Head Stamp Bullets

[Greega]

Any info about those headstamps ?

 

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[vpnavy]

I searched Google and couldn't find an example - but...

INTERNATIONAL AMMUNITION ASSOCIATION

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Also - found a thread that said: "...One other thing I know of is some ammo with an "SF" head stamp. This stuff is said to have been made for the 1909..."

 

[nsdq]

[FONT=-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]03/1935 date of manufacture[/FONT]

• SF, FMSF Fábrica Militar de Cartuchos de San Francisco ("Military Cartridge Factory at San Francisco") - San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina.

 

[vpnavy]

I searched Google and just found a close one!

Attached photos of 8x27R Lebel Revolver with the code SF which will be transformed I (Société métallurgique franco-belge à Issy les Moulineaux ), between 4 ° quarter 1935 and 3 ° quarter 1936

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[Greega]

Do we know which country used them?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Can you post a photo from the side showing the shape of the base with a measurement in mm? I think what you have is a French made 13.2mm shell for an M1929 or M1930 Hotchkiss heavy machine gun. The guns were used by several different countries including Greece. I don't know if the guns were all imported from France or if some were manufactured locally under license but I would imagine that when Greece made the initial purchase of guns they also bought French made ammunition with them.

Here is a WW2 era photo of Greek soldiers with the gun used in an anti aircraft role

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Cases have head stamps. The bullets do not. But VPNavy seems to have tagged your Lebel cases.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Cases have head stamps. The bullets do not. But VPNavy seems to have tagged your Lebel cases.

It can't be an 8x50 Lebel because that is a rimmed case with no extractor groove, the one pictured has an extractor groove and looks to be rimless

Definitely need a measurement, an 8x50 Lebel will measure 16 mm across the head, a 13.2 will measure 20mm across the head

 

[Greega]

 

[nsdq]

Full pic with ruler of case may hlp