stamped primers?

257 · December 5, 2009, 09:15 AM

I was at a gun show recently and bought some ammo in a bag, (for the brass). I was looking at in under a magnifying glass and noticed the primers were stamped "rws". Just wondering what that might mean, the case is head stamped weatherby 257 mag, the primer was sealed, which i would take mean handload, although the characteristic semi-circle stamp in the head of fired brass isn't visible.

res45 · December 5, 2009, 10:24 AM

RWS stands for the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Sprengstoff factories, which became part of Dynamit Nobel in 1931.

http://www.rws-munition.de/en/

December 5, 2009, 09:15 AM	#1
257 Member Join Date: November 21, 2009 Location: SW PA Posts: 26	stamped primers? I was at a gun show recently and bought some ammo in a bag, (for the brass). I was looking at in under a magnifying glass and noticed the primers were stamped "rws". Just wondering what that might mean, the case is head stamped weatherby 257 mag, the primer was sealed, which i would take mean handload, although the characteristic semi-circle stamp in the head of fired brass isn't visible.

December 5, 2009, 10:24 AM	#2
res45 Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2007 Location: NC Posts: 753	RWS stands for the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Sprengstoff factories, which became part of Dynamit Nobel in 1931. http://www.rws-munition.de/en/ __________________ The Reloaders Network discord Channel https://discord.gg/Nafuzht