ID: 7.9x57, suspectedly Chinese

EOD · October 12, 2018, 4:02pm

Anybody to ID this 7.92x57 headstamp?
The photo has turned up in a Russian forum. Unfortunately no better quality available.

Rufus · October 12, 2018, 9:01pm

Alex

This is Hunan Arsenal, China. Another name is -Wuzhou.
They have been producing Mauser cartridges since the early 1900s

Rufus

EOD · October 12, 2018, 9:19pm

Rafal, thanks a lot!

Any thoughts on that “Mitsubishi” logo on the hs (at 10.30h pos)? Or is that a factory mark?
Some people say it could be only corrosion.

EOD · October 14, 2018, 3:54pm

Does anybody have better (clearer) images of this headstamp maybe?

Magnum · October 17, 2018, 11:47am

EOD
That’s not Hunan.That’s Chinese“Dezhou（德州）”written with in cursive script.Manufactured by Dezhou Arsenal（1904-1926）

EOD · October 17, 2018, 12:23pm

Magnum, thanks a lot!
Do you happen to know what the symbol on pos. 10.30h is denoting?

Magnum · October 18, 2018, 2:10am

That’s a strange unsolved symbol,and there are also two kinds of symbols on Dezhou headstamp

Another chinese collector shared me this picture
冬（dong）means winter

EOD · October 18, 2018, 9:08am

I remember having seen the “7 dots” in Elks’ book.
The one with the two “o” is also new to me (not that this has any significance).