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Ammo vs Headstamp - What's the difference?

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Headstamp is a related term of ammo.



As nouns the difference between ammo and headstamp

is that ammo is short form of ammunition while headstamp is the identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

As a verb ammo

is to load up on ammunition.

ammo

English

Noun

(-)
  • (informal) Short form of ammunition.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To load up on ammunition.
  • *2001 , H. Beam Piper, Uller Uprising :
    • "Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed ; they dropped me off here.

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    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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