Anybody to ID this 7.92x57 headstamp?
The photo has turned up in a Russian forum. Unfortunately no better quality available.
Alex
This is Hunan Arsenal, China. Another name is -Wuzhou.
They have been producing Mauser cartridges since the early 1900s
Rufus
Rafal, thanks a lot!
Any thoughts on that āMitsubishiā logo on the hs (at 10.30h pos)? Or is that a factory mark?
Some people say it could be only corrosion.
Does anybody have better (clearer) images of this headstamp maybe?
EOD
Thatās not Hunan.Thatās ChineseāDezhouļ¼å¾·å·ļ¼āwritten with in cursive script.Manufactured by Dezhou Arsenalļ¼1904-1926ļ¼
Magnum, thanks a lot!
Do you happen to know what the symbol on pos. 10.30h is denoting?
Thatās a strange unsolved symbol,and there are also two kinds of symbols on Dezhou headstamp
Another chinese collector shared me this picture
å¬ļ¼dongļ¼means winter
I remember having seen the ā7 dotsā in Elksā book.
The one with the two āoā is also new to me (not that this has any significance).