Common Headstamps
The following tables list a few of the more common headstamps on both commercial and military cartridges.
| American Cartridge | A | |||||||||
| Austin Powder | APC | |||||||||
| B.E. Cartridge | B.E | |||||||||
| Brass and Metal Manufacturing | B&M | |||||||||
| Browning Arms | Browning | |||||||||
| Bullard Repeating Arms | BULLARD | |||||||||
| Creedmoor Cartridge | C.C.C | |||||||||
| Connecticut Cartridge | C.C.C | |||||||||
| Clinton Cartridge | C.C.Co | |||||||||
| CCI Cartridges | CCI | |||||||||
| E. Remington & Sons | E. REMINGTON & SONS | |||||||||
| Federal Cartridge | Rimfire |
AL | EP | HP | WM | XL | XR | F | G | G |
| Centerfire | Hi-Power | Federal | FC | |||||||
| General Electric | GE plus caliber | |||||||||
| Griffon & Howe | G&H | |||||||||
| Hansen | Hansen | |||||||||
| Herters | Herters | |||||||||
| Hornady | Frontier | Hornady | ||||||||
| Kathodian Bronze Works | K.B.W. | |||||||||
| Maxim Munitions | MAXIM | MMC | ||||||||
| National Brass and Copper | NC | H | ||||||||
| Newton Arms | NA plus caliber | N.A Co | NA Co | |||||||
| Peters Cartridge | Rimfire |
PETERSHV | P | |||||||
Centerfire |
PETERS | PC Co | PCCO | P.C. | PC | P | ||||
| Precision Made Cartridges | PMC | |||||||||
| Remington Arms | Remington | REM*UMC | RAH | REM | UMC | R-P | R.A | RA | U | |
| Richard Speer Manufacturing | WEATHERBY | SPEER | ||||||||
| Robin Hood Ammunition | R.H.A. Co. | RHA | R | |||||||
| Robin Hood Powder | RHP Co | RHP | ||||||||
| Savage Arms | SA Corp | S.A Co | Savage | S.A. | SA | |||||
| Savage Repeating Arms | S.R.A.C.O. | S.A. Co. | ||||||||
| Sparklet Devices | SD | |||||||||
| Standard Arms | Standard Arms | |||||||||
| Stant Manufacturing | SMCO | |||||||||
| Union Cap and Chemical | U.C.Co | |||||||||
| Union Metallic Cartridge | UMC | R B | U | |||||||
| United States Cartridge | *U.S. CARTRIDGE CO* | U.S.C. CO. | U.S. | RL | US | |||||
| Western Cartridge | WESTERN | SUPER-X | SUPER X | W.C.Co. | WCC | W | ||||
| Winchester | SUPER SPEED | Winchester | W.C.Co. | Win | H | W | ||||
| Winchester Repeating Arms | Staynless | WRA Co | W.R.A. | WRA | ||||||
| Winchester-Western | super speed | W-W | ||||||||
| Worchester Stamped Metal | W SM Co | |||||||||
| Alleghany Ordnance Plant | K S plus date | KS plus date | ||
| Denver Ordnance Plant | D E N plus date | DEN plus date | ||
| Des Moines Ordnance Plant | D M plus date | DM plus date | ||
| Eau Claire Ordnance Plant | E W plus date | EW plus date | ||
| Evansville Chrysler Sunbeam Plant | E C S plus date | ECS plus date | ||
| Evansville Ordanace Plant | E C plus date | EC plus date | ||
| Frankford Arsenal | CF plus date | FA plus date | F plus date | |
| Frankford Arsenal Laboratory | FAL plus date | |||
| Lake City Arsenal | L C plus date | LC plus date | ||
| Lowell Ordance Plant | L M plus date | LM plus date | ||
| Milwaukee Ordanace Plant | M plus date | |||
| Saint Louis Ordanace Plant | S L plus date | SL plus date | ||
| Twin Cities Ordanace Plant | T W plus date | TW plus date | ||
| Utah Ordance Plant | UT plus date | U plus date | ||
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