Strange Head Stamp on 9mm

[alamogunr]

For the last few days I've been loading 9mm for the grandsons. I usually just load for an hour or so at a time so I don't get tired, distracted, etc. Today I spent some time inspecting the loaded rounds. Ran across a strange head stamp.

At the 12 O'clock position there is just something that might be an asterisk.
At the 8 to 4 position it is stamped MEN14E6 230. That may or may not be a space between the 6 and 230. No indication at all of the cartridge ID.

Any ideas?

I mentioned distracted and didn't notice until I had finished the load cycle that I had a .380 casing mixed in. Actually didn't realize what had happened until I put the caliper on the round because it looked like the bullet was not seated far enough. It sure wasn't. The 550 didn't even hiccup.

[AndyC]

MEN is a German ammo manufacturer

https://www.men-defencetec.de/en/pro...-militaryline/

[jorg0370]

The last lot of 9mm Luger brass I got had mixed headstamps. A quick search lead me here:

https://afte.org/resources/headstamp-guide

The MEN headstamp is listed there, along with any others you might need.

[SOFMatchstaff]

Andy is correct, German Military .. I have bunch of it, solid(?) copper bullet that is 91 grs, and is hollow almost to the base. The nose is closed to a full ball configuration with just a tiny disfigured hole that peaked my interest, thats how I determined the hole went to the base. I did some snooping and found the stuff I have is training ammo and the real social stuff is a nasty hollow point. My training ammo comes out of the CZ75 around 1400 fps. Needless to say I have opened a few of them up and did some tests, Mikey likes...

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Think I had some of those in loose subgun ammo I bought at the creek. $160 for 2,000 rounds. Sold it a few years later to a guy with a C & R Sten.

[rintinglen]

I recently read that there are in excess of 1,500 different head-stamps on 9 mm casings, running from early RWS in the 1900's up to modern times. A cartridge collector would have a tough time gathering them all.