I would be grateful for assistance with a 7.62x25 Tokarev inert training round.
The Cartridge Headstamp Guide appears to indicate that this round is of Polish origin (factory 21).
International Ammunition Association mentions factory 21 as: "Zaklady Metalowe MESKO, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland. Normally found on cartridge headstamps with a date stamped upside down in relation to the factory code."
From above IAA; the manufacturing date might be 2000, or 2008, but I'm unsure.
Also found the following, but, again it appears inconclusive:
SMALL -CALIBER AMMUNITION IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
VOLUME 1
Poland
a. Marking Practice.
(1) Pre-war headstamps utilized a four-element design layout with segment lines normally but not invariably present. Design elements included an identifying letter code- such as DZ, F, or N-and frequently a Polish eagle. A two-digit year date is found on all but dummy cartridges. The code 67 may be present; this number, following German practice in World War. % indicates the specific brass case metal alloy. Arrangement of the design elements is not fixed; the eagle may be at 12 o'clock or 3 o'clock and the year date at 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock.
Production "during the German occupation followed German headstamp practice.
(2) Early post war production of Soviet-type cartridges used three-element or four-element designs without segment lines and with a numerical factory code (21 or 343) in an oval at 12 o'clock. Since 1955, all production has had factory code 21 at 12 o’clock and a two-digit year date at 6 o'clock. In Polish practice this year date is invariably inverted with respect to the factory code; the base of both Sets LC numerals is toward the primer. This feature serves to distinguish Polish-made cartridges from those with factory code 21 made by Hungary, which have both sets of numerals reading in the same direction.
Can anyone assist with background on the headstamp numbers?
Regards,
Dhooghe
The Cartridge Headstamp Guide appears to indicate that this round is of Polish origin (factory 21).
International Ammunition Association mentions factory 21 as: "Zaklady Metalowe MESKO, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland. Normally found on cartridge headstamps with a date stamped upside down in relation to the factory code."
From above IAA; the manufacturing date might be 2000, or 2008, but I'm unsure.
Also found the following, but, again it appears inconclusive:
SMALL -CALIBER AMMUNITION IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
VOLUME 1
Poland
a. Marking Practice.
(1) Pre-war headstamps utilized a four-element design layout with segment lines normally but not invariably present. Design elements included an identifying letter code- such as DZ, F, or N-and frequently a Polish eagle. A two-digit year date is found on all but dummy cartridges. The code 67 may be present; this number, following German practice in World War. % indicates the specific brass case metal alloy. Arrangement of the design elements is not fixed; the eagle may be at 12 o'clock or 3 o'clock and the year date at 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock.
Production "during the German occupation followed German headstamp practice.
(2) Early post war production of Soviet-type cartridges used three-element or four-element designs without segment lines and with a numerical factory code (21 or 343) in an oval at 12 o'clock. Since 1955, all production has had factory code 21 at 12 o’clock and a two-digit year date at 6 o'clock. In Polish practice this year date is invariably inverted with respect to the factory code; the base of both Sets LC numerals is toward the primer. This feature serves to distinguish Polish-made cartridges from those with factory code 21 made by Hungary, which have both sets of numerals reading in the same direction.
Can anyone assist with background on the headstamp numbers?
Regards,
Dhooghe
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