Anyone recognize this headstamp?

jal5 · March 5, 2009, 04:07 PM

Picked up some brass yesterday, with an unfamiliar headstamp. About 1.5" case length with a shoulder 0.25" , brass, a little wider at the base of it than at the shoulder kind of tapered. Dia. of the mouth of the case about 5/16". Markings are different too: looks like NK but the N is backwards like the Cyrillic type alphabet, and number 1977 which I would assume is the year. I looked it up on several headstamp lists but couldn't find it.

anyone have information on this? Thanks.
Joe

jtravisbayne · March 5, 2009, 04:22 PM

Sounds like some of the 8mm Mauser brass that I picked up at the range a few weeks ago. Headstamp looked like it was in a foreign language, but it was brass and not steel. I had to get out my calipers and load manual to determine what it was.

Travis

wjkuleck · March 5, 2009, 05:03 PM

It's Cyrillic; ИK would be "E" and "K" in English. The headstamp could be Russian, Bulgarian, or Serbian, for example.

Specifically, my reference identifies it as made at the Igman plant in Konjic. I suspect that was and is Serbia. The reference is to "Yugoslavia" because the reference predates the breakup of that Balkan state.

Regards,

Walt

March 5, 2009, 04:07 PM	#1
jal5 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 419	Anyone recognize this headstamp? Picked up some brass yesterday, with an unfamiliar headstamp. About 1.5" case length with a shoulder 0.25" , brass, a little wider at the base of it than at the shoulder kind of tapered. Dia. of the mouth of the case about 5/16". Markings are different too: looks like NK but the N is backwards like the Cyrillic type alphabet, and number 1977 which I would assume is the year. I looked it up on several headstamp lists but couldn't find it. anyone have information on this? Thanks. Joe __________________ We live in the greatest country on Earth- always be thankful!

March 5, 2009, 04:22 PM	#2
jtravisbayne Member Join Date: December 27, 2008 Location: Simpsonville, SC Posts: 48	Sounds like some of the 8mm Mauser brass that I picked up at the range a few weeks ago. Headstamp looked like it was in a foreign language, but it was brass and not steel. I had to get out my calipers and load manual to determine what it was. Travis __________________ The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man. Horatio Bunce *If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.* Milton Friedman

March 5, 2009, 05:03 PM	#3
wjkuleck Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1,220	It's Cyrillic; ИK would be "E" and "K" in English. The headstamp could be Russian, Bulgarian, or Serbian, for example. Specifically, my reference identifies it as made at the Igman plant in Konjic. I suspect that was and is Serbia. The reference is to "Yugoslavia" because the reference predates the breakup of that Balkan state. Regards, Walt __________________ Author, NEW! The M1911 Complete Owner's Guide The M14 and M1 Garand Complete Assembly Guides The M1 Garand Complete Assembly Guide The AR-15 Complete Assembly and (New 4th Edition) Owner's Guides