30-06 headstamp

[matt9052]

I found some ammo with the headstamp A E 7 4 all 90 degrees apart. Any one know what this is? It was on garand clips and Im not sure if it was a 4 or not but it should be the date.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Ben Shepherd]

74 was the year it was made. But I don't know that AE arsenal marking off the top of my head.

 

[Chawbaccer]

It is Israeli. I forget the exact armory.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Eretz Ayalon (Homeland production at Ayalon Factory), a pre-independence underground factory in the basement of a laundry at Kibbutzin Hill, Rehovot, Israel.

 

[matt9052]

thanks guys. turns out i read it wrong in the dark gun store. it wasn't a E it was a 3 and the 4 was a K. So it is K A 7 3. Korean surplus. Thanks anyway for my mistake.

Matt

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Careful with that stuff, IIRC it's corrosive primed.

 

[highorder]

Careful with that stuff, IIRC it's corrosive primed.

Correct. Clean accordingly.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Oh great...!! All that work in research fer nuthin'...