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9mm x 19 with a GB Headstamp
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Bullet Mick
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Hello Dave GB is listed as Greenwood & Batley of Leeds on TonyEs web site.
Its well worth a look loads of info on there. Cheers Mick.
Its well worth a look loads of info on there. Cheers Mick.
TonyE
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A coincidence that this question should come up today, just as I am updating the 9mm pages of my website.
Yes, GB is the British code for Greenwood & Batley, but in this case it does not apply.
In 1941 we purchased 30 million rounds of 9mm ball from Bolivia, and this ammo was part of it. The "GB" in this case stands for "Gubierno de Bolivia" (Government of Bolivia). The other part of the purchase was made by Hirtenberger and had the headstamp "* P * 1934".
I have added a footnote to this effect on the headstamp code page.
More details and pictures on my website here. https://sites.google.com/site/britmilammo/9mm-parabellum/9mm-parabellum-ball
When I started shooting in the 1960s there were still full fifty round boxes of both types around.
...and thanks for the kind words, Mick.
Regards
TonyE
Yes, GB is the British code for Greenwood & Batley, but in this case it does not apply.
In 1941 we purchased 30 million rounds of 9mm ball from Bolivia, and this ammo was part of it. The "GB" in this case stands for "Gubierno de Bolivia" (Government of Bolivia). The other part of the purchase was made by Hirtenberger and had the headstamp "* P * 1934".
I have added a footnote to this effect on the headstamp code page.
More details and pictures on my website here. https://sites.google.com/site/britmilammo/9mm-parabellum/9mm-parabellum-ball
When I started shooting in the 1960s there were still full fifty round boxes of both types around.
...and thanks for the kind words, Mick.
Regards
TonyE
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Thanks Tony i had looked through my copy of P .Labbett ,History and Development of 9mm x19 Parabellum Ammunition in Britain 1919-1996 and could only find a reference for Greenwood & Batley producing 9mm steel cores for semi AP rounds.I never knew we bought ammunition from Bolivia and i think somewhere i have one of the P 1934 rounds
Bullet Mick
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Tony looking at Daves picture the G and B are opposite each other. Am i right in thinking that the Greenwood and Batley GB markings would be next to each other. Cheers Mick.