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Ammunition vs Headstamp - What's the difference?

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Ammunition is a related term of headstamp.


As nouns the difference between ammunition and headstamp

is that ammunition is (senseid)articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc while headstamp is (military|firearms) the identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

ammunition

English

Noun

  • (senseid)Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
  • (obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
    • ammunition''' bread; '''ammunition shoes
  • Any stock of missiles or supplies for a conflict, literal or figurative.
    • Her bad behaviour is giving him ammunition''' for a divorce / '''ammunition for the next electoral debate.

    Synonyms

    * (articles used in charging firearms) ammo

    headstamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.
    • 2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban? ; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1:
  • :* Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps , which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.

    • Related terms

    * ammo, ammunition * bullet, round * breechloading * cartridge, case, shell * Taliban

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