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ID mfg of 7.62 Nato Cartridge
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Need help in ID'ing a 7.62 Nato cartridge. Head stamp is as follows= With the date "78" at 6 o'clock letters "NA" at 9 o'clock, letter "E" at 12 o'clock and letters "TO" at 3 o'clock. thanks
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There is Nato spec ammo without the small icon stamped into it.
Here is something just for you. No one else go to this link.[;)]
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
Anyway, it's made in Chile. F = FAMAE (Fabricas y Maestranzas del Ejercito) "Factories and Arsenals of Chilean Army".
Chile, of course, is not a NATO country so the cartridge is not NATO. The NATO symbol (+) has no official significance although you can almost be sure that every NATO country manufactures only NATO standard ammo. A non NATO country can put anything it wants on the headstamp and many of them put the NATO symbol to boost sales. You have to be very wary of this type of ammo because some of it can be very bad stuff.
It's British, either Eley or National Armament of Birmingham.
There is Nato spec ammo without the small icon stamped into it.
Here is something just for you. No one else go to this link.[;)]
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
Eley, National Armament of Birmingham, have been out of the military ammo business for years. Predating the adoption of the 7.62 X 51 by Nato in the 50's.
The identification is correct. As well as F head stamp these cartridges also used FAME, FME, FMG, and F N. These were made in Santiago, Chile. This head stamp represents the older form of head stamp style from the 1970's. Chile now uses a newer style which uses the manufacturer code and the two digit year at 12 o'clock with the caliber designation at 6 o'clock so the head stamp would read something like F 01 5.56.
Below is an example image of the head stamp described in the post. The only difference is the head stamp below is dated 1974 instead of 1978.
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Best,
Heavyiron