HEADSTAMP IDENTIFICATION
New: Coming Soon:
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.
AUSTRIA
"CK" (CTR):
Keller
& Company,Hirtenberg
"H" in Italics in CTR: Hirtenberger Patronen-Zundhutchen u.
Metallwarenfabrik.
"KC" (CTR) followed by outward radiating lines: Keller & Company
"L.M & Co Wien": Ludwig Mandl & Co, Vienna.
: Keller & Company
BELGIUM
"Bachmann
(Gauge) Bruxelles" : Same as name
"Bachmann ,
Brevet": Same as above
, Unknown, France
or
Belgium as town in both countries with the name St Gilles..
"FUSNOT" (top),"BRUXELLES"(bottom):Fabrique de Balles et
Cartouches. may also have "Fusnot" with stars and "Bruxelles" on
case.
"PIEROT FM"
(top),
"Caliber" (CTR), "LIEGE" (bottom): ? Maker.
"S" "C" "B" "(caliber)": {@ 12, 3, 6 and 9
o'clock}: Societe Cartoucherie Belge
"Ste Ame", "Bruxelles":
Societe Anonyme des Cartoucheries.
"VF.M&C":
Capsulerie
Liegeoise
FRANCE
"Berntheisel
Strasbourg":
(?)
"BRUYERS DE
SEVERES PARIS" : Same as name
"Chaudin &
Deriviere
"Chaudin &
Deriviere";
Same as above
"CF" or "C.F" or
"C.F
(star):: Cartoucherie Francais
, "CL" "L" Unknown
"Fabrique Chaudin
Paris":
as name
"Fabrique C & D" : Chaudin &
Deriviere
"G" or "G" and
caliber):
Societe Francaise des Munitions
=
Societe Francaise des Munitions
"HB": Houiller
and
Blanchard, Paris (See chart below)
, Manufacturer
Unknown.
" Lerche": Lerche, Paris
, Marcel
Gaupillat
& Cie.
"Flying bird over
Lerche":
Lerche
"Sans Deperdition
Bte
SGDG Gosslin": (?)
SF, Societe
Francaise
Munitions.
GERMANY
, Braun &
Bloem,
Germany.Raised
"BB": Braun and
Bloem, Raised & Impressed Variations.
, 
"BB", "Caliber"
Braun
and Bloem.
"Braun &
Bloem
Dusseldorf": Braun & Bloem
"G.E": G.
Egerstorff,
Linden
, G.
Egerstorff,
Linden
H. Utendoerffer.
"L": Lignose,
Berlin.
"R.W.S" or "Heart
Symbol":
R.W.S Germany
ITALY
,
Martignoni
S.p.a. Cartucce e Munizioni at Génnes Italy
"Fiocchi" or
"Fiocchi
and caliber": Giulio Fiocchi
, Fortuna, Italy
,
U. Riva
armourer in Lecco, Italy.
UNITED
KINGDOM
"E.B
Manufacturers, London": Eley Brothers
"EB London": Eley
Brothers
London.
"Caliber and
Eley:
or " "Eley and Caliber" or "Eley, London, caliber": Eley Brothers
"Kynoch" or
"Kynoch & Co" or "Kynoch, Birmingham" .Most also have the caliber
on the headstamp: Kynoch and Company.
"EXPOSITION"
, 
"Stephen
Grant,
London": Made by Eley
US
& Others
" C. D Leet
Springfield, Mass, USA": C.D Leet
"G gauge Bte";
A.N.
Gavard
"SB" in a
square
(CTR): Sellior & Bellot, Czechoslovakia
"SB" in a coat of Arms (CTR): Sellior & Bellot, Czechoslovakia
"caliber" over top and with a line like a fraction over "SB":
Sellior
& Bellot, Czechoslovakia
Sellier Bellot,
Czechoslovakia
"U" (CTR): Union
Metallic
Company, USA
.U.E.E
Espana: Union Espanola de Explosivos,Spain
"V.L & D New
York":
Von Lengerke & Detmold Co., USA.
UNKNOWN
Elk Head
, Unknown. On a
7mm
Pinfire.
, Unknown country
of
Origin.
CALGARY, AB, T2Y 4C9 Canada