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A Shotshell headstamp date base was being attempted to be developed. However world wide there are far too many to even attempt to get the correct information and research on. In addition many headstamps were used on hundreds of brands of cartridges in many different Nations. Clever or Eley for example, a single headstamp may be on more than 100 brands of shells made in 20 different countries. Therefore the headstamp itself is not that valuable of information and to cross reference casings with headstamps will take many lifetimes of research and collecting. Therefore a compromised project is underway to include a data base on CD/DVD that will include Shotshell headstamps, shotshell boxes and shotshell casings in both paper, metal and plastic arranged by country. Will include both centerfire and pinfire shotshells. Currently more than 20,000 pictures are on file and being processed and organized for publishing. This program will also be updated regularly with new additions and corrections made as needed.

Look for this product to be available for sale in the Fall/Winter of 2011.

CANADA
DOMINION CARTRIDGE Company (all were paper except where denoted with * which is brass)
DC CO: 1886 - 1911 , used both DC and Dominion headstamps.
Dominion Cartridge Company (Canadian Industries Ltd.): 1911-1955, still used DC Co. Head stamps and Dominion headstamps.
C.I.L: (Canadian Industries LTD) 1955-1976, used C.I.L headstamps
IVI: 1977 to 1998 , IVI headstamps
1998-present: IVI, Challenger, Imperial Headstamps

DC Co. No *	DC Co. Vulcan (1898-1906)	DC Co. Crown (1907-?)	DC Co. Sovereign (1906-?)
DC Co. Falcon (1918-1927)	DC Co. Empire (for Nobel)	DC Co. Meteor	DC Co. Canuck (1913-1955)
DC Co. Regal (1906-?)	DC Co. Imperial (1906-1955)	DC Co. Colony (export to Newfoundland 1918-1927)	DC Co. Trap
DC Co. Eureka (1892-?)	Dominion Old Colony	Dominion Imperial	Dominion
Dominion Trap	Dominion Meteor	Dominion Crown	Dominion Vulcan
Dominion Sovereign	Dominion Canuck	Dominion Empty	Dominion Export
Dominion Industrial (8 ga)	Dominion Maxum (1935-1955)	Dominion Regal	Dominion Falcon
Maxum	Canuck	Sovereign	Meteor
R (made for Eatons Dept Stores)	Eatonia :Made for Eatons Department Stores, 1924 -?	Nobels DC Co. Ballistite	HB (made for the Hudsons Bay Company)
Hudsons Bay Co..	JC Higgins Canada	JC Higgins Sportload	Nimrod (1886-1896)
Woodwards (department Store, 1958-1961)	Gaviao: export to Brazil	Bufalo: export to Colombia	E.T.C ; export to Argentina

CIL Industries (1955-1976) and IVI (Successors to Dominion)
1976-1998.

CIL	C.I.L	CIL Canuck
CIL Maxum	CIL Imperial	CIL Trap
CIL Meteor	IIVI Canuck	IVI Imperial
Imperial	Challenger Canada (SNC Lavalin) (1999-present)	Superior Canada (SNC Lavalin) (1999-present)

ELEY Bros. Ltd (Winnipeg, Canada)

Eley Canada

Eley Bros. Canada

Eley Bros. Can

HINGSTON SMITH ARMS Co. Ltd (WINNIPEG)
1879-1920?
It is assumed that the hulls were purchased from other Companies and loaded by this Company. You will notice many Eley and Winchester names used by this maker. Primers were DC Co. or Eley.

Holiday	Challenger	Leader	Prince of Wales
HSA Express	HSA Repeater	HSA Grand Prix	HSA Arrow
HSA Crimson	HSA, Eley	-	-

WEST CAN Industries (Okotoks, Alberta)
Plastic 1 pce hulls like Activ (1959-1966)

XL EXPLOSIVES LTD. Canada.

Super XL

Comet XL

Comet II

VARIOUS Other Canadian Companies

Colonial (Colonial Ammunition Co.)	E.C Boyd (Simcoe, Ontario)	Gevelot Canada
H Short & Sons (Victoria, BC)	Ketchum & Co. (Ottawa, Ontario)	Kilby (Ralph Kilby, Montreal)*
Larievere Hardware Co. (Montreal)	Montreal Cartridge Co. (T.W Boyd)	Palliser (Palliser Bait Co., Lacombe,AB)
Starke (Starke Powder Co.)	Starke Powder Co. (Toronto, Ontario)
T. Costen & Co. (Montreal, Quebec)	T.Costen & Co. (Montreal, Quebec)	-T.W Boyd (Hardware Chain in Montreal, Quebec)
Western Super X	Western Xpert	Y&S Co

EUROPEAN and OTHER SHOTSHELLS

ENGLAND

ELEY
1824 to present

Eley	Eley Kynoch	Eley Alphamax	Eley Gastight
Eley London	Eley Grand Prix	Eley G.P	Eley GP
Eley Gamebore	Eley Super	Eley Bulldog	Eley Trap
Eley Black Feather	Eley Olympic	Eley Classic	Eley Impax
Eley Nobel	Eley Nitro	Eley Target	Eley Amberite
Eley Paradox	Eley Black	Eley Special	Eley Rocket
(Raised) Eley Bros London	(Raised) E in a shield	ELEY BROs	Eley Ejector
-	Nobel	Nobel Glasgow	Stephen Grant, London
D.Gray & Coy	Horton Glasgow Eley	McNaughton Edinburgh Eley	Kynoch Nitro
Kynoch Perfect	Kynoch	Kynoch Birmingham	Kynoch Grouse Ejector
Eley-Kynoch	Kynoch Patent No.	Kynoch Paradox	Westley Richards
Westley Richards Explora	Holland & Holland	Holland & Holland Nitro	Holland & Holland, Paradox
Curtis & Harvey LD Eley	Eley Duxbac	Eley-Kynock Duxbac	Eley's Ejector

Hull Cartridge Company

Hull

HC Co.

Hull Cartridge Co.

OTHER BRITISH

ATE Bo (gauge) (?)	C Playfair & Co. Aberdeen*	Charles Osborne Co. Birmingham	DELMARD (same as name)
Garlands	Greener (British Military and Police)	Henrite Explosives London	Joyce & Co., London
Kent Cartridge Co.	Lyalvale	N.A&A Co., Gas Tight (Nat'l arms and ammo Co.)	N.A & A Patent (National Arms & Ammunition Co.)
N.A.A Co. (National Arms and Ammunition Co.)	Nitrokol, London (Nitrokol Powder Co.)	Pneumatic Cartridge Co., Edinburgh	Trent (?)
V.F.M & Co. (?)	-	-	-

GERMANY
RWS (Dynamit Nobel )

RWS	RWS, Nurnberg	Acorn Symbol	RWS Brenneke
RWS Waidmannsheil	RWS Tiger	RWSIGEC Rottweil	RWS Gasdicht

OTHER German

BB (Braun & Bloem)	Braun & Bloem	Diana (Gustav Genschow)
Edgar Brandt	Fischer (?)	G.G and Co. (Gustav Genschow & Co.)
GeCo (Gustav Genschow and Co.)	Gustav Genschow & Co., Karlsruhe-Durlach	Hubertus (East Germany)
Schonebeck (East German)	Utendoerffer Nurnberg	H.Utendoerffer Nurnberg (picture above)

FRANCE
GEVELOT (France)
(1827-1883. Then bought Gaupillat to form Societe Francais des Munition from
1883 to present)

Gevelot	G*	Gevelot Cartouches	Canne Gevelot
GG	G&G	Gevelot Paris	Gevelot Olympic
Gevelot Pigeon	Gevelot Trap	Fabrique Gevelot Paris	-

OTHER France

Chaudin Paris	Fabrique Chaudin a Paris	Cheddite, Universel
Cheddite (same as name)	ConCorde (?)	Decathalon
D&C Soemmerda (Dharmes & Cycles)	Dharmes & Cycles St. Etienne	Gastinne Renette
Gavard & Cie Brevet SGDG Paris	Gevelot Paris.	Lerche (Mainly pinfire)
Manufrance	M. Gaupillat Paris :	"Diamond shape, France": (MGM)
MGM (Manufacture Generale de Munitions, ceased aoperations in mid 1980's)	Nobel Sport (Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs)	Nobel-Rey France (Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs)
S.F.M (Societe Francaise des Munitions)	Societe Francaise des Munitions (same)	Standard Type 12 Champonat (?)
Houllier-Blanchard Paris	Fabrique H.B Paris (Houllier Blanchard)	-
Ste Fse Des Munitions, Paris.	E.Bergerat Bte S.G.D.G France - Etranger (Rare 1892 celluloid shell)	-

OTHER HEADSTAMPS

ASAHI-SEKI AOA (Japan)	Baikal (USSR)	Baschieri Pellagri (Italy)
CAC (New Zealand), Colonial Ammunition Company. 1885 -1989	Cavim (Venezuela)	CBC (Brazil) 1926 +
Cooppal (Belgium)	DelSur (Armas y Cartuchos DELSUR: Spain)	Diamond (Curtiss & Harveys) Australia
FalCon (CAC New Zealand) 1978 - 1989	FC (Fiocchi, Italy)	Fiocchi (Italy)
Fiocchi FalCo.n (N.Z)	F.N (Fabrique Nat'l, Belgium)	FN (Fabrique Nat'l, Belgium) (1890 to present)
G.R (George Roth) Austria	G.F.L (Giulio Fiocchi, Italy)	Gyttorp (Sweden)
Hartsport (Australia)	Hunter (Hungary)	Hunter, Tiger (Hungary)
ICI Australia	IMI Ltd. (Australia)	IMI Blue Max (Australia)
IMP. Ctge Co. (Australia)	Insulinde (Eduardo de Beaumont, gunshop, Netherlands)	Italcartridges (Australia)
A.D Jansen Bruxelles (Belgium)	Jachtpatrones (Holland)	K&C (Keller and Co.), Austria
Lichtenwoerth (G. Roth, Austria)	L.H Hagen & Co. (Oslo, Norway)	Maronchi (Italy)
Mirage Clever (Clever of Italy, also makes shells for PMC)	Martignoni, Genova (Baschieri e Pellagri, Italy)	Norlett (Poland)
Bear (Pawam, Poland)	Boar, Pawam (Poland)	Pocisk (Poland)
PANOS OY VAASA (Finland)*	Pyrkal (Greece)	Boar (Pawam, Poland)
Rising Sun Symbol (Japanese Gov't)	Robijn (Netherlands) Made by NIKA = Nederlandse Industrie voor Kunstof Ammunitie (Dutch Industie for Plastic Ammunition) 1952-1958	Royal (Spain)
Salvar (Belgium)	Scorpio (Australia)	Shahhen (Pakistan Ordnance Factory)
Super (Super Cartridge Co. Australia	Swartklip (South Africa)
Tema (Poland)	Tiger, Pawam (Poland)	Trust (Trust Eibarres S.A) Spain
UEE (Spain)	Union Extra Mexico.	Yssilos (Greece)

Sellier and Bellot, Czechoslovakia

SBP	SB	S&B
SB & Co.	Sellior & Bellot	SB Fabrik in Prag

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