? on Headstamp S&B 9mmM

[platoonDaddy]

Whomever was shooting before me, didn't retrieve all of his brass. Therefore I was sorting his & mine, when I came across the following:

Headstamp

12 o'clock S & B
4 o'clock 15
8-6 o'clock 9mmM

Brass length .705

Any ideas?

[bb223]

9x18 Makarov?

[platoonDaddy]

9x18 Makarov?

case length of a 9x18 is .713

[Arik]

9mmM ....I believe the 3rd M is Makarov.

9x18 brass is .715

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[tb-av]

check out the 2nd box
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/...LTEuanBn/?ref=

There is also something associated with S&B named municionfabriq<sp> I know I butchered that but you get the idea.

[platoonDaddy]

check out the 2nd box
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/...LTEuanBn/?ref=

There is also something associated with S&B named municionfabriq<sp> I know I butchered that but you get the idea.

can't get by the ad. :-( yea, I get the idea :-)

[AndyLate]

I wonder what is up with the black stuff on the case mouths?

[JasonB1]

I wonder what is up with the black stuff on the case mouths?

Could be asphalt sealant.

[tb-av]

can't get by the ad. :-( yea, I get the idea :-)

I have ad blockers so don't see them.

At least one old box of S&B ammo...The writing on a couple

Pistolenpatronen 9mm M 22 (I) --- marked SB 24

9 mm scharfe Patronen M 22 --- not marked SB
(Pist.Patr.)

They are both from 1940
Both have Pulver M 27

One box has...
Patrh: P 90 D 10 L 40
Gesch: P90D11L40
Zdh P90D99L40

Other box has Gesh and Zdh with 1943 so those have to be date codes

All three box pictured have the number 24 at top. One actually has SB 24.

So a German factory #24 and perhaps yours was from a German factory #15 ??

The "M" seems to be some sort of German marking used on many labels and such. A third box for instance has...

Pulver: M 27 Smt. 1940/4


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ETA:
NATO NATION CODES
(15) Italy
(16) Czech Republic
(12) Germany -- they used the "Munitionsfabriken" wording.

"M" is also associated with Musgrave - South Africa and Marieberg Sweden -- both seem like a stretch.