8mm Mauser Ammo

On one hand this possibly should go in the ammo forum, but thought the Mauser fanatics may be interested in this:

Picked up some Mauser ammo. It's AP Tracer ammo, dated 1941. As new as the day it left the factory! Tips are black and the box has an impression on the inside flap that has KK and 1941 below it all surrounded by a circle.

Here are a couple of pics:

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/P1030309.jpg

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/P1030307.jpg

Can anyone provide any more info?

"Another was the SmK Leuchtspur (Leuchtspur meaning tracer-- Spitzgeschoss mit Stahlkern und Leuchtspur) bullet that burned for 900 yards. Tracers were usually loaded every seventh round in automatic weapons." It is AP-Tracer, not rare but indeed neat. It looks like this stuff was made in 1941. I can not tell for sure where it was made. Exactly what is on the headstamp?

The mfgr code is on the label - cdo = Bergmann & Co, Berlin.
However the headstamp looks like eej, which is also on the label. eej was originaly (P) 315 = Märkisches Walzwerk G.m.b.H., Strausberg bez Potsdam.
Sarge

I have heard through the trade that a large German ammunition freighter was captured at Tobruk(?) just before the Germans fell in North Africa. The ammunition went into storage and has stayed there ever since. It has recently surfaced for sale and we are seeing it now. 1941 date seems to fit that story.

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Originally Posted by Calif-Steve

Exactly what is on the headstamp?

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Hey Steve, sorry for the delay. Headstamp is as follows:

Starting at 12 o'clock: "eej", at 3: "S*", at 6: "7", and at 9: "41".

eej=Maerkisches Walzwerk, Staussberg, district Potsdam.
S*=brass case
7=July(?)
41=1941
If wrong someone will jump in.

7 is the lot nr. They did not designate month on head stamps.
Sarge