Afternoon,
after seeing the headstamp info, i can now supply more info
Ed, yes it does mean something...............The bullet tip is black because the it indicates that it is has a mildly armor-piercing steel core
A four position element headstamp was used, with letter codes for producers after 1940
starting at 12oclock with the 3 letter producer code at that position (fag)has to be a german plant as its not in my list of occupied country codes.....
At 3oclock position,the symol indicates the case material, St or St+ indicates a steel case, either plated or lacquered..........
Further definitions are available for all types of material for the cases........
At the 6oclock position, is the lot # for the production of the c.i.q. (cartridge in question)...... 2 on example
At the 9oclock position is the year of production.....1942 on example
There are well over 100 letter type producer codes known,after the code change in 1940, most codes were 3 lower case letters, some are only 2 letters and only 2 "KNOWN" 1 letter codes................
Am working on the code for "fag" and if i find it, will post that info also.......
HTH, Regards, Paul
