Strange 9mm Brass?

[UziLand]

In these times when alot of us are buying free range brass or getting it from friends who had it in a coffee can in the garage for who knows how long (this case), we are bound to run across strange things. I found the first berdan primed 38 spcl I had ever seen!
Yester I was working on some 9mm fresh out of the tumbler. I noticed a piece that felt wrong in the sizer/decapper. I would send a pic but my camera is not that good. On the headstamp one side says "S&B" the other says "9mmBr.C. then a stamp that looks like a crown. The stuff is about .377 dia, .374 OAL. The closest thing I found in my databooks was the .380 auto, but not a match.
Any of you folks out there run across a cartridge like this???
This is the best pic I could get. The right is 9mm and the left is the "strange" 9mm.

UL

 

[bigfatdave]

Lots of other designation for .380
9mm Browning = .380acp = 9x17mm = 9mm short (or, 9mm corto)

Synonyms: 9×17mm
United States = .380 Auto, .380 ACP.
United Kingdom, European Union = 9mm Browning, 9mm Browning Short, 9mm Short.
Spanish = 9mm Corto / 9mm Short
French = 9mm Court / 9mm Short
Potuguese = 9mm Curto / 9mm Short
Dutch = 9mm Kort / 9mm Short
Bosnian = 9mm Kratak / 9mm Short
Western South Slavic (Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian) =9mm Kratak / 9mm short, Kratka 9 (Kratka Devetka) / Short 9 (Short Nine)
Eastern South Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian) = 9мм Къс / 9mm Short
German = 9mm Kurz / 9mm Short
Romanian = 9mm Scurt / 9mm Short

 

[kerreckt]

Probably, .380. Ones, I have seen are marked very similar. 9mm "Br" for Browning. "C" is most likely Corto which short in Spanish. I have seen it with a "K" which is kurz which means short in German. My guess is that it is .380 ammo made for sale in a Spanish speaking region. That's my two cents.

 

[UziLand]

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize there were that many variations out there.

UL

 

[tightgroup tiger]

BR.C. stands for Browning Corto or Corte. It is .380 in European. The S&B is Sellier & Bellot, it's good brass.

 

[UziLand]

It is nice heavy brass. If it will work in my Sig .380 I'll add them to that can. Thanks.

 

[bigfatdave]

Make sure it isn't brass-plated steel. Quick magnet check should do it.
I don't know if S&B made those in .380 - but they have in some chamberings.

 

[mugsie]

Funny you mentioned this. My son brought home some 9mm he picked up at the range yesterday - it too was Berdan primed. One case was steel and the other aluminum I think. Never saw Berdan primed 9mm before - now it's one more thing I need to be on the lookout for!

 

[1KPerDay]

S&B .380 (9mm Browning Court/Curto/Corto/Short) is good brass.

 

[WanMan99]

I always run an old car speaker magnet over my range brass to make sure there are no brass plated steel cases (like a lot of S&B cases are). Works like a champ.

 

[Walkalong]

Same here. Works great.