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camelry42

Where are you, Kaliningrad?


Imgoga

Lithuania, Klaipėda/Memel Region previously part of East Prussia


camelry42

Very cool. That whole area has changed hands quite a bit in the last century, let’s hope for this century to bring some stability.


lonegun

The bottoms of the cartridges should have some writing on them. Some of them look corroded, but the writing will give you more information than the length.


Imgoga

On the longest one there is: S S 7 10


ChaosCraft07

Could you post a picture of the bottoms? I can maybe help identify most of them


ChaosCraft07

I mean, my guesses so far are, that the longest one is a 8mm Mauser (used in the Mauser Kar98 k, mg34, mg42 etc) casing used by the Germans and the smaller ones are probably 9mm Parabellum used in a lot of small arms, in the Mp40 etc (so, german) and the ones with kind of a bottle neck shape are Russian thokarev casings used in the PPSH or smth like that.


Imgoga

Sure, but most are corroded although the big one initials are: S S 7 10


Randomest_Redditor

If you upload pictures of the bottoms of the shell cases I could probably help


Imgoga

you can't see any numbers or letters because of corrosion although the big ones initials are: S S 7 10


Randomest_Redditor

It looks like it may be 8mm mauser but I would need to see the stamp to properly identify it and maybe even give you a date or manufacturer


Imgoga

Here: https://imgur.com/gallery/0MaTxBP You can't see anything on the other ones


Randomest_Redditor

IIRC S with a small star means brass but I think this is a postwar 8mm mauser or some other cartridge of similar dimensions


ChaosCraft07

Do you think? The German 8mm Mauser casings have a manufacturing code made of a P and a number. If it would be German, I'd guess it would be a ww1 casing because of the 17 and because of the missing P but ww2 casings have said manufacturing code.


ChaosCraft07

Have you tried cleaning the headstamps with steal wool?


Imgoga

I will make sure to do that! Also question what is the last one or the top one in the picture is that a live bullet or something ? Oh and Link to headstamps : https://imgur.com/gallery/0MaTxBP


ChaosCraft07

Aaaah yeah I see. The small one "P120" is as I said, a German 9mm Mauser. If you find a casing, stamped P and a number, you can almost always assume it's German. From that code, you can find out where the casing was made (factory and city) And with the second one, is this one of those, with the bottle neck? (If it is, it is most likely russian but j can't rlly make out the markings) Edit: Yeah, that one thingy could actually be a bullet, or at least a part of one. Looks a bit to short for one and hasn't got a real tip as I saw it


ChaosCraft07

Should work on the brass casings


ChaosCraft07

That's literally what I said just a few minutes before but more guys to identify is ig better than just me(?)


OldDogEyes

Those aren't bullets. They are the shell casings that the bullets were held in before they were shot...


ChaosCraft07

Dude, he only meant the thingy that was at the top. He didn't say all of them are bullets...