Arms (rimfires) early manufacture
H and 2. 3, or 4 stars—Hirtenberger Patronen Fabrik (Austria)
H and Date2Hirtenberger Patronen Fabrik
Austria )
HB—Hou11ier & Blanchard (Paris)
H.F.. 1913- (Ilirtenberger Patronen & Metal. warenfabrik Hirtenberg (Austria) on 6.5 Greek Mannlicher
HT.—Haerlns Krudtvaerk (Denmark)
H P—Federal (rimfires)
Federal (shot shells)
ICI—-rmperial Chemical Industries (England) TCI ANZ-—E1ey Imperial Chemical Industries) plants in Australia and New Zealand
JG—Jacob Goldmark (rimfires) K—Kynoch Cartridge Co. (England) KC—-Kynoch Cartridge Co.
Cartridge Co.
Manufacture
& Co. (Austria) KN—-Kings Norton Metal Co. (England) L.—-Lowell Cartridge Co.
LEON BEAUX & CO., MILANO (Italy)
LC—Lake City Ordnance Plant
Leaf—Keystone Cartridge Co. (Keenfire)
(Germany)
M—Hungarian Manufacture
MALLARD—Sears Roebuck & Co. (shot shells)
MFA CO. POINTER—Meriden Firearms Mfg. Co., Meriden, Conn.
MAXIM—Maxim Munitions Co., World War I MW—Mohtgomery Ward (rimfires)
MONARK—Federal Cartridge Co. (shot shells)
N. in a shield—Rheinish Westphalische
Sprengsdorff Exp. Co. (Germany)
N—Nobe1
NA CO.—Newton Arms Co.
NC—National Brass & Copper Co. World War
I manufacture
Oak Leaf—Gustave Genschow (Germany)
ORBEA—Industrias Quimicas Argentinas
'Duperial' OYJ—French Manufacture, P. (raised—Phoenix Cartridge Co.
P. (impressed Cartridge Co.
PC CO.—
PETERS—
PARKER BROS. & CO., West Meriden, Conn.
(shot shells)
PFC—Argentine Government
R. (in (Rheinish Westphalische Sprengstoff, Germany)
RA—Remington Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
RaUMC—
RemUMC— "
RAH—Remiflgton Plant at Hoboken
RAS—2Remington, made in the old Robin Hood plant at Swanton, Vermont
RED HEAD RELIANCE—Montgomery Ward (shot shells)
RHA CO.—Robin Hood Ammunition (Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
RHP CO.—Robin Hood Ammunition (Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
ROBIN HOOD—R o b i n Hood Ammunition ( Powder) Co., Swanton, Vermont
Rising Sun Flag (impressed)—Japanese (shot shells)
R.L.—Royal Laboratory (England)
RMS—Rhenische Metalwaffen & Maschinenfabriken (Germany)
RWS—Rhenische Westfalische Sprengstoff
(Germany)
RR CO.—Ross Rifle co. (Canada) SA CO.—Savage Arms Corp.
SA CORP.—Savage Arms Corp.
SAVAGE—Savage Arms Corp.
SAW—Sage Ammunition Works, Middletown, Conn.
SB—Sellier & Bellot (usually on
SFM—-Societe Francaise Keenfire (France)(Ger- US (intertwined
Co.,
SRI) —Keystone Cartridge many)
Slr—St. Louis Ordnance Plant
(Lujan, Argentine)
S.C.CO.-—Southern Cartridge Co., Savannah, Ga. (Star Brand shot shells)
So. C. Co.—- Southern Cartridge Co., Houston,
Texas (Dixie, Retreiver shot shells) sMI—Italian Manufacture
SAS, or a bird in outline—Spreafico, Argentine
SAT—-Suomen Ampumatarvetihdas (Finland) Stars (4)—Hirtenberger, (Austria) Superspeed—Winchester R. A. Co.
Super X—Western Cartridge Co.
Swastika—Chinese manufacture (1924)
TKY—Teikoku & Yakkyoseiza, Tokyo, Japan (shot shells)
Turkish Marks--—(usually on 7.65 mm. Turkish
Mauser)
TW---Twin City Ordnance Plant
U—Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (before merger with Remington)
UMC—Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (before merger with Remington)
U. (in a shield)—H. Utendoerffer
U-—Utah Ordnance Plant
U HiSPEED—Remington UMC (on rimfires
Cartridge Co.
VZ—German Manufacture
W—Winchester Repeating Arms Co., (9 mm. rim fire)
WRA—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
WRA Co.—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Super Speed—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Staynless—Winchester Repeating Arms Co. W. EVANS, LONDON--on rifle cartridges W—-Western Cartridge Co.
W Co.—Western Cartridge Co.
WCC—Western Cartridge Co.
WESTERN—Western Cartridge co.
SUPER-X—Western Cartridge co.
WR & Co.—Westley Richards (England)
XL—Federal Cartridge Co. (rimfires)
XR—Sears Roebuck & Co. (rimfires)
XTRA-RANGE—Sears Roebuck & co. (shot shells)
1901 NEW RIVAL—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
1901 LEADER—Winchester Repeating Arms co.
1901 REPEATER—Winchester Repeating Arms co.
1901 PIGEON—Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
