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DresserDan
03-11-2007, 06:48 PM
Bought some loose ammo at a auction today and found this headstamp K&M or kam or k8m ??? st -13 -41 looks to be between 308 03/06 but I havent checked it yet.
drhall762
03-11-2007, 07:44 PM
I couldn't find an exact match in the DIA manual. The U.K., the Soviet Union and Sweden all used various headstamps with a "K" in them around that date.

:sorry:

Dave :sniper:
DresserDan
03-12-2007, 05:05 PM
As far as I can tell it is 8mm mauser
richl
03-17-2007, 10:14 PM
hope this helps........... its 8mm but you can find the manfacture here ??

http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm
drhall762
03-18-2007, 11:49 AM
Richl,

Good deal. I'll add that to my research links list.
Looks like kam is Hasag Eisen u. Metallwerke G.m.b.H., Werk Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland

:thanks:

Dave :sniper:
Seattlefungus
03-18-2007, 09:42 PM
well there is:
KOFKenya Ordnance Factory, Kenya-
KA Pusan Government Arsenal, Pusan, Republic of Korea- KC (K&C) Keller & Co., Hirtenberg, Austria- KTW KTW Inc., Lorain, Ohio, (later North American Ordnance Corp, Pontiac, Michigan)- KOPPKOPP TZP sro, 671 56 Pavlice, Czech Republic (made in Russia)